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1. mrweas+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-13 16:50:11
I loved Dilbert, having worked for more than one Dilbert-like company the humor frequently resonated with me.

How or why Scott Adams went completely of the rails is perhaps something we'll sadly never understand. Was this opinions he'd always had, but suppressed, did he somehow become radicalized or was it perhaps medically induced, e.g. a stroke or something. It was incredibly sad to see him throw away his life's work and go down a path most of us at least hadn't foreseen and die having alienated his fans.

2. riazri+lf[view] [source] 2026-01-13 17:38:49
>>mrweas+(OP)
Did he go off the rails? My understanding is that the zeitgeist is taking people’s opposing views online and distorting them, removing context, to outrage our own audience and align it to our cause.

Almost everyone is reasonable, it’s the contexts that our reasons are relevant to, which are different.

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3. dangus+it[view] [source] 2026-01-13 18:26:44
>>riazri+lf
“The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people“ -Scott Adams

Does that sound reasonable to you?

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4. ljspra+ay1[view] [source] 2026-01-13 22:54:17
>>dangus+it
It's hyperbole and in response to black people who don't think it's OK to be white.
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5. dangus+yz1[view] [source] 2026-01-13 23:01:33
>>ljspra+ay1
This is once again misunderstood.

People are correctly pointing out that the phrase “it’s okay to be white” is used as a dogwhistle.

They are not literally saying that it’s not okay to be white. They’re saying that those who speak that phrase are projecting their racist ideology. People who say “it’s okay to be white” think that white people are under attack and that white people need to re-establish dominance. To them, equality is a threat.

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6. s1arti+Ip2[view] [source] 2026-01-14 06:07:29
>>dangus+yz1
wow, racist much?

People of all races can have legitimate grievances and harms. Im sure some racist black people said "black is beautiful", but that isnt a reason to forbid anyone from saying it.

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