Dilbert creator lashes out after papers pull his strip: 'Dicey situation'

[Mac Mickmanus]

4 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I would avoid baiting when those questions have already been covered in the last 5 pages if you care to read them

If you don't want to answer my question , just don't reply and let someone else answer , thanks .

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, Mac Mickmanus said:

If you don't want to answer my question , just don't reply and let someone else answer , thanks .

Why would I answer it when I've already covered it in detail in a previous post? Too much for you to scroll back? 

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1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

If you don't want to answer my question , just don't reply and let someone else answer , thanks .

The reason "it's ok to be white" is offensive is the same reason that "all lives matter". There's a history behind those phrases and these phrases are an underhanded way of promoting the notion that black people in America don't still suffer from discrimination.

[NextG]

16 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Why would a Black person be offended by asking whether they were OK with White people ?

   Why is it offensive ?

They weren’t asked that. Why is it that you are trying so hard to push that narrative, when you have more evidence than not, that the poll is asking about a statement, rather than people?

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, tgw said:

I loved Scott Adams' comics years back when I was working in an office not unlike the subject of his Dilbert cartoons. His blog was also pretty good and raising clever points. I read it daily.

His mind was very sharp.

And then, at some point, he started to derail, maybe ten years ago. At first some of the blog posts were coming across as odd, then some were outright daft - and he stopped writing them.

I remarked that since Ruzzia's attack on Ukraine some of his comics seemed to spread Ruzzian propaganda.

I suspect isolation and social media to be the cause of the apparent senility.

Yes, it's quite troubling that so many American white nationalists, magas, America Firsters, trumpists etc. are so closely aligned with Putin. This faction can potentially win the war for Putin as their push to cut off arms help to Ukraine is growing and they might potentially win even more power in 24. 

[NextG]

10 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

If you don't want to answer my question , just don't reply and let someone else answer , thanks .

Loads of people have done so already. Seems that you are waiting for a reply that suits you ☺️

[Chomper Higgot]

20 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Doesn't seem racist to me. 

 

To some he won’t.

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

To some he won’t.

To some Grand Wizards in full white sheet don't seem racist. I guess that's called diversity. 

[onthedarkside]

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[Mac Mickmanus]

14 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

To some Grand Wizards in full white sheet don't seem racist. I guess that's called diversity. 

That is not true .

Everyone is aware that the Klu Klux Klan are a racist group 

[Scott]

Elon Musk defends Dilbert cartoonist over racist rant, calling media ‘anti-white’

Elon Musk has defended the artist behind cartoon strip Dilbert, which has been dropped from papers across the US after its creator’s racist online rant.

Scott Adams, 65, had been producing nationally-syndicated Dilbert since 1989, but landmark papers such as the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, as well as smaller titles around the country, have stopped publishing the cartoon in the wake of the artist’s description of Black people as a “hate group” and urging white people to “get the hell away from” them.

 

Mr Adams made the comments on Wednesday but appeared to double down on Saturday, tweeting: “Is it racist to avoid racists who are the same race as each other? Or is it only racist if the racists you are avoiding are white?”

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-racism-dilbert-scott-adams-b2290330.html

[Neeranam]

3 minutes ago, Scott said:

Elon Musk has defended the artist behind cartoon strip Dilbert, which has been dropped from papers across the US after its creator’s racist online rant.

Doesn't mean much, as he's South African

[James105]

Just now, ozimoron said:

Which of those racial groups has been downtrodden and classed as chattels and inferior for centuries?

I don't know any racial groups of people alive today who were alive centuries ago who I would agree were treated poorly.   I only know those who were and are given the same equal opportunities (backed up by law) as everyone else.    Perhaps you are extremely old and knew people who suffered this kind of persecution or perhaps were/are guilty of classing other racial groups as inferior.   Everyone I know from all racial groups has had the same equality of opportunity as I have so I would say none of them.  

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, James105 said:

I don't know any racial groups of people alive today who were alive centuries ago who I would agree were treated poorly.   I only know those who were and are given the same equal opportunities (backed up by law) as everyone else.    Perhaps you are extremely old and knew people who suffered this kind of persecution or perhaps were/are guilty of classing other racial groups as inferior.   Everyone I know from all racial groups has had the same equality of opportunity as I have so I would say none of them.  

Do you imagine that blacks today don't suffer from entrenched and systematic racism and disadvantage? Do you understand why universities had diversity programs for admission? Just to annoy republicans maybe?

 

I guess you simply don't associate much with blacks in social situations much.

Edited February 27, 2023 by ozimoron

[James105]

9 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Do you imagine that blacks today don't suffer from entrenched and systematic racism and disadvantage? Do you understand why universities had diversity programs for admission? Just to annoy republicans maybe?

 

I guess you simply don't associate much with blacks in social situations much.

The colour of the skin of the people I associate with is their least important characteristic.   Only racists judge people on the colour of their skin.   

[ozimoron]

8 minutes ago, James105 said:

The colour of the skin of the people I associate with is their least important characteristic.   Only racists judge people on the colour of their skin.   

I'm not saying you judge them but you might want to ask them if others do, if you even know any well enough to socialise with them. You've evidently never done so or you wouldn't be as uninformed as your post shows you to be.

