The New Yorker called tasteless for new Obama Magazine cover

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Just remember that there is a fine line between satire and stupidity. Absent of any a priori knowledge it is hard to tell the difference between the two.

This applies to magazine covers as well as internet forums. It is always risky to assume that the reader understands the writer's original intent.

A better caption on the magazine cover is called for. The current one: "the politics of fear" can be interpreted several ways, only one of which is satirical.

Good point but forming a voting opinion on the basis of the cover of a magazine that you saw is pretty shallow even for the worst of us. Actually, forming any opinion with that as a basis is pretty stupid. I'm not sure any amount of familiarity with the subject matter would help. If we cater to the sensitivities of people like that we might as well abandon humor, sarcasm and opinion altogether.