The Trump Riots That are Mostly My Fault

Scott Adams' Blog ^ | 3/13/2016 | Scott Adams

[20yearsofinternet]

*snip*

It would be easy to blame the protesters for taking things too far. But all they are doing is responding to hate speech from the next Hitler. Shouldn’t someone be fighting hard to stop Hitler? We can’t blame people for wanting fewer Hitlers.

So it all comes back to me. Readers tell me I legitimized Trump with my blogging about his genius for persuasion. I accept that blame. Some have suggested that my so-called predictions about Trump are actually a form of persuasion that has caused some of his success. I plead guilty to that as well.

But it gets worse.

Back in 1997 I made a prediction in my book The Dilbert Future that seems to be coming true. It stated:

In the future, the media will kill famous people to generate news that people will care about. – The Dilbert Future (May 1997)

Three months later, the media chased Princess Di into a tunnel and created a dangerous situation that killed her but was terrific for television news ratings.

*snip*

Fast-forward to today and we see the media priming the public to try to kill Trump, or at least create some photogenic mayhem at a public event.

[20yearsofinternet]

The whole thing is worth a read. The creator of Dilbert has been praising Trump's ability to persuade the voting public for some time now. The online leftist hordes are apparently at his gates demanding their pound of flesh.

[catbertz]

I think that Scott Adams and the movie “Idiocracy” have given us a glimpse of the future that awaits us.

[El Cid]

Thanks for the post/link. You are right, it was worth the read.

[Fai Mao]

I’ve developed a lot of respect for this guy over past couple of months

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I think Scott Adams is a idiot.

He also can no longer draw.

[marktwain]

The historically accurate analogies are the assassination attempts on President Reagan.

[Travis McGee]

[Travis McGee]

It's only a short hop to Idiocracy.

[EEGator]

I would vote for Camacho. He’s a five time Smackdown Champion, and a porn superstar...

[darkwing104]

Right now the media's focus on trump is purely for ratings, without that those airheaded script readers would be working in the window at McDonalds.

[dfwgator]

“I got a solution. You’re a D!ck....South Carolina, what’s up?”

[wally_bert]

That’s some combo.

[EEGator]

And he’s got a three wheeler with a beer holder on the handlebars. Just sayin’...

[sparklite2]

Don’t be an idiot. The bottom cartoon panel you posted was drawn by a replacement cartoonist while Scott Adams is on vacation. It even says “Vaca-Artist” between frame one and two.

[EEGator]

[wally_bert]

I had a three wheeler ATV but nothing fancy but I was a teen back in the 80s.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And was the first a “replacement plot line”?

[sparklite2]

Beats me. I don’t why you even posted it.

[catbertz]

The first one is spoofing the typical moral equivocation, comparing Islam with Christianity, which is absurd of course.

The “hate engineers” line is a common nerd theme in Dilbert, where engineers and smart people are unappreciated, misunderstood, and even reviled by most normal humans.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

To allow you to play, "count the mistakes in Scott Adams Post-San Bernardino Propaganda Piece""

You can look up the entire plot-line, it is on his web site.

As I said, Scott Adams is an idiot.