Isn't it amusing that The New Yorker's liberal pandering backfired on them?

Question

Who would have thought that people would have been offended? The editor was shocked at the outcry from both sides. Just goes to show ya!

Answer 1

Quite. Some people expect facist views from the political right of a country. Are they surprised to discover the facist depths of  today's "liberal", left-wing?  Incidentally, this leftist-facist "muzzle it if I disagree" approach occurs in other countries, too.

Answer 2

I guess they figured they've made fun of Pres. Bush all these years and nobody complained that it would be the same for Obama.