Just a reminder that Dilbert creator Scott Adams is a racist conservative bigot
Oh no, not again.
edit: I simply wish to enjoy comics, and I hope others can enjoy them too, without having to do a full background check on the author of the comic, keeping the community simple and nice. This should be like a library of good comics.
I understand your desire, but life does not exist in a vacuum. While death of the artist may be easy for you, it is not as simple of an equation for others, especially when said author still lives and benefits monetarily from their creation. And yes, I think we have some culpability even in what we share for free, as keeping them culturally relevant allows their benefits and influence to continue.
Personally, I was a big Dilbert fan; my parents used to gift me a new Dilbert calendar annually and I subscribed to the Washington Post for years in no small part so I could read the weekly Dilbert strip. So I’ll admit it, I take this particular betrayal a little personally. Finding out that Scott Adams was a racist bag of shit felt like hearing that my favorite uncle was actually an non-convicted rapist.
For what it’s worth though, I am sorry that Scott Adam’s gross personal abhorrent opinions get in the way of enjoying your silly office humor comic strip, sincerely.
Not again? Last time was stonetoss. If you are this disconnected maybe do a quick “is this artist a well known bigot” web search before posting from here on.
I get not wanting deal with every artist’s hidden history. But Adams is a well known and documented nut. Your comment is like wondering why people are mad at Roman Polanski and why you can’t just “enjoy” his movies. Sure you can, but I’m gonna judge you for it.
I did hear today the first time about a man named Adams or Roman Polanski and I support OPs point. As long as the media I consume doesn’t reflect the authors political opinion I don’t care.
Would you judge me for playing minecraft because the creator of it is suddenly known for being racist?
All art reflects its artist.
For example… Minecraft… The villagers are well known as a racist Jewish stereotype which directly reflects its former heads actual real racism against Jewish people.
This is not saying that Minecraft is bad, in the same way that the Goblins from Tolkiens stories don’t make Tolkien bad… But the art directly reflects the artist.
In something like Minecraft, there are too many hands in the pot at this point for a single voice to be the cause of writing off the whole game but with Adams, Polanski and Stone toss, there is no way to separate their art from them. They are the leading/sole voice and that voice is very easy to hear in what they write.
