{"id":11805,"date":"2023-02-27T12:09:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/?p=11805"},"modified":"2023-02-27T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:09:34","slug":"how-dilbert-creator-destroyed-not-just-his-career-but-also-the-intent-of-an-anti-woke-poll-on-the-day-of-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/how-dilbert-creator-destroyed-not-just-his-career-but-also-the-intent-of-an-anti-woke-poll-on-the-day-of-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dilbert Creator Destroyed Not Just His Career but Also the Intent of an Anti-Woke Poll on the \u2018Day of Hate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have to talk about why there was even a poll asking if it was okay to be white \u2013 and we might have to thank Scott Adams for destroying it!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Rasmussen Reports is a polling firm that has been viewed at best as dubious. It is known for a long-standing practice of adjusting its results by party identification<\/a> and given how observers have taken issue with its lean to the right, it would not be surprising that its results would benefit that side of the proverbial aisle. Theirs would be the only poll that would often give former President Trump an approval rating over 50%, which is probably why it was Trump considered them his \u201cfavorite pollster.\u201d<\/a> In 2020, it was even accused<\/a> of encouraging then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election in Trump\u2019s favor. On the other side of that spectrum there is how in its daily presidential tracking polls, which throughout the year have consistently placed then-president Obama\u2019s approval numbers around 5 percentage points lower than other polling outfits<\/a>. This kind of bias did not gone unnoticed by those who monitored polls, Mark Blumenthal, the editor and publisher of Pollster.com providing this point: \u00a0\u201cRasmussen produces a lot of data that appear to produce narratives conservatives are promoting, and that causes a reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems as though Rasmussen attempted to cause yet another reaction that would benefit conservatives with their recent poll regarding whether or not it is okay to be white. The article that reported the poll results was titled \u201cNot \u2018Woke\u2019 Yet? Most Voters Reject Anti-White Beliefs\u201d  and the poll surveyed 1,000 American adults on February 13-15, asking two questions. The second question, “Black people can be racist, too” saw results where 79% of Americans agree, 12% disagree. Among black Americans, 76% of agree, 27% disagree, 8% not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first question that generated the most attention however: \u201cDo you agree or disagree with this statement:\u00a0 \u2018It\u2019s OK to be white?\u2019\u201d Although it comes across as a simply worded and benign question, it recalls the slogan of a white supremacist troupe<\/a> started on the 4chan discussion board in 2017 that attempts to emphasize white victimhood and reinforce a notion that racist whites are inconvenienced in today\u2019s society. Results for this question showed 58% said they \u201cstrongly agree\u201d and another 14% said they at least \u201csomewhat agree.\u201d When broken down by race, 81% of Whites, 53% of Blacks and 58% of other races at least somewhat agreed with the statement. To that end, Rasmussen\u2019s article concluded that, \u201cDespite years of progressive activism, a majority of Americans still don\u2019t buy into the \u201cwoke\u201d narrative that white people have a monopoly on racism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Scott Adams chimed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The creator of the comic Dilbert has had some controversial stances in the past, be it defending Trump\u2019s remarks after Charlottesville,<\/a> saying that women are treated differently \u201cfor exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently<\/a> or by introducing his first black character last year with a joke at the expense of the transgender community by having that character say they defined themselves as white<\/a>. That one prompted the first slate of newspapers to drop the comic strip<\/a>, all of them owned by Lee Enterprises, but he was still being published in over 2000 newspapers in 57 countries and 16 languages. That might have changed over the weekend however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Rasmussen, whose poll probably would have possibly been forgotten otherwise. Adams decided on his podcast to focus not on the majority of black people who agreed with the ‘that is ‘okay to be white’ statement but rather the smaller number of 26% that said saying they didn\u2019t agree with the statement and the 21% that that said they were not sure. Combining those numbers he concluded there was a threat to white people. \u201cIf nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with white people\u2014according to this poll, not according to me, according to this poll\u2014that\u2019s a hate group, that\u2019s a hate group. and I don\u2019t want to have anything to do with them.\u201d Adams said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was when Adams began to encourage other white people to follow suit. \u201cI would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people,\u201d Adams declared. \u201cJust get the fuck away. Wherever you have to go, just get away. Because there\u2019s no fixing this. This can\u2019t be fixed.\u201d He noted that he moved to an area \u201cwith a very low Black population.\u201d He would later attempt to reinforce this call citing Black CNN anchor Don Lemon to justify saying there\u2019s a \u201ccorrelation\u201d between a \u201cmostly Black\u201d neighborhood and \u201ca bunch of problems he didn\u2019t see\u201d in majority-white areas, and saying he\u2019s \u201creally sick of seeing video after video of Black Americans beating up non-Black citizens,\u201d insisting that it\u2019s \u201cevery damn day\u201d he sees a clip of \u201csome Black person beating the shit out of some white person.\u201d He also added a qualifier that moving away from black people should especially be the case when it is \u201cthose who don\u2019t want to focus on education,\u201d ironic given the current attempts by local and state governments trying to stifle the teaching of the inclusion of black people in history, most notably in the state of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo I don\u2019t think it makes any sense as a white citizen of America to try to help Black citizens anymore,\u201d Adams whined. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense. There\u2019s no longer a rational impulse. So I\u2019m going to back off on being helpful to Black America because it doesn\u2019t seem like it pays off. The only outcome is I get called a racist. That\u2019s the only outcome. It makes no sense to help Black Americans if you\u2019re white. It\u2019s over. Don\u2019t even think it\u2019s worth trying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justifiably so, that\u2019s exactly what happened but not only was Adams called out on his racism, on Saturday – which some white supremacist groups declared would be a \u201cDay of Hate\u201d<\/a> for them where they would mount campaigns against racial, ethnic and religious groups they opposed – it seemed the owners of the newspapers woke up and realized they did not want to be associated and in many ways complicit in Adams\u2019 call for racial separation. By Sunday, 306 newspapers discontinued publication of his Dilbert comic strip, the Cleveland Plain Dealer saying that it was not a difficult decision. \u201cNo, this is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve. We are not a home for those who espouse racism. We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kudos to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"We are dropping the Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams\u2019 racist rant: Letter from the Editor" https:\/\/t.co\/EeKaGi7Ypk<\/a><\/p>— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) February 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>