Possible Clues:

• Mockery, flag supporting it
• 'The weapon of the powerless against the powerful,' according to Molly Ivins
• Caustic comments from father? A time to interrupt
• Humour posed with fury
• Irony — sarcasm
• Literary criticism of a sort
• HBO's 'Veep,' e.g
• Christopher Buckley specialty
• Mockery making one Christian organisation weary
• Saint, irate, panned mocking work