At 2/28/23 09:12 AM, ngman7 wrote: Hi. I learned recently that Scott Adams, the man who created the Dilbert comic strip, got his strip dropped from hundreds of newspapers because of a racist rant he made about African Americans on YouTube:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/27/media/dilbert-distributor-scott-adams/index.html

He referred to a poll that was taken and called African Americans a "hate group" and said that "White Americans should get the hell away from them."

He went on to say that "he wants nothing to do with them."

What does he mean by "hate group"? Was he referring specifically to groups like the BLM people? I'm an African American. I'm not hung up on things like race and culture. I'm a Christian - I don't hate anyone.

I don't support groups like the BLM people - they are a bunch of Black Nazis.

To paraphrase, comedian Marvin Webster said in a radio show once that what one African American says, does or what happens to one is NOT a referendum on all African Americans in America.

Not all African Americans are the same.

I am wondering WHY Mr. Adams referred to African Americans as a "hate group".

That was stupid of him to say what he said - he probably could have worded himself differently. His comments inadvertently encouraged segregation. I am glad newspapers dropped his strip. I used to like and read Dilbert.

I lost respect for Mr. Adams. I'm wondering what's wrong with him.

At 2/28/23 10:13 AM, Cerbskies wrote:

At 2/28/23 09:12 AM, ngman7 wrote: Hi. I learned recently that Scott Adams, the man who created the Dilbert comic strip, got his strip dropped from hundreds of newspapers because of a racist rant he made about African Americans on YouTube:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/27/media/dilbert-distributor-scott-adams/index.html

He referred to a poll that was taken and called African Americans a "hate group" and said that "White Americans should get the hell away from them."

He went on to say that "he wants nothing to do with them."

What does he mean by "hate group"? Was he referring specifically to groups like the BLM people? I'm an African American. I'm not hung up on things like race and culture. I'm a Christian - I don't hate anyone.

I don't support groups like the BLM people - they are a bunch of Black Nazis.

To paraphrase, comedian Marvin Webster said in a radio show once that what one African American says, does or what happens to one is NOT a referendum on all African Americans in America.

Not all African Americans are the same.

I am wondering WHY Mr. Adams referred to African Americans as a "hate group".

That was stupid of him to say what he said - he probably could have worded himself differently. His comments inadvertently encouraged segregation. I am glad newspapers dropped his strip. I used to like and read Dilbert.

I lost respect for Mr. Adams. I'm wondering what's wrong with him.

My guess would be cause that group commits the most crime and blames others the most for their problems? Could also just be bad experience and is just done with them.

Not like it matters. Everyone doesnt have to like everyone. Its his choice. Dilbert dude doesnt have any meaning to anything other than himself.

Its more scary how the higher ups would just trash your work just because you said something against the sheep.

At 2/28/23 09:12 AM, ngman7 wrote: He referred to a poll that was taken and called African Americans a "hate group" and said that "White Americans should get the hell away from them."

He went on to say that "he wants nothing to do with them."

What does he mean by "hate group"? Was he referring specifically to groups like the BLM people?

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote:

At 2/28/23 10:13 AM, Cerbskies wrote:
My guess would be cause that group commits the most crime and blames others the most for their problems? Could also just be bad experience and is just done with them.

your guess would be wrong, it is because he saw that 50% of black folk said they do know like a phrase associated with white supremacists, therefore they must uh be a hate group

At 2/28/23 10:41 AM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 2/28/23 09:12 AM, ngman7 wrote: He referred to a poll that was taken and called African Americans a "hate group" and said that "White Americans should get the hell away from them."

He went on to say that "he wants nothing to do with them."

What does he mean by "hate group"? Was he referring specifically to groups like the BLM people?

His racist rant made no mention of Black Lives Matter and he said he moved to a different neighborhood specifically because there were few black people there. So it is very clear-cut that he meant all African Americans are a hate group.

I am wondering WHY Mr. Adams referred to African Americans as a "hate group".

Because he is a racist. He has gotten very bigoted over the years, so his rant was not out of the blue.

That was stupid of him to say what he said - he probably could have worded himself differently. His comments inadvertently encouraged segregation.

Not "inadvertently". He full-on endorses segregation. What other meaning is there for him saying "the best advice I can give to White people is to get the hell away from Black people"?

He'll most likely cry out that he is being cancelled for the next few weeks and make himself the victim, even though he is still a multi-millionaire.

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote:

At 2/28/23 10:13 AM, Cerbskies wrote:
My guess would be cause that group commits the most crime and blames others the most for their problems? Could also just be bad experience and is just done with them.

your guess would be wrong, it is because he saw that 50% of black folk said they do know like a phrase associated with white supremacists, therefore they must uh be a hate group

At 2/28/23 12:07 PM, ngman7 wrote: Then the man is an idiot. He brought all the negativity on himself.

I used to wonder WHY I never saw any Black characters in his strip. I recall there being ONE character who was a person of color in his strip but he wasn't African American, he was Middle Eastern. He was a minor character that probably only appeared once - I think he was an intern.

Someone told me there WAS one Black character in the strip - a character that looked like a Black version of Dilbert. I never saw him in the strip, but then again, I'm not an avid reader.

