But why are you so convinced that people are laughing at him and not...

NPR: 17 min 50 sec

And we're not laughing with him, we're laughing at him because we don't know him well enough to laugh with him.

NPR: 17 min 50 sec

"I was laughing at him, " Mr Barker said.

BBC: Brighton footballer 'exposed himself for photo'

Even Britain's Economist is laughing at him.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: An enfeebled Obama

Does Mr Simon really not realise that we understand perfectly well that he probably spent time thinking about how he could use a dog as a prop to make us more inclined to warm to his views, and end up laughing at him as a result?

BBC: Have your say

Then, there were the boys, old enough to sense that all was not well with Dad but still laughing at his jokes, loving him, depending on him.

NEWYORKER: After the Movie

And the batter was Frank Venezia, who was slapping line drives all over the lot (and laughing at Ciccio, who usually got him out with five pitches)...that was one reason Frank would remember the day -- he never thought he was that good with the bat.

CNN: Excerpt: 'Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life'

There, arrayed in front of him, chasing that city softball, laughing at each other, tearing up their shoes on the tar, were the boys who were personages in his life -- apart from his family, it was almost everybody who mattered.

CNN: Excerpt: 'Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life'

Bin al-Shibh, the only defendant in leg shackles, entered the courtroom with a defiant swagger, laughing at media members who were straining to get a look at him.

CNN: 9/11 suspects decline representation

The most pointed moment of Instant Grief Analysis came when NBC did a frame-by-frame deconstruction of the President walking along after Brown's funeral, laughing at something he was being told--then going all somber when the camera was trained on him.

CNN: Washington Diary