Dilbert is cancelled...

[sadkingbilly]

FTFY

DYF

[Zigenare]

Seems Scott Adams is a friend of a certain poster here -

https://news.sky.com/story/us-publis...eator-12820297

Several US media publishers are dropping the Dilbert comic strip after its creator described black people as members of "a racist hate group".
Several media officials denounced the comments by creator Scott Adams as racist, hateful and discriminatory.

Dilbert is a long-running comic strip poking fun at office culture.

In an episode of the YouTube show Real Coffee with Scott Adams, Mr Adams referenced a Rasmussen Reports survey that asked whether people agreed with the statement: "It's OK to be white."

Most agreed, but Mr Adams noted 26% of black respondents disagreed and others were not sure.

The Anti-Defamation League says the phrase was popularised in 2017 as a trolling campaign by members of the 4chan discussion board, but then began being used by white supremacists.

Mr Adams, who is white, repeatedly referred to people who are black as members of a "hate group" or a "racist hate group" and said he would no longer "help black Americans".

He urged white people "to get the hell away from black people".

I note with interest the format of your post. Do you see the differences between what you posted and the article on the BBC News website?

His comments were made in response to a survey conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports in which people were asked to agree or disagree with the phrase: "It's OK to be white."

The phrase is believed to have emerged in 2017 as a trolling campaign and has since been used by white supremacists.

According to the poll, 53% of black respondents agreed with the statement, but 26% disagreed and others were not sure.

Mr Adams said that those that disagreed were a "hate group".

"I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people… because there is no fixing this," he said.

[vetran]

I note with interest the format of your post. Do you see the differences between what you posted and the article on the BBC News website?

It is of course "OK to be white" just as it is "OK to be black" its not OK to be racist regardless of skin colour. Sadly both sides seem to have ignored that.

I actually really admired Scott Adams incisive wit but he has stepped over the line of acceptability from the look of it. Which is a pity, he was one of the few that tackled offshoring head on and pointed out that it was about the money and screwing American workers (of all hues) not enabling poorer nations. I did feel his portrayal of Elbonia was slightly poor taste whilst in a few cases accurate, but so were the Simpson's episodes on offshoring.

He does have a sort of point, whenever someone starts a complaint with "he is white" or "he is black" one has to admit that is racist.

As I say its sadly coming to a nasty crescendo.

[SueEllen]

I note with interest the format of your post. Do you see the differences between what you posted and the article on the BBC News website?

I copied it from Sky News who I believe are more right leaning than The Guardian where I first saw the story.

Only after I copied it from Sky News did the story appear on the Beeb website.

(Oh and I couldn't find it in The Torygraph.)

[NotAllThere]

Is syndication still a thing? I just go to dilbert.com

[SueEllen]

Is syndication still a thing? I just go to dilbert.com

I have no idea for print media.


(f*!$ her face is annoying. I may have to change my avatar again. Luckily lots of people and animals have my username.)

[woohoo]

Quick Google has lots of reports/complaints of them having a conservative so Republican bias. With complaints of their population samples not being broad enough.

They are considered below Yougov and Gallup in their polling.

The problem with doing a quick google is that you may just be looking at a left bias and perspective of the survey.

[woohoo]

I copied it from Sky News who I believe are more right leaning than The Guardian where I first saw the story.

Only after I copied it from Sky News did the story appear on the Beeb website.

(Oh and I couldn't find it in The Torygraph.)

Not sure you can find any other publication as left leaning as the guardian though I would like to see it if you could.

[ladymuck]

(Oh and I couldn't find it in The Torygraph.)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...-black-people/

[SueEllen]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...-black-people/

They took their time