Plain Dealer drops Dilbert

[Azrael]

I watched a few minutes of one of the videos (I think it was over an hour long) and even in that short time the thought that kept running through my head was, "Dude, stop. You're only making it worse."

He MUST have known what he was doing, right?

 

[Deskgrunt50]

I'd ashume the guy is set for life. That strip has been around for more than 30 years, right? He finally made enough money to go ahead and be an openly racist piece of ship.

Maybe Outkick needs a cartoonist.

 

[Songbird]

This just means Whitlock will be interviewing him ASAP.

Not sure I really understand how this came about.

One day Dilbert ...

... next day ... this.

 

[MTM]

LA Times, too

 

[MTM]

I met Adams in 1995 at the Donrey editors conference in Fort Smith, Ark. He was our keynote speaker and I got to introduce him because our paper was the first in the chain to publish Dilbert. (A decision made before I got there).

He was funny and personable, and obviously fit in well in Arkansas.

Two years later at the same conference, Gov. Mike Huckabee happened to be at the same hotel and he popped in to welcome us. No way of knowing then what they'd both turn into.

 

[Batman]

He MUST have known what he was doing, right?

I'm not sure he did. The bit I saw had all the hallmarks of an indignant non-apology apology, combined with Wile E. Coyote spinning his wheels after he goes off the cliff. Like he knew he had to try to say something to salvage this, but didn't understand what the big deal was or what exactly to say that could even begin to explain his logic. I think he even mixed in a "I have black friends!" at one point.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

This just means Whitlock will be interviewing him ASAP.

Not sure I really understand how this came about.

One day Dilbert ...

... next day ... this.

Next ... the right-wing publications start publishing his trash. Have at it.

 

[Twirling Time]

I met Adams in 1985 at the Donrey editors conference in Fort Smith, Ark. He was our keynote speaker and I got to introduce him because our paper was the first in the chain to publish Dilbert. (A decision made before I got there).

He was funny and personable, and obviously fit in well in Arkansas.

Two years later at the same conference, Gov. Mike Huckabee happened to be at the same hotel and he popped in to welcome us. No way of knowing then what they'd both turn into.

Maybe future Gov. Mike Huckabee, but two years after 1985 Bill Clinton was still governor.

 

[MTM]

Maybe future Gov. Mike Huckabee, but two years after 1985 Bill Clinton was still governor.

Oops, should be 95 for Adams and 97 for Huckabee.

 

[Twirling Time]

I had to look because I do not read the comics. But our paper does not carry Dilbert. Saved me a death on a hilltop.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I'm not sure he did. The bit I saw had all the hallmarks of an indignant non-apology apology, combined with Wile E. Coyote spinning his wheels after he goes off the cliff. Like he knew he had to try to say something to salvage this, but didn't understand what the big deal was or what exactly to say that could even begin to explain his logic. I think he even mixed in a "I have black friends!" at one point.

OK, then someone that oblivious should probably shut the fork up about politics and most everything else. But he wants respect afforded to his political views. Can't have both.

And that's being gracious by completely granting your explanation and giving Adams the non-racist benefit of the doubt.

 

[Azrael]

I'm not sure he did. The bit I saw had all the hallmarks of an indignant non-apology apology, combined with Wile E. Coyote spinning his wheels after he goes off the cliff. Like he knew he had to try to say something to salvage this, but didn't understand what the big deal was or what exactly to say that could even begin to explain his logic. I think he even mixed in a "I have black friends!" at one point.

OK, then someone that oblivious should probably shut the fork up about politics and most everything else. But he wants respect afforded to his political views. Can't have both.

And that's being gracious by completely granting your explanation and giving Adams the non-racist benefit of the doubt.

That's the apology. Not the thing itself.

The original snippet - Blacks are a hate group - which I've listened to several times, is the one Songbird has posted above.

Absent mental illness, how can you say those things without knowing exactly what's coming?