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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Elderberry on September 22, 2022, 12:37:11 pm
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Daily Mail By Claudia Aoraha, 9/21/2022
Now Dilbert is racist! Popular comic strip is canned by 77 newspapers after artist Scott Adams began incorporating anti-woke plotlines, including black character who identifies as white
• The popular comic strip was booted from a number of publications owned by Lee Enterprises
• Cartoonist Scott Adams said that some newspapers voiced concerns after receiving complaints about his comic content
• Dilbert strips feature in newspapers across 57 countries, and in 19 languages - and there are over 20 million Dilbert books and calendars in print
A popular comic strip has been canned by 77 newspapers after its creator Scott Adams started incorporating anti-woke plotlines, including a black character who identifies as white.
Adams' much-loved 'Dilbert' comics have been in circulation since 1989 and frequently pokes fun at office culture, but he announced he was sensationally dropped by publisher Lee Enterprises.
The media company owns nearly 100 newspapers across the country - including The Buffalo News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Arizona Daily Sun - and has been publishing Adams' jokes about the corporate ladder for years.
One of his most recent controversial comic strips included a black worker, who identifies as white, being asked to also identify as gay to boost his company's environmental, social, and governance ratings.
Dave, his reoccurring character, replies: 'Depends how hard you want me to sell it,' before the boss responds: 'Just wear better shirts.'
Adams, 65, is believed to be worth nearly $70million - a fortune he amassed thanks to the popularity of his characters, as well as his non-Dilbert related works.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/09/21/19/62662969-11235995-image-a-11_1663784079596.jpg)
One of the most recent comics touched upon anti-woke ESG enterprises in corporate workspaces.
This comic was posted September 20, 2022
Another satire, posted on Monday, showed the same character in charge of the fictional firm wondering how he can open a new factory without contributing negatively to the environment.
More: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11235995/Dilbert-comic-strip-canned-77-newspapers-artist-Scott-Adams-included-anti-woke-plotlines.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11235995/Dilbert-comic-strip-canned-77-newspapers-artist-Scott-Adams-included-anti-woke-plotlines.html)
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Good grief!!!! Cartoons are supposed to push back in everyway to make light of social trends, ridiculous or not! Poor Dilbert!!
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BTW:
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/cartoons-are-the-lefts-new-weapon-target-your-kids
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It dawns on me that one of the ways to release the pent up frustration (and, yes, even anger) toward those who are running roughshod over our traditional way of life is to laugh at them.
Go ahead, Leftists, take that safety valve away.
We know you can't laugh at yourselves, we know you have no sense of humor, but consider what really keeps things from getting ugly is OUR ability to laugh.
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That was funny as heck.
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That was funny as heck.
:thumbsup: