[ale] RIP Dilbert

[jc.lightner at comcast.net]

Saying he wasn't "canceled" then giving the reasons why he was is a bit disingenuous.   I didn't say there weren't good reason.  I said I didn't recall what they were.

Luckily for me what I got from him was the enjoyment of reading Dilbert.

I've often though celebrities should be seen and not heard.   Whether they say things with which I agree or not their political views have nothing to do with why they got famous in the first place.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Ron via Ale
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 7:05 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Cc: Ron <ron at bclug.ca>
Subject: Re: [ale] RIP Dilbert

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.

_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo