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'Dilbert' creator ending donations to UC Berkeley: 'I wouldn’t feel safe on the campus'
San Fracisco Chronicle ^ | Monday, February 6, 2017 | Alyssa Pereira

Posted on 02/07/2017 12:38:27 PM PST by nickcarraway

"Dilbert" comic creator Scott Adams announced on Friday that he would be "ending [his] support of UC Berkeley" following a protest that turned violent Wednesday. UC Berkeley students and other people appeared on campus to protest a talk given by Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor for the right-wing website Breitbart.

Adams wrote he has "been a big supporter lately" by donating money and other help, but "that ends today." Adams added that he was disheartened to see the protests get destructive — regardless of who exactly was causing the damage — and feels that he better sides with Yiannopoulos and his supporters on the issue. ALSO

"I've decided to side with the Jewish gay immigrant [Yiannopoulos] who has an African-American boyfriend, not the hypnotized zombie-boys in black masks who were clubbing people who hold different points of view," he writes. "I feel that's reasonable, but I know many will disagree, and possibly try to club me to death if I walk on campus."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berkeleyriots; dilbert; scottadams
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1 posted on 02/07/2017 12:38:27 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

LOL love those loaded words!


2 posted on 02/07/2017 12:40:13 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s been giving them money?


3 posted on 02/07/2017 12:41:39 PM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: nickcarraway
but I know many will disagree, and possibly try to club me to death if I walk on campus

The man has a way with words.

4 posted on 02/07/2017 12:42:22 PM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: nickcarraway

What is stunning is that more alumni are not doing this, enough to make UCB change their tactics. This may have a ripple effect and encourage others to also divest.
My guess is at least 80% of alumni just aren’t paying attention, and still feel the same way about the school as they did upon their own graduation. Wake up! This is not 1974 anymore. The school is deteriorating in quality and in reasoning skills.


5 posted on 02/07/2017 12:44:19 PM PST by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway

The left believes man is evolving toward utopia. The ones who disagree either need to change their opinion to conform or need to be eliminated.


6 posted on 02/07/2017 12:45:43 PM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: nickcarraway

While it is true that Milo’s mother is Jewish, he presents himself as a practicing Catholic! At a minimum, they should refer to him as a Messianic Jew! ;-)


7 posted on 02/07/2017 12:45:51 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: lee martell

Class of 67, have yet to donate.

They sent me a request once, and I told them to make their programs more even handed and I never heard from them again.

KC


8 posted on 02/07/2017 12:49:31 PM PST by KC_for_Freedom (California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
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To: lee martell
What is stunning is that more alumni are not doing this, enough to make UCB change their tactics

I just ignore their mailings and refuse to answer their phone calls.

9 posted on 02/07/2017 12:52:56 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: proust

Scott Adams earned an MBA in economics and management from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986.


10 posted on 02/07/2017 12:56:25 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: KC_for_Freedom

If my school ever sent me a letter asking for donations, I send one back asking, “Didn’t I give you enough 40 years ago? What did you do with it all?..........


11 posted on 02/07/2017 12:57:09 PM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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To: proust

Adams is an alumnus of Berkeley, and he has donated to the school and worked very closely with Berkeley’s tech startup program.


12 posted on 02/07/2017 12:57:26 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: nickcarraway

I loved scott adams evolution towards trump in the last year and how much snow flake melt he scattered on the ground along the way... heh heh


13 posted on 02/07/2017 12:58:43 PM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: nickcarraway

If it were up to me, I’d carpet bomb UC Berserkley. Those people are an enemy of the state


14 posted on 02/07/2017 1:03:49 PM PST by Angels27
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To: nickcarraway

Excellent


15 posted on 02/07/2017 1:08:05 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder how much he gave?


16 posted on 02/07/2017 1:09:28 PM PST by 11th_VA (Resistance is Futile !!!!)
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To: lee martell

As a source of funding, private gifts of all types make up 8% of UC Berkeley’s $2.35 billion revenue

Tuition, interestingly - makes up only 28%. The largest portion is State money - 14%, and other contracts and grants from government at all levels, for 28%.

60% of their costs are professor and worker salaries.

in sum - Its a state-run school. Even if a large amount of alumni stop donating, I imagine they probably don’t care too much.


17 posted on 02/07/2017 1:19:55 PM PST by PGR88
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To: nickcarraway

and to think our ex DHS head now heads the UC system


18 posted on 02/07/2017 1:21:21 PM PST by drypowder
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To: nickcarraway

Note to Berkeley rioters: if you’re breaking glass at night because a gay, Jew is speaking, you’re not protesting fascism. You are fascism.


19 posted on 02/07/2017 1:32:22 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Drango

Milo is Catholic according to Wiki, Grandmother was Jewish.


20 posted on 02/07/2017 1:35:41 PM PST by chuck allen
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