Books: Hundreds of newspapers drop ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after racist tirade from creator Scott Adams

[Say Hey Kid]

Hundreds of newspapers drop 'Dilbert' comic strip after racist tirade from creator Scott Adams

Newspapers across the country dropped the "Dilbert" comic strip over the weekend after the creator of the satirical cartoon went on a racist tirade, calling Black Americans a "hate group" and suggesting that White people should "get the hell away" from them.

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[No Fun Shogun]

Dude's been off the deep-end for a while now, but he really went to the bottom of the pool recently. I'm more surprised that many papers want to keep that dead weight at this point.

Odd, too. I vaguely remember as a kid liking the Dilbert cartoon.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I agree with the first 2 posters. I realize he had issues before but I still can't believe he took that ridiculous poll seriously. I've lived in a 95% black subdivision for 6 years. No has ever not greeted me in a warm friendly manner when I walk by on my daily walks.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

People actually found that strip funny??

 

[Xelebes]

People actually found that strip funny??

In the 90s, a cynical eye towards bureaucratic bluster solicited a chuckle now and then. Problem for him is that he mistook his recent heroes as being the one to cut this bluster, little realising that the bluster is exactly built for the purposes of his heroes. Instead he shows what made them his heroes and now his comics are just a confusing mess.

 

[John Price]

can't say he wasn't asking for it

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Shame, that.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

These are the hills you die on when you've already made your fortune.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Now his distributor dropped him

Dilbert distributor cuts ties to comic strip's creator over his remarks about race

Various U.S. media publishers said they would no longer give Adams a platform after he made comments described as racist, hateful and discriminatory in a Feb. 22 YouTube video.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Of course the edgelord weighed in...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk defended Adams in posts on the platform, saying the media previously were "racist against non-white people, now they're racist against whites & Asians."

 

[Mrfenn92]

What a classy fella

 

[Karterthadon]

I refuse to believe that there's people out there who are still reading comics in newspapers.

 

[beowulf]

Of course the edgelord weighed in...

Well he can't let himself be out douched.

 

[tarheelhockey]

In the 90s, a cynical eye towards bureaucratic bluster solicited a chuckle now and then.

It was the zeitgeist of the time, the same ethos that gave us Office Space and Clerks.

This is all a shame because Dilbert was legitimately funny once upon a time, so it will feel kind of gross to look back on those old strips and realize the soul of the man behind them. At the same time, nothing of value is lost. Nobody reads newspaper comics any more, and this one is 20 years past its relevance. Adams is just is another in a long line of middle-aged C-listers who cultivate an edgy alt-right persona. Put him on the scrap heap and move on.

 

[Jussi]

What a classy fella

"Mr Adams, you sound like a swell guy."

 

[RandV]

 

[Richard]

I agree with the first 2 posters. I realize he had issues before but I still can't believe he took that ridiculous poll seriously. I've lived in a 95% black subdivision for 6 years. No has ever not greeted me in a warm friendly manner when I walk by on my daily walks.

Funny thing is, the larger problem is a large percentage of the country has never lived in a place where a black, suburban, middle class exists.... they have no experience of it.

I went from Pittsburgh to DC and lived in a neighborhood which was predominately black and I was absolutely shocked...... black people did EVERYTHING I did .... grill, have beers, cut the grass. That was a real eye opener.

I realized whole places, like Pittsburgh, and Cleveland and Buffalo and Boston don't have that -- my entire world was viewed through a prism where the only majority black areas were poor, violent, inner city slums.

My DC era changed me for the better.

Its's all about the economics man. That's it.

 

[Beau Knows]

In a way it's a good thing when guys like pretty much just come out as racists the way he did. They're a lot more dangerous with dog whistles and plausible deniability.

 

[Troy McClure]

People actually found that strip funny??

He did capture office culture very well. It was funny. But like a lot of comic strips, it lost steam because are only so many ways to make fun of how meetings are a bad waste of time.

It also turns out this guy's brains have been rotting away for years. Dude turned his social media presence into a Klan rally and is pretending to be surprised when papers pull the plug on him.

 

[beowulf]

He did capture office culture very well. It was funny. But like a lot of comic strips, it lost steam because are only so many ways to make fun of how meetings are a bad waste of time.

It also turns out this guy's brains have been rotting away for years. Dude turned his social media presence into a Klan rally and is pretending to be surprised when papers pull the plug on him.

Indeed it's nothing new with him, like so many Trump being president seem to make it ok to come out as racist and bigoted.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Indeed it's nothing new with him, like so many Trump being president seem to make it ok to come out as racist and bigoted.

Did CNN tell you this?

 

[Jovavic]

Did CNN tell you this?

No, just being a reader of these boards since 2014, not too hard to pinpoint the catalyst

 

[beowulf]

Did CNN tell you this?

No the world, US in particular, it is pretty obvious.

 

[Osprey]

No the world, US in particular, it is pretty obvious.

Celebrities said awful things years before and are saying them years after. I think that it has more to do with the rise of social media, especially Twitter, which makes it easier for people to share their opinions.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Celebrities said awful things years before and are saying them years after. I think that it has more to do with the rise of social media, especially Twitter, which makes it easier for people to share their opinions.

It is honestly a combinaison of factors.

The rise of social media certainly being the biggest (it amplified everyone's voice and provides an archive of bad stuff one could have said).

2016 should however not be underestimated. The rise of orange DID make some discourse mainstream that was frown upon before. In reaction to it, you have people using THEIR platforms to make sure that discourse is attacked.