It's been a long while since I got turned off Dilbert. What turned me off was his comics was getting too bitter.

I guess he got better material now with the woke-ism.

Scott Adams pays the price for offending the wokies.

“Newspapers are dropping the 'Dilbert' comic strip after creator Scott Adams launched into a racist tirade advising his followers to 'get the f**k' away from black people.

Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the US, said it would stop publishing the comic immediately following the remarks made by its creator on his online show 'Real Coffee with Scott Adams.'

It comes after Dilbert was already canned by 77 newspapers in September due to its increasingly controversial plotlines including one about a black character who identifies as white.

The comic has been in circulation since 1989 and frequently pokes fun at office culture.

Adams, who is believed to have amassed more than $70 million from the Dilbert series, said in the livestreamed talk on Wednesday: 'The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. …”

https://mol.im/a/11793295

If he was not canceled before, he is now on double secret cancellation!

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I thought the woke crowd did not read papers, just boomers. The strips were accurate and funny.

They do not "read" them, they "monitor" them for "problematic content"

This is just their way of dropping the most expensive strip in their paper and hoping their BS rationale will quell the fury of their readers. Dilbert remains the best content in many/most? newspapers.

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Originally posted by r0gue:
This is just their way of dropping the most expensive strip in their paper and hoping their BS rationale will quell the fury of their readers. Dilbert remains the best content in many/most? newspapers.

I doubt that people who actually take the time to pay for and receive the paper AND read it, were offended. Most were likely thinking "give em hell" Scott.
I wish there was a running statistic on a newspaper website, "Actual subscribers who have canceled in the last 24hours, 7days, 30 days, et al."

But really I doubt it was a single one. Just flakes on social media.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
No doubt, Adams has quite a pile of "fuck you" money.

$50 to $80 Million, depending on which, if any website you choose to believe.

He's 65 years old and has been full-time cartoonist since '96.

Retire with a bang, and say all of the stuff that's been bugging him.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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Originally posted by TomV:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
No doubt, Adams has quite a pile of "fuck you" money.

$50 to $80 Million, depending on which, if any website you choose to believe.

He's 65 years old and has been full-time cartoonist since '96.

Retire with a bang, and say all of the stuff that's been bugging him.

That's what he's doing. I'm sure you'll still be able to see the daily Dilbert online. Just like Bloom County.

Well he had his very public Mea culpa a few weeks ago after finally realising the vax was pretty much worthless and his stepson died a few years ago at 18 of fentanyl OD. Seems he kinda went off the rails since his stepson passed.

I wonder if he’s been seeing the same tweets I keep seeing of black people randomly sucker punching and stomping white people, viciously beating teachers trying to keep order in the classroom etc and he’s finally had enough? That stuff seems to have risen steeply in the past year or so.

What I read was he was responding directly to a poll. The poll was asking black Americans the question, “is it ok to be white”? A very slim majority voted yes. He was responding to the fact that nearly half of the black respondents said it was not in fact OK to be white. He said well that’s fucking racist and we should stay away from blacks if that is what the6 think. What was quietly never mentioned was the absurdity of the poll responses, just his response to the response.

He could/should have been more tactful but pointing out that half of the polled think there is something wrong with being white is completely fucked up.

Leftism is based in false principles and deception. As such it cannot bear the scrutiny of humor. This is why Leftists punish anyone who dares. Antipodally, those who embrace true principles endure brutal persecution and mockery yet quietly, confidently remain standing to face scrutiny.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

It’s happened before. The leftist loved Al Capp until his Joanie Phoanie character appeared.

I think she got smarter later in life. I have a record of her singing "Plaisir d'Amor" and accompanying herself on the guitar. It is wonderful.

flashguy

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I think she got smarter later in life. I have a record of her singing "Plaisir d'Amor" and accompanying herself on the guitar. It is wonderful.

flashguy

I have her album "Diamonds and Rust". It's pretty good!

Elon Musk claims media is 'racist' as he supports Dilbert creator

“Elon Musk has sensationally claimed the media is racist to white people and Asians as he voiced his support for disgraced 'Dilbert' comic strip creator Scott Adams.
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'For a *very* long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they’re racist against whites & Asians,' the 51-year-old billionaire explained.

'Same thing happened with elite colleges and high schools in America. Maybe they can try not being racist.' …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11796139

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What I read was he was responding directly to a poll. The poll was asking black Americans the question, “is it ok to be white”? A very slim majority voted yes. He was responding to the fact that nearly half of the black respondents said it was not in fact OK to be white. He said well that’s fucking racist and we should stay away from blacks if that is what the6 think. What was quietly never mentioned was the absurdity of the poll responses, just his response to the response.

He could/should have been more tactful but pointing out that half of the polled think there is something wrong with being white is completely fucked up.

He should have known what was going on in that interview, and have been ready for anything resembling a gotcha question.

If you are a public figure, and you troll the leftist movements such as ESG in your work, then you are making yourself a target for retaliation.

Things like this polls topic, and the question being asked of him was a setup to trap him into making a response that could be used against him to hurt his business/income.

To the left, it's war, and they have no qualms about targeting anyone, from anywhere, on any side of the political spectrum in order to stop any questioning of the agenda.

True Machiavellian tactics...

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Elon Musk claims media is 'racist' as he supports Dilbert creator

“Elon Musk has sensationally claimed the media is racist to white people and Asians as he voiced his support for disgraced 'Dilbert' comic strip creator Scott Adams.

I could not agree more.

Have you seen any TV commercials in the last three or four years? There are black people in virtually every commercial. White men are portrayed as weak and stupid. Black men are portrayed as always in a position of authority, or the source of wisdom, and the same goes for "women of color"

What's the home security company that has the guy who always wears a ski mask? We know he's lily white because his red handlebar moustache is always showing. Oh, my, we could never show a black man in a ski mask or robbing homes, could we? Let's ignore reality, ignore the FBI stats on crime.

If I were a member of SAG and was auditioning for roles in commercials, I'd sue the ever-lovin' shit out of all these advertising agencies who are preventing white actors from making a living.

Families- White mom, white kids, black dad. Or, white family with black kids. Or, a complete mixed bag- Black dad, asian mom, with a white kid and a black kid. Sure.

And what I'm describing is just the tip of the iceberg. You'd have to be blind to not see it.

As to this poll about a 47% aggregate saying it's not OK or they're not sure it's OK to be white- yeah, we have a genuine problem, and I don't blame Adams for speaking up.

And by the way, who even comes up with questions like "Is it OK to be white?" You race is your race. Ridiculous.

Forget about the racial hatred for a minute- if only they knew how much this shit reveals their rampant insecurity.

Just as with the campaign to make women out to be superior to men in every way- the fact that they need to keep telling us this shit over and over is a clear indication that they themselves don't really believe what they're peddling.

If I had fuck you money like Adams I would speak my mind whenever asked. As I get older the only thing keeping me from not giving a shit about hurting peoples “feelings” is that my employer would fire me. I get to retirement age those shackles are gone and I get to be the crazy old guy which just means I can say common sense rational ideas that I can back up with data but in todays crazy world makes me all kinds of bad names.

He knew this would be a shitstorm but his GAF meter has been broken for awhile and he ain’t gonna fix it. Good for him.