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Over the years, American cartoonist Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, attracted controversy for comments about race and gender, among other issues. In a 2011 blog post he wrote: “The reality is that women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently. It’s just easier this way for everyone.” Adams also became a vocal supporter of conservative policies, and his views began to appear in Dilbert. Notably, a number of storylines were critical of wokeness.

In 2018 Adams debuted Real Coffee With Scott Adams, a podcast that livestreamed on YouTube. On the program he interviewed various guests and spoke on current events, including politics. In 2023 Adams faced a backlash when he said, among other things, “the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people.” He also noted that “If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with white people,” then they should be called a “hate group.” His remarks were widely seen as racist—Adams claimed that he was being hyperbolic—and many newspapers dropped Dilbert.

Why was Scott Adams controversial? - Britannica

On top of everything else, I think he was the “Trump is actually playing 4D chess” guy. Insane how he made a comic about how the elites are stupid and selfish parasites only to completely jerk them off at every opportunity.

I didn't realize he had died and saw a few posts about how weird and self-serving he was, on top of the racism. 3 years ago a bunch of papers dropped Dilbert over him going on a racist rant.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159580425/newspapers-have-dropped-the-dilbert-comic-strip-after-a-racist-rant-by-its-creat

He also questioned the Holocaust and a bunch of other wildly weird shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams#Political_views

Long before this, he made sock puppet accounts online and posed as his own superfan to pump his own shit up. And was quickly found out.

https://comicsalliance.com/scott-adams-plannedchaos-sockpuppet/

His Twitter account says a lot, and Elon defended his 2023 racist rant if that also says anything. Apparently also a Truth Social account as well.

https://nitter.net/ScottAdamsSays

So it's not just about political leanings, it's the ego, racism, and being a shitbag and troll online. Typical thin-skinned Conservative on the internet, ultimately. And hey, I don't know what it's like to be a public figure (thank the gods), but I certainly wouldn't have so much ego and so little self-awareness as to go on reddit pretending to be someone else and talking myself up. His descent should be a warning to any of us with parents or grandparents his age.

Outspoken pro Trump and what many people would call "right wing". For me that term is too nice though.