[ale] RIP Dilbert

[Ron]

Jeff Lightner via Ale wrote on 2026-01-14 14:59:

> It was disappoint a few years ago when he got "canceled" for
> reasons I don't recall.

The reasons weren't that unreasonable.

> "He's not being cancelled. He's experiencing the consequences of 
> expressing his views," Bill Holbrook, the creator of the strip On 
> the Fastrack, told The Associated Press at the time. "I am in full 
> support with him saying anything he wants to, but then he has to own 
> the consequences of saying them."


> It all collapsed quickly in 2023 when Adams, who was white, 
> repeatedly referred to Black people as members of a "hate group"
> and said he would no longer "help Black Americans." He later said he
> was being hyperbolic, yet continued to defend his stance.

> He attracted attention for controversial comments, including saying
> in 2011 that women are treated differently by society for the same
> reason as children and the mentally disabled — "it’s just easier
> this way for everyone." In a blog post from 2006, he questioned the
> death toll of the Holocaust.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-scott-adams-dilbert-9.7043533


He wrote that women were "too emotional" to think clearly. Ironically, 
he also supported Donald Trump & MAGA.



He was also caught running sock puppet accounts (Reddit and Twitter I
think) trolling and heaping praise on ... Scott Adams. Minor, but pathetic.



Quite the in-depth coverage of him on the Behind The Bastards podcast
from July 2023:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/
part-one-how-the-dilbert-guy-118786164/


That podcast is often a worthwhile listen.




He saw himself not as Dilbert - a likeable guy, but as Dogbert.  And
towards the end, he seemed more sympathetic to the PHB than anyone else
in his comics, or so I've read.

Anyway, he could've quit while he was ahead (ala Calvin & Hobbes, for 
example), but didn't and wore out his welcome most everywhere.




Finally, I read that he was recently mocking the death of Renee Nicole 
Good - killed by ICE agents.

I cannot find a link, but it was like "how stupid are liberal women ... 
resist armed law enforcement" - if that's not true, send along a link 
please.

Too many false positives in these recent stories to wade through.