At 2/28/23 12:37 PM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 2/28/23 12:07 PM, ngman7 wrote: Then the man is an idiot. He brought all the negativity on himself.

I used to wonder WHY I never saw any Black characters in his strip. I recall there being ONE character who was a person of color in his strip but he wasn't African American, he was Middle Eastern. He was a minor character that probably only appeared once - I think he was an intern.

Someone told me there WAS one Black character in the strip - a character that looked like a Black version of Dilbert. I never saw him in the strip, but then again, I'm not an avid reader.

Apparently last year, the strip added Dave the Engineer. Which looks bad in retrospect.

I never really thought about comic strips but I used to wonder WHY a lot of old cartoons from the '80s and '90s lacked cultural diversity. African Americans are STILL a LARGE minority. You can't just act like they don't exist.

For a long time, American corporate management was, and probably still is, dominated by white men.

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote:

At 2/28/23 10:13 AM, Cerbskies wrote:
My guess would be cause that group commits the most crime and blames others the most for their problems? Could also just be bad experience and is just done with them.

your guess would be wrong, it is because he saw that 50% of black folk said they do know like a phrase associated with white supremacists, therefore they must uh be a hate group

Its more scary how the higher ups would just trash your work just because you said something against the sheep.

i mean calling a good portion of the population a hate group solely because of their race is a bad idea for business, black folk read the sunday papers too

At 2/28/23 01:35 PM, Cerbskies wrote:

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote:

At 2/28/23 10:13 AM, Cerbskies wrote:
My guess would be cause that group commits the most crime and blames others the most for their problems? Could also just be bad experience and is just done with them.

your guess would be wrong, it is because he saw that 50% of black folk said they do know like a phrase associated with white supremacists, therefore they must uh be a hate group

Sure Ill take your word for it.

Its more scary how the higher ups would just trash your work just because you said something against the sheep.

i mean calling a good portion of the population a hate group solely because of their race is a bad idea for business, black folk read the sunday papers too

13% aint a good portion.

At 2/28/23 02:03 PM, Gimmick wrote: Scott Adams is and always has been sort of kooky; near the end of his book The Joy of Work, he mentioned how he believes in the principle of manifestation because of some hand-wavey quantum physics stuff (which had no bearing on what he said), and there were things about him being big on hypnosis as well elsewhere?

But yeah safe to say he either went full kook all by his lonesome after he correctly predicted Trump winning, or he got radicalized somewhere along the way. Either way, this has been a LONG time in the making - just search for his podcasts and from the titles you wouldn't be able to tell it wasn't from Alex Jones.

Which is kind of a shame to see, since I loved Dilbert back in the day. Aside from Garfield it was probably the first series of comic books I bought. Now it all feels slightly tainted because looking back the signs were kind of there, but at the time you would be justified in not reading much into it. Oh well, the strips from before they switched from ties to polos were the best anyways. And nothing can tarnish the Dilbert Weasel Dance screensaver, damn it.

*edit: corrected book title

At 2/28/23 01:35 PM, Cerbskies wrote:

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote: i mean calling a good portion of the population a hate group solely because of their race is a bad idea for business, black folk read the sunday papers too

13% aint a good portion.

Hitler started the holocaust over 500,000 jews living in germany. Even if you assume that the holocaust killed only jews (which it didn't) and that all the 6 million or so jews killed directly by it were living entirely only in germany (which for the sake of the argument implies they all collectively decided to move into a region that was actively conducting an extensive pogrom/ethnic cleansing campaign against them), they still represented less than 10% of the population of germany.

Are you truly aware of what your statement 13% aint a good portion entails?

At 2/28/23 01:35 PM, Cerbskies wrote: Couldve just made a separate anon account to vent if needed honestly.

The cretin created sock puppet accounts to praise his ideas and works and immediately got caught for it. History would've repeated itself if he tried to vent on an alt. But that doesn't make any difference because it was never his intention to do so privately. He wanted to be open about it. He became far more emboldened after Trump got elected, that he thought he could get away with saying anything.

Because it was working wonderfully for him all along. He didn't get cancelled overnight. He's been shouting from the rooftops since 2017 or so when the kook began to take hold of his brain. Nothing came of it until only recently which was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

He kept fucking around thinking he wouldn't find out, but he eventually found out. It's a very mild punishment because the dude is already set for life, but that's just my opinion.

At 2/28/23 03:26 PM, ngman7 wrote:

At 2/28/23 02:03 PM, Gimmick wrote: Scott Adams is and always has been sort of kooky; near the end of his book The Joy of Work, he mentioned how he believes in the principle of manifestation because of some hand-wavey quantum physics stuff (which had no bearing on what he said), and there were things about him being big on hypnosis as well elsewhere?

But yeah safe to say he either went full kook all by his lonesome after he correctly predicted Trump winning, or he got radicalized somewhere along the way. Either way, this has been a LONG time in the making - just search for his podcasts and from the titles you wouldn't be able to tell it wasn't from Alex Jones.

