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| Dilbert is dropped. Scott Adams let his mouth drop. |
Author and comic writer Scott Adams is dismissing the backlash he received from his podcast in which he said that Black people were a "hate group" and white people should stay away.
He made his rants on his social media and of course it went viral. Now his beloved Dilbert comic strip pays the price. Over 235 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada has dropped the strip. Once he loses his manager and publishing company it's a wrap.
The USA Today Network, which operates hundreds of newspapers, said it had pulled the plug on the long-running comic strip. The Washington Post and The Plain Dealer also in Cleveland said they would no longer carry the comic.
His comments came in response to a poll from the conservative firm Rasmussen Reports that said 53% of Black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be White.”
The Anti-Defamation League has noted that the phrase emerged on the infamous message board 4chan in 2017 as a trolling campaign and has a “long history” in the white supremacist movement.
“If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with White people – according to this poll, not according to me, according to th is poll – that’s a hate group,” Adams said Wednesday on his YouTube show “Real Coffee with Scott Adams.”
This real or deep fake? pic.twitter.com/coDrYJcHEo
— Ryan Dawson (@RyLiberty) February 23, 2023
Newspapers across the #UnitedStates have pulled #ScottAdams’ long-running “Dilbert” comic strip after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and said White people should “get the f**k away from” them 🤯
— No Jumper (@nojumper) February 26, 2023
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scott adams has become based based based i cannot recommend the interview on @HotepJesus YT enough. absolutely worth the two hours, very productive discussion between two reasonable and moral individuals pic.twitter.com/POM25YveHy
— tap water connoisseur🇺🇸🇵🇭 (@j4cint0_) February 26, 2023
I'm accepting criticism from anyone who has seen the full context here.
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 26, 2023
The rest of you are in a fake news bubble but I trust you suspected that.
Scott Adams Interview - It's Okay to Be White https://t.co/yP6rNiOXnS via @YouTube
This is the absolute truth what @ScottAdamsSays is saying here. He had to have known that all the coward newspapers would drop his Dilbert comic strip. I admire Scott Adams for doing it anyway. pic.twitter.com/sy0vhHutV2
— Jesse Lee Peterson (@JLPtalk) February 25, 2023
“I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” Adams added. “And 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, just get the fuck away … because there is no fixing this.”
Adams has since said on Twitter that he was only “advising people to avoid hate” and suggested that the cancellation of his cartoon signals that free speech in America is under assault.
The newspapers that have cut the comic strip have been clear with readers.
“Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week … and we will no longer carry his comic strip in The Plain Dealer,” wrote Chris Quinn, editor of the paper. “This is not a difficult decision.”
“We are not a home for those who espouse racism,” Quinn added. “We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.”
Gannett, which publishes the USA Today Network of newspapers, tweeted that it aims to “lead with inclusion and strive to maintain a respectful and equitable environment for the diverse communities we serve nationwide.”
The Washington Post said it had also pulled the comic strip from the newspaper.
“In light of Scott Adams’s recent statements promoting segregation, The Washington Post has ceased publication of the Dilbert comic strip,” it said.
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