Scott Adams says was expecting a reaction when he planned this, with the usual quoting out of context and deliberate misinterpreting and deliberate failure to recognize hyperbole. (And he may have mentioned some are just genuine dolts. And of course, the people who believe what they are told by talking heads fit into both categories: scoundrels and dolts.)
And he was expecting to get canceled eventually over something provocative he said.
Just not quite this soon.
But he’s made his pile, so if he never earned another dime for anything, he won’t be living in a cardboard box under a bridge down by the river. Newspapers are a dwindling market. He still has his Locals subscribers.
Well, Mr Adams, it looks like even your fellow conservative knows it was justified.
I love how they use the word “canceling” to describe private companies deciding how to spend their own money. Which I thought “conservatives” considered an almost sacred right.
Lost all respect for Adams in 16. Still have to stop by and see what the right’s latest hysteria is. He’s slightly less objectionable than bow tie boy.
In my opinion, the newspapers overreacted. So, Scott Adams is weird, and possibly a racist. How many people out there are just as bad or worse and still in the news, or writing books, screen plays, whatever? We are an intemperate society, offended by every little thing, screaming and hollering like grade schoolers if we don’t have it our way.
I liked Dilbert from the earliest days, as it skewered business and even people like me (accountants weren’t insulted by being called trolls). I still like Dilbert as he keeps doing the same thing – but i get why some people don’t as they loved it when he skewered other’s impact on business but not their own.
But Scott Adams got stupid. That Rasmussen poll question was easy to understand.. it was a trolling question. The response was expected given the phrase. But he either didn’t know or didn’t care and said idiotic things. And now he’s paying the price of that. Nobody else’s fault but his.
Maybe Scott Adams just got tired of doing Dilbert, and this was his way of quitting — so he can appear on far=right shows and complain about being cancelled for the next 20 years or so.
The first thing I thought was Scott Adams is unbelievably bigoted. The second thing was why did Doonesbury and Boondocks get a pass on their bigotry? The third thing was how is this going to affect Dogbert?
Sanspareil almost 2 years ago
What a Dilbert!
braindead Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Doesn’t that other Scott realize how much money he could make fund raising off those cancellations?
Doctor Toon almost 2 years ago
I dropped Dilbert a long time ago because it just wasn’t funny to me anymore
I missed out on all the fun of dropping it from outrage
Not saying I’m not outraged
eric_harris_76 almost 2 years ago
Scott Adams says was expecting a reaction when he planned this, with the usual quoting out of context and deliberate misinterpreting and deliberate failure to recognize hyperbole. (And he may have mentioned some are just genuine dolts. And of course, the people who believe what they are told by talking heads fit into both categories: scoundrels and dolts.)
And he was expecting to get canceled eventually over something provocative he said.
Just not quite this soon.
But he’s made his pile, so if he never earned another dime for anything, he won’t be living in a cardboard box under a bridge down by the river. Newspapers are a dwindling market. He still has his Locals subscribers.
WestNYC Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Dilbert: you’ll always be welcome in Elbonia.
RobinHood almost 2 years ago
Hardly, the first, one day they will come for you, as for us all. Just waiting for the Hammer to fall
Ignatz Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Well, Mr Adams, it looks like even your fellow conservative knows it was justified.
I love how they use the word “canceling” to describe private companies deciding how to spend their own money. Which I thought “conservatives” considered an almost sacred right.
rossevrymn almost 2 years ago
Thank you, Stantis for getting this one thing correct.
William Robbins Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Lost all respect for Adams in 16. Still have to stop by and see what the right’s latest hysteria is. He’s slightly less objectionable than bow tie boy.
gldoutt Premium Member almost 2 years ago
In my opinion, the newspapers overreacted. So, Scott Adams is weird, and possibly a racist. How many people out there are just as bad or worse and still in the news, or writing books, screen plays, whatever? We are an intemperate society, offended by every little thing, screaming and hollering like grade schoolers if we don’t have it our way.
Ok, trolls, go to it.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I liked Dilbert from the earliest days, as it skewered business and even people like me (accountants weren’t insulted by being called trolls). I still like Dilbert as he keeps doing the same thing – but i get why some people don’t as they loved it when he skewered other’s impact on business but not their own.
But Scott Adams got stupid. That Rasmussen poll question was easy to understand.. it was a trolling question. The response was expected given the phrase. But he either didn’t know or didn’t care and said idiotic things. And now he’s paying the price of that. Nobody else’s fault but his.
ZBicyclist Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Maybe Scott Adams just got tired of doing Dilbert, and this was his way of quitting — so he can appear on far=right shows and complain about being cancelled for the next 20 years or so.
MichaelSFC90 almost 2 years ago
The first thing I thought was Scott Adams is unbelievably bigoted. The second thing was why did Doonesbury and Boondocks get a pass on their bigotry? The third thing was how is this going to affect Dogbert?