The rhetoric provides caricatures of weirdness - not restricted to theology alone, but weirdness encompassing the behavior and aspirations of the Mormon priesthoods afforded ALL Mormon men.
Phrases such as sacred underwear, baptizing holocaust victims, and gods of their own planets lampoon Mormons and it embarrasses them.
If it is violence (which it is not), then every politician lampooned by David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, Conan O'Brien is a victim of violence and the comics deserve the death penalty.
Growing up in public isn't easy on anyone.
Yes, you're right about that: the specific examples were not what I'd call violent. So I accept your point.
However I have seen stuff that the organized LGBT's, especially, have put against the Mormons, which was eye-blisteringly obscene, offensive, and thrteatening, up to and including the targeting of their businesses and homes, retaliation against their employers and their professional standing, and vicious organized harrassment. This was because of the Mormons' major financial and on-the-ground support for Proposition 8.
I am grateful to the Mormons for opposing the Gay Brown Shirts, and yes, I think there have been plenty of violent verbal attacks on Mormons. Sadly, when that happens they often can't depend on solidarity and defense from other religious and social conservatives.