Unless I overlooked their explanation, and that is possible, Joplin Globe editors have dropped the comic strip Dilbert without telling readers about the decision.
The decision would be in line with what newspapers are doing across the country after the comic strip's creator Scott Adams made racist comments on YouTube, including referring to Black people as "a hate group."
Newspapers that have dropped Dilbert include the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and all of the Gannett/USA Today chain, including the Springfield News-Leader.
In the place where Dilbert has been published, today's Globe has the comic strip Crabgrass.
The Globe ran an Associated Press article in today's edition that covered the controversy and quoted from newspapers that elected to no longer carry the comic strip, but there is no mention of Dilbert's absence in today's Globe or whether that absence is a permanent one.
But it’s ok to call white people racist….
ReplyDeleteHeads up majority of the country is not racist, and all races commit racism,
And why don’t we refer to ourselves as European American, you know since I’m not a Native
People still read The Joplin Globe?
ReplyDeleteIt's ok to be white.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the local Citizen's Council has already checked in.
ReplyDeleteWhat he said was pretty bad. Find the whole interview or at least more than this quote, and it’s obvious any reasonable person should and would find it highly objectionable. Good job, Glob.
ReplyDeleteI'd call it a racist rant, anyone that's upset about this is, well, racist.
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“I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” Adams added. “And I 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, just get the f**k away … because there is no fixing this.”
I love it when racists meet consequences. Things are going to dry up quick for Scotty boy.
ReplyDeleteI saw this guy on BET talking about being oppressed. It made me so mad I couldn't sleep. I got up the next morning and spent half of the day looking for the WET network so I could see what they saying so I could call my cable provider. I couldn't find it but called the cable company anyway to complain but they said they didn't carry the White Entertainment Television channel. I was glad to know that these racists were already being cancelled. These rEpuBLiCANts won't get the last say if we don't let them say it.
ReplyDeleteJust because you made millions selling crappy cartoons doesn't mean you can't still act you from the trailer park!
ReplyDeleteBut the rappers can make songs with titles that would have more symbols than letters if I posted them here can make millions, act like they are from the "hood" and get a total pass. I think that is part of the point.
ReplyDeleteRacismm - is Not just in the White Culture, but it shows it head in the African American, Asian, and Latin Communities - Whether that be in Print, Movies, Music, Speeches, Words, Etc.,
ReplyDeleteI also find that this is not a Republican, Democrat, or Independent issue - it is across all Political Parties.
Remember the - Revererend Jeremiah Wright - who was the senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and former pastor of Barack and Michelle Obama, also where Ophra Winfry attended when she lived in Chicago?
He Promoted Political Terrosim, Hate of White Americans - and Bigortry from the Pulpit.
In 2007, Wright was appointed to Barack Obama's African American Religious Leadership Committee, a group of over 170 national black religious leaders who supported Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination.[12] However, it was announced in March 2008 that Wright was no longer serving as a member of this group.[13]
On May 31, 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama announced that they had withdrawn their membership in Trinity United Church of Christ, stating that "Our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflict with our own views".
As well Opray Winfrey - also left the Church and did not want to be part of this Man's Bigotry - of White Americans.
Racism - comes in all colors of the Rainbow - - the Key is to Teach Your Children not to Racist and to Treat Each Other How you Would like to be Treated.
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ReplyDeletePlease remove your facts. It is making it hard for me to hear the echo in here.
Adams was dropped by his distributor. The Globe didn't really have a choice.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly from my days at the Carthage Press, the syndicators who distribute the columns generally send the daily strips weeks ahead of time, so the Globe did have to make a choice.
ReplyDeleteThe Globe made a choice.
ReplyDeleteThey could have complained to their corporate owner that Scott Adams shouldn't be cancelled.
CNHI LLC is reportedly 100% owned by Retirement Systems of Alabama.
They could have written and published an editorial supporting Scott Adams.
The publisher of The Globe could have offered to resign saying "It's Dilbert or me!" in protest.
Somehow, I suspect the publisher chose not to do anything supporting Scott Adams.
The Globe could have also likely chosen to not run the strip, not because of some righteous virtue signal, but, because of the fear by being labeled as racists and supporting racism, and having woke mob protesters try to cancel and destroy them for supporting..... wait for it.... free speech. After all,, one would not expect such a thing from a newspaper, who were once considered bastions of the First Amendment, in today's climate of cancel culture.
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