If someone has already mentioned this, I hope joeclones feel free to combine this thread with the other.

I have respected the New Yorker Magazine as one of the 'serious' and trustworthy sources of information but is the current cover, in your opinion, satirical? Or is it inflammatory?

Americans are routinely charged with not understanding satire; I, of all people, recognize that I tend toward the literal. Thus, to me, this is not satire but something that plays into some voters' deepest fears and prejudices, something that will inevitably affect the election.

Is this Satire?