Scott Adams is a weird dude.
The cartoonist/creator of Dilbert, a wildly successful workplace comedy comic strip, has been heading down the far-right grievance rabbit hole for years now. Maybe it’s the stress from his failed line of microwaveable vegan Dilberitos (yes, they were a real thing) or an inability to come up with new cubicle gags, but Mr. Adams has been happily swallowing the red pill and live streaming it from his studio for anyone interested.
His self-immolation was complete this past week when he went on an unprompted, extended racist rant and was shocked when his business partners chose to divest themselves of their interests in Dilbert Inc.
What Adams surely considers being canceled is, in fact, free speech in action. He chose to spew racist invective on the internet, as is his right, and the people who publish his work decided to walk away, as they are free to do. This isn’t cancel culture, it’s consequences.
The government isn’t going to toss Adams in jail because he’s a racist buffoon, his First Amendment rights are intact. The papers and websites that print Mr. Adams’s strip decided they no longer wanted to be in business with a racist buffoon and politely told him to kick rocks. The publisher of his upcoming book and the syndicate that distributes Dilbert came to a similar decision.
The playbook from here on out is fairly predictable. The usual suspects (ie: Musk, Fox News chuds, etc.) decry the cancelation of another brave patriot, Adams is invited to speak of the great injustice visited upon him by the woke mob in front of enthusiastic crowds of people who desperately want to spew the same nonsense. Lather, rinse, repeat until the next time.
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