 

Are you going to tell me with a straight face that no blacks you know have friends who have experienced systemic racism and unequal  employment opportunity?

Edited February 27, 2023 by ozimoron

[Jingthing]

Let's get real. 

We're talking about American society. 

It's not only about skin color but cultural differences. Big ones.

[Neeranam]

23 minutes ago, James105 said:

Everyone I know from all racial groups has had the same equality of opportunity as I have so I would say none of them.  

I was refused Thai price at a golf course two months ago, based on my skin colour. 

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

I was refused Thai price at a golf course two months ago, based on my skin colour. 

And because you are a felang, that is the main reason 

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33 minutes ago, James105 said:

I don't know any racial groups of people alive today who were alive centuries ago who I would agree were treated poorly.   I only know those who were and are given the same equal opportunities (backed up by law) as everyone else.    Perhaps you are extremely old and knew people who suffered this kind of persecution or perhaps were/are guilty of classing other racial groups as inferior.   Everyone I know from all racial groups has had the same equality of opportunity as I have so I would say none of them.  

Really?

Research Shows Black Drivers More Likely to Be Stopped by Police

A new study, undertaken by Ravi Shroff, an assistant professor holding joint appointments at NYU Steinhardt and NYU CUSP, and his colleagues at the Stanford Open Policing Project, found that in a dataset of nearly 100 million traffic stops across the United States, black drivers were about 20 percent more likely to be stopped than white drivers relative to their share of the residential population.

The study also found that once stopped, black drivers were searched about 1.5 to 2 times as often as white drivers, while they were less likely to be carrying drugs, guns, or other illegal contraband compared to their white peers.

They found that black drivers made up a smaller share of those stopped at night, when it’s more difficult to discern the race of a driver, which suggests that racial bias may influence stop decisions.

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/may/black-drivers-more-likely-to-be-stopped-by-police.html

 

How We Investigated Racial Disparities in Federal Mortgage Data

https://themarkup.org/show-your-work/2021/08/25/how-we-investigated-racial-disparities-in-federal-mortgage-data

 

Partners in study gave legal memo a lower rating when told author wasn't white

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hypothetical_legal_memo_demonstrates_unconscious_biases

 

Name Discrimination Study Finds Lakisha And Jamal Still Less Likely To Get Hired Than Emily And Greg

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/08/18/name-discrimination-jobs

 

Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump

https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495955920/donald-trump-plagued-by-decades-old-housing-discrimination-case

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[Neeranam]

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Let's get real. 

We're talking about American society. 

It's not only about skin color but cultural differences. Big ones.

Absolutely, there is little racism in the USA now, but there are plenty of people shouting about it. In my understanding, racism is when a dominant part of society benefits at the expense of another group. People of colour in the USA are about 50%. Maybe they called themselves that to stop racism, as blacks/asian/latinos individually are minorities. 

[Neeranam]

7 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

And because you are a felang, that is the main reason 

Farang means of person of white colour.  I showed my Thai ID, and was told I din't have a face like the guy taking the money. Really, he said, 'you don't have a face like mine'(in Thai language).

If this happened in the woke USA, he's probably be fired, or even go to jail.

Edited February 27, 2023 by Neeranam

[ozimoron]

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Farang means of person of white colour.  I showed my Thai ID, and was told I din't have a face like the guy taking the money. Really, he said, 'you don't have a face like mine'(in Thai language).

If this happened in the woke USA, he's probably be fired, or even go to jail.

Would you prefer that Thais didn't say that or have that attitude? warning: this is a trap ????

[Neeranam]

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

Would you prefer that Thais didn't say that or have that attitude? warning: this is a trap ????

Yes, of course. 

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

Yes, of course. 

You  fell into my trap. So why are you saying that the US is "woke"which is an emotionally loaded term intended to disparage liberals and yet you expressed a desire for Thailand to be "woke".

Edited February 27, 2023 by ozimoron

[NextG]

28 minutes ago, James105 said:

The colour of the skin of the people I associate with is their least important characteristic.   Only racists judge people on the colour of their skin.   

Exactly. So why would you create a poll solely based on the colour of someone’s skin?

Why was he picking up on the ‘results’ of a poll based solely on the colour of someone’s skin?

It’s about race and trying to pigeonhole. 

 

 

 

 

[Scott]

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1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Doesn't mean much, as he's South African

There are many, many sound reasons to criticize Musk. But as for being racist. His father may be an awful person but.....

"In 1972, he was elected to the Pretoria City Council as a representative of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk

 

The Musk family were not Afrikaners which is that community the harbored the most  hardcore racists.

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[ozimoron]

3 minutes ago, placeholder said:

There are many, many sound reasons to criticize Musk. But...

In 1972, he was elected to the Pretoria City Council as a representative of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk

That's when he was still young (very young) and idealistic. It was probably before he inherited daddy's money.

[Neeranam]

25 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

You  fell into my trap. So why are you saying that the US is "woke"which is an emotionally loaded term intended to disparage liberals and yet you expressed a desire for Thailand to be "woke".

trap?

 

I most certainly don't want Thailand to become woke. 

I said I would rather I was not discriminated because of my colour.