White Man Down: Frustration is Not Racism

townhall.com ^ | 3/9/2023 | Larry Elder

[rktman]

About Scott Adams, the white male creator of the (once) popular "Dilbert" comic strip, The Washington Post wrote: "On his Feb. 22 episode of 'Real Coffee With Scott Adams,' the creator of the comic strip 'Dilbert' decided to riff on a much-criticized Rasmussen poll and promote a type of segregation. He declared that Black Americans are part of a 'hate group' and urged White people to 'get the hell away from Black people.'"

National Public Radio condemned Adams' "racist rant." His distributor dropped him after several outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, stopped carrying the strip. Adams later said his comments were "hyperbole," but the damage was done.

About the "much criticized" Rasmussen Poll, it asked American adults the following question: "Do you agree or disagree with this statement: 'It's OK to be white.'" Eighty-one percent of white of American adults strongly or somewhat agree, 7% strongly or somewhat disagreed and 13% responded, "not sure." As for blacks, 53% strongly or somewhat agree, 26% strongly or somewhat disagree and 21% of blacks responded, "not sure."

In interpreting the poll, Adams confusingly said, "If nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with white people...that's a hate group." Twenty-six percent of blacks strongly or somewhat disagreeing is not "nearly half." Also, Adams made no comment on the nearly 20% of whites who either strongly or somewhat disagree or are not sure whether "it's OK to be white." Presumably, Adams would not want them as neighbors either.

[rktman]

Dilbert Down!!! Makes me think about an anecdotal (?) comment about a restaurant server informing a patron that asking for "black" coffee should now be asked for as "plain coffee". Perhaps we should substitute 'plain' henceforth for anything 'black'? #plm? Plain lives matter. Lunacy much?

[No name given]

Just more proof lefties are unhinged.

[Republican in occupied CA]

I have liked Adams since 1989; not only his comic strips but his books, of which I have most.

His whole riff for years has been that he is an expert persuader due to his study of hypnosis and the techniques of influencing (he does give credit to Cialdini’s brilliant books).

Sad to see him make such a mess of things, I’ll miss Dilbert; but as smart as he is, he didn’t realize that there has NEVER been born a man who can just run his mouth off every day without saying something critically stupid, or something that could be taken out of context as such.

[suthener]

“I’ll miss Dilbert”

You don’t have to miss him:

https://dilbert.com/

[vetvetdoug]

A group of black feral criminals, about 20 estimated, raided the Cannabis Dispensary on Pico Street in LA and took the inventory. My daughter works there and fortunately they hit the place around 2:30am. Even though the alarms went off the LAPD didn't get there until the perps were gone. They were wearing masks and hoodies but the color of their hands gave away the ethnicity of the criminals.

[rktman]

Uh, did the LEO not GET there until the perps were gone or not GO there until after..... Just curious. 😎👍

[SteelPSUGOP]

Larry always nails it.

The issue here is there are loud people amplifying what a very small minority of blacks actually want. This is a young person’s echo chamber

[Republican in occupied CA]

Yep, one of my favorite sites. I mean seeing it in the morning paper; just kind of comforting. But thanks!!

[Billthedrill]

Adam's real offense wasn't the substance of what he said, it's that what he said wasn't allowed to be said. Free speech is threatening to those who use speech restrictions as a political weapon. Bullies don't like pushback.

Elder is correct about not wanting the white people who don't think it's OK to be white as neighbors either. They're some of the worst racists in the discussion.

[falcon99]

Interesting how the democrats/media/Left always hat when someone tells the truth.

[Larry - Moe and Curly]

I expected better from Larry Elder. DISCLAIMER - I did not read the whole article, I'm just commenting on a couple of paragraphs posted above.

"About the "much criticized" Rasmussen Poll, it asked American adults the following question: "Do you agree or disagree with this statement: 'It's OK to be white.'" Eighty-one percent of white of American adults strongly or somewhat agree, 7% strongly or somewhat disagreed and 13% responded, "not sure." As for blacks, 53% strongly or somewhat agree, 26% strongly or somewhat disagree and 21% of blacks responded, "not sure."

In interpreting the poll, Adams confusingly said, "If nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with white people...that's a hate group." Twenty-six percent of blacks strongly or somewhat disagreeing is not "nearly half." Also, Adams made no comment on the nearly 20% of whites who either strongly or somewhat disagree or are not sure whether "it's OK to be white." Presumably, Adams would not want them as neighbors either."

In the second paragraph, Elder lumps the 7% "Disagree" and 13% "Not Sure" together to get 20% of whites.

He failed to do that for the first paragraph to end up with 26% + 21% = 47% of blacks.

This is where Adams got his "nearly half" of all Blacks are not okay with white people". Elder cherry-picked his data. Unfortunately, it's right there in the article for everyone to see.