'The Lion King' is racist, homophobic, and sexist: How did we miss it?

In the hyper-sensitive culture emerging today, even the most basic and formerly uncontroversial concepts are coming under fire for being politically incorrect, including feel-good children’s movies that tout the “circle of life.”

According to at least one professor, Disney’s mega-hit movie “The Lion King” is one such major offender, checking off all of the following boxes of transgressions: Sexism, racism, and homophobia.

Right off the bat, the movie’s first infraction is for focusing on a male lion cub aspiring to fill the hard-to-replace role of his powerful father. It appears the boy cub, and apparently much more, was discussed in a college classroom setting.

Greg Kearney, senior editor at the Fordham political Review, tweeted what his professor was spewing and Twitchy.com reported.

@RubinReport Learned today in a college class that Lion King is a sexist,racist,and homophobic movie that preaches the evil of capitalism…

— Greg Kearney (@TheGregKearney) January 21, 2016

Wow. The movie even promotes the “evils of capitalism.” That’s really deep. Somewhere out there, a whole lot of people ought to be demanding their tuition money back.

But it gets worst. A curious tweeter asked Kearney to expound on the professor’s oh-so-wise theory.

@memywords @RubinReport Scar apparently represents homosexuality & he’s an evil character. Hyenas represent black people. It goes on and on

— Greg Kearney (@TheGregKearney) January 21, 2016

Those engaged in the Twitter conversation found it absurd and entertaining.

@memywords @RubinReport I’ll be referencing this point next week! Haha

— Greg Kearney (@TheGregKearney) January 21, 2016

@TheGregKearney @RubinReport wow sexist racist and homophobic, new record!

— Trexstezz (@trexstezzd) January 21, 2016

@TheGregKearney @RubinReport Amazing the lengths people will go through to invent reasons to be offended. Must be very unhappy people.

— WhyteNoize (@InfernalDante86) January 21, 2016

@TheGregKearney @RubinReport …And then we broke-out the finger paints.

— Steven Richards (@Sp8591Steve) January 21, 2016

@TheGregKearney @RubinReport Hey, man. See if you can get the professor to answer if this movie promotes possible incest (Simba & Nala).

— Javier Vasquez (@JavierVasquez85) January 21, 2016

Hilarious! But gone are the days when this kind of nonsense could be brushed off. After all, people who make up this kind of divisive garbage and narrative are teaching America’s impressionable youth!

@Clinchah @TheGregKearney @RubinReport All of these words have basically lost any meaning, because nimwits just throw them out to stop

— Trexstezz (@trexstezzd) January 21, 2016

@Clinchah @TheGregKearney @RubinReport They are all extremely dangerous to the idea of free speech.

— Trexstezz (@trexstezzd) January 21, 2016

@TheGregKearney What kind of loser finds oppresion in a disney cartoon. People like ur teacher r 2 stupid for the real world. So they teach

— DMac79 (@DMacJr79) January 21, 2016

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