The August 14th issue of a magazine called The Week displayed its standard hand-painted cover by artist Fred Harper, but this time the subject was Cecil the lion, showing a man with a scoped rifle taking aim at a baby Mufasa from the Disney film Lion King.

The cover displays not just one but three beloved Leftist memes: animals being frequently more important than people — in other words, accelerated and unrealistic “animal rights” — anti-gun sentiments, and anti-hunting sentiments.

In keeping with standard Leftist memes, it is also inaccurate.

The Minnesota dentist, Walter Palmer, did not shoot the lion with a rifle.  He shot the animal with a bow.  Nowhere in media articles is it written that Palmer shot the lion with a rifle.

Hence, the LIE which The Week has promoted on its cover — but is not supported by the article as printed inside the magazine itself.

Imagine that.

No matter what you think of hunting, firearms or animals, The Week is part of a continuing Leftist series of memes which clearly and obviously eschew facts and the truth.

Thanks, The Week, for outing yourself.

Scratch that; confirming what I already knew.

BZ