Which is kind of a shame to see, since I loved Dilbert back in the day. Aside from Garfield it was probably the first series of comic books I bought. Now it all feels slightly tainted because looking back the signs were kind of there, but at the time you would be justified in not reading much into it. Oh well, the strips from before they switched from ties to polos were the best anyways. And nothing can tarnish the Dilbert Weasel Dance screensaver, damn it.

*edit: corrected book title

At 2/28/23 01:35 PM, Cerbskies wrote:

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote: i mean calling a good portion of the population a hate group solely because of their race is a bad idea for business, black folk read the sunday papers too

13% aint a good portion.

Hitler started the holocaust over 500,000 jews living in germany. Even if you assume that the holocaust killed only jews (which it didn't) and that all the 6 million or so jews killed directly by it were living entirely only in germany (which for the sake of the argument implies they all collectively decided to move into a region that was actively conducting an extensive pogrom/ethnic cleansing campaign against them), they still represented less than 10% of the population of germany.

Are you truly aware of what your statement 13% aint a good portion entails?

At 2/28/23 01:35 PM, Cerbskies wrote: Couldve just made a separate anon account to vent if needed honestly.

The cretin created sock puppet accounts to praise his ideas and works and immediately got caught for it. History would've repeated itself if he tried to vent on an alt. But that doesn't make any difference because it was never his intention to do so privately. He wanted to be open about it. He became far more emboldened after Trump got elected, that he thought he could get away with saying anything.

Because it was working wonderfully for him all along. He didn't get cancelled overnight. He's been shouting from the rooftops since 2017 or so when the kook began to take hold of his brain. Nothing came of it until only recently which was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

He kept fucking around thinking he wouldn't find out, but he eventually found out. It's a very mild punishment because the dude is already set for life, but that's just my opinion.

So Adams is one of these celebs who does crazy things and thinks he can get away with that because he thinks he's "untouchable". He's no different than the other White American celebs before him who got in trouble for making publicly racist comments.

At 2/28/23 02:03 PM, Gimmick wrote: Scott Adams is and always has been sort of kooky; near the end of his book The Joy of Work, he mentioned how he believes in the principle of manifestation because of some hand-wavey quantum physics stuff (which had no bearing on what he said), and there were things about him being big on hypnosis as well elsewhere?

But yeah safe to say he either went full kook all by his lonesome after he correctly predicted Trump winning, or he got radicalized somewhere along the way. Either way, this has been a LONG time in the making - just search for his podcasts and from the titles you wouldn't be able to tell it wasn't from Alex Jones.

Which is kind of a shame to see, since I loved Dilbert back in the day. Aside from Garfield it was probably the first series of comic books I bought. Now it all feels slightly tainted because looking back the signs were kind of there, but at the time you would be justified in not reading much into it. Oh well, the strips from before they switched from ties to polos were the best anyways. And nothing can tarnish the Dilbert Weasel Dance screensaver, damn it.

*edit: corrected book title

At 2/28/23 01:35 PM, Cerbskies wrote:

At 2/28/23 11:19 AM, Gario wrote: i mean calling a good portion of the population a hate group solely because of their race is a bad idea for business, black folk read the sunday papers too

13% aint a good portion.

Hitler started the holocaust over 500,000 jews living in germany. Even if you assume that the holocaust killed only jews (which it didn't) and that all the 6 million or so jews killed directly by it were living entirely only in germany (which for the sake of the argument implies they all collectively decided to move into a region that was actively conducting an extensive pogrom/ethnic cleansing campaign against them), they still represented less than 10% of the population of germany.

Are you truly aware of what your statement 13% aint a good portion entails?

At 2/28/23 09:12 AM, ngman7 wrote: Hi. I learned recently that Scott Adams, the man who created the Dilbert comic strip, got his strip dropped from hundreds of newspapers because of a racist rant he made about African Americans on YouTube:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/27/media/dilbert-distributor-scott-adams/index.html

He referred to a poll that was taken and called African Americans a "hate group" and said that "White Americans should get the hell away from them."

He went on to say that "he wants nothing to do with them."

What does he mean by "hate group"? Was he referring specifically to groups like the BLM people? I'm an African American. I'm not hung up on things like race and culture. I'm a Christian - I don't hate anyone.

I don't support groups like the BLM people - they are a bunch of Black Nazis.

To paraphrase, comedian Marvin Webster said in a radio show once that what one African American says, does or what happens to one is NOT a referendum on all African Americans in America.

Not all African Americans are the same.

I am wondering WHY Mr. Adams referred to African Americans as a "hate group".

That was stupid of him to say what he said - he probably could have worded himself differently. His comments inadvertently encouraged segregation. I am glad newspapers dropped his strip. I used to like and read Dilbert.

I lost respect for Mr. Adams. I'm wondering what's wrong with him.

At 2/28/23 09:15 PM, JerseyWildcard wrote:

At 2/28/23 09:01 PM, ngman7 wrote: On a related note I found this article:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/i-apologize-to-dilbert-comic-creator-scott-adams-for-forcing-him-to-be-racist/ar-AA181XCG?cvid=0caef3ddd26a4ddb92c60593b0d5b9af&ei=6

I really hope that people recognize this article as a satirical opinion piece as it clearly is and nothing sincere or genuine.