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Dilbert loses newspapers, publishers, distributor, and possibly its website
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thinkfat:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 13, 2023, 02:09:32 pm ---The problem is it only works one way. That black woman who lamented at the terribly white balcony at the coronation, hasn't been cancelled, like Scott Adams.

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Well, she sure received some public backlash and had to paddle back. As far as Adams is concerned, the latest "incident" sure wasn't the first. I found his views and statements often fueled by a white/male supremacy complex. Eventually I stopped reading his blog and subsequently payed no more attention to Dilbert, too. I wasn't comfortable supporting him in any way. As far as I'm concerned he's free to express his views, but I for one won't be part of it. I can completely understand how mainstream media don't want that, either. He will find out soon enough if he's worth anything apart from being an artist and a comedian.
Zero999:

--- Quote from: thinkfat on May 14, 2023, 12:03:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 13, 2023, 02:09:32 pm ---The problem is it only works one way. That black woman who lamented at the terribly white balcony at the coronation, hasn't been cancelled, like Scott Adams.

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Well, she sure received some public backlash and had to paddle back.
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True, but she hasn't faced any real consequences. She still has her acting job. Had a pale male said something bad about black people, he would have been treated much more harshly, even if he didn't receive the same level of public criticism. Take historian David Starkey for example. This obvious double standard shows that black/minority privilege is real in many scenarios.

I don't think she should be cancelled. She should be free to make such silly, hateful comments if she likes and the same should be true for Scott Adams.


--- Quote --- As far as Adams is concerned, the latest "incident" sure wasn't the first. I found his views and statements often fueled by a white/male supremacy complex. Eventually I stopped reading his blog and subsequently payed no more attention to Dilbert, too. I wasn't comfortable supporting him in any way. As far as I'm concerned he's free to express his views, but I for one won't be part of it. I can completely understand how mainstream media don't want that, either. He will find out soon enough if he's worth anything apart from being an artist and a comedian.

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I don't know anything about his views other than this one video. It's of course your choice to stop consuming his content, because you disagree with him. The problem is, his publisher hasn't dropped him because no one was buying, but through pressure from a few activists. There are plenty of others who would have been happy to continue to see his content, in various publications, yet no longer have the choice.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on May 14, 2023, 12:35:55 pm ---... She should be free to make such silly, hateful comments if she likes ...

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... and presumably shout "fire" in a crowded theatre. If not, where's the boundary?

That's a notoriously difficult problem, akin to defining "art".


--- Quote ---There are plenty of others who would have been happy to continue to see [Adams'] content, in various publications, yet no longer have the choice.

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Not sure why you say that. My understanding is they do have the choice, on multiple platforms.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on May 14, 2023, 02:20:57 pm ---Not sure why you say that. My understanding is they do have the choice, on multiple platforms.

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That's not how the newspaper business works. No syndication company, no comic in newspapers.
And in this case said syndication company had the website and reader database.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on May 14, 2023, 02:32:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on May 14, 2023, 02:20:57 pm ---Not sure why you say that. My understanding is they do have the choice, on multiple platforms.

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That's not how the newspaper business works. No syndication company, no comic in newspapers.
And in this case said syndication company had the website and reader database.

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Sure. So what? That doesn't conflict with what I wrote!

People do still have the choice of reading Adams' output, because Adams has arranged for it to be on other platforms.

Such free market choice and activities are just what libertarians love and promote.
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