…but I’m beginning to suspect Dilbert might just be the kind of cubicle jockey who in his free time would happily go door-to-door in support of a Wesley Clark/Jim Moran presidential ticket — not because he hates the Jews, mind you. But rather because he just doesn’t like to see them controlling US foreign policy while simultaneously oppressing and murdering the Palestinian people.
Besides, he’s read Portnoy’s Complaint. So let’s not go making any crazy accusations.
(h/t Jim Muchow)
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see also, River C at the Pub.
You don’t even look at the pub do you? It’s very disheartening.
Sorry, happyfeet, that’s probably my fault. I didn’t look either.
Ya know, the comments on it are just as good. The whole thing is pretty shameful, actually. And it’s sad to see that a guy with that much wit has so small a grasp on logic. “If Iran invaded Canada?” Yeah. As if Saddam’s Iraq and Chretien’s Canada were the same thing.
Is Bush a religious fanatic? Why, yes! But does that compel him to abuse other religions? Oh, actually, I think he’s bent over backwards to accomodate Islamic feelings in the U.S.
It’s amazing how these people fault others for their supposed lack of understanding, their inability to grasp subtlety (“there’s no way most people will understand your sarcasm”), yet have no apparent love or aptitude for it themselves.
I learned to enjoy Dilbert for Dilbert and not Adams when I started reading his blog. He is a mean, spiteful, hateful man who uses sarcasm as an excuse for practically every verbal assault he can muster.
Scott has highs and lows. Occasionally he nails one, but most of his posts leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth.
Unlike Jeff here, who leaves an aftertaste like the most succulent tequila, sans salt and lime.
It’s ok. It was bound to happen some day, no?.
I lost most of my respect for the man in a single paragraph:
If Israel had an enemy that it could make peace with, then I might feel different. But it doesn’t, so Israel’s best interests dictate keeping the neighbors too economically weak to purchase expensive weapons, and to control as much territory as possible. I don’t begrudge any country that makes rational decisions in support of its own safety. I don’t even begrudge Israel’s influence on American foreign policy. I respect them for how well they do it.
How does Israel keep the middle east poor again? Probably the same mind control rays they control Washington with.
Is Bush a religious fanatic? Why, yes!
I thought we didn’t let Anglicans in here.
I rather think Mr. Adams is quite qualified to set all of us straight. I mean, he draws a cartoon for a living – that is good enough for me!
Looks like I have bought my last Dilbert book…
Good gawd, that’s some crazy ass commentary. I’m ashamed to admit I read through the comments to the posts. Lots of rants about “overthrowing” the US government when they weren’t congratulating Mr. Adams on his hatred of the Jews. I need a shower. Badly.
I have a book he signed and did a little drawing of Dogbert.
I’m going to keep it because it was a gift from a deceased friend (who got it signed for me).
Not knowing anything of Mr. Adams’ political leanings, I assumed the first paragraph was satire. About a third of the way in, I realized that the guy is just unhinged. Pity.
No one expects the Anglican Inquisition! We will have meetings and more meetings and then meetings about our meetings and meetings about how many meetings we have had, then appoint comittees to have more meetings to determine how many meetings we should have to deal with the meetings and a meeting to go over the committee reports then appoint new committees and a poll and a meetings to discuss the polls on the meetings…
At the end you will gladly take your own life!
Hmmm. Moonbat politics, check. Poor drawing skills, check. Utter lack of teh funny in his cartoons…
Okay, he’s not Ted Rall. Just making sure.
So, Israel’s enemies refuse to make peace with Israel, and relentlessly attack the tiny nation.
So it’s Israel’s fault. It’s not their fault, but, oh, it’s their fault anyway.
Does anyone care to define anti-semitism to Mr. Adams?
I’ve seen other people “go over the edge” before. Expect Mr. Adams output to suffer terribly in terms of quality as he retreats into a defensive fantasy world in the face of highly pointed and justified criticism. Odds are he’ll lose some friends, and feeling like a victim, start flinging blame.
It’s horrible to watch, but there’s not much you can do about it by the time the person starts “acting out” like this, but hope they come to their senses.
This is nothing new for Scott Adams. I downloaded his book last year, “God’s Debris”. I don’t recommend it. I thought it would be provocative but it’s just clever smoke and mirrors. I quit reading his blog last year when he started with the whole Palestinian/Mideast fluff he passes off for the rabid commentors.
If you keep in mind that he used to be a magician and is totally into the mesmerization of crowds, then you get the gist of his blog. He has said so more than once, that his blog is an extension of that ever-so-amusing talent of distraction in order to deceive. It’s fun with cards. Not so much with political realities.
He’s the only one laughing, which is creepy. I’m with SarahW on this one.
Cognitive dissonance! Cognitive dissonance! His comics reflect the real world, but his essays do not. Must resolve: bifurcate source into spheres of discourse? Not working. Distinguish pictoral expression from verbal? Irrelevant. Disassociate “Dilbert” character from self-representational S. Adams? Invalid, as both require similarly ironic linguistic and ironic self-referential semiotic structures to make their points. Query: perhaps S. Adams can sustain social analysis for 3 panes (8 on Sundays) and no more? Mmmm. We have a possible resolution here.
T&T
In addition to teh crazy, he’s got those upside-down comments where the oldest ones are at the bottom. I hate that.
Hey, now! Say what you will about Mickmood Achoopoonjab, at least he ain’t dirty JOO.
Cafe Alpha? not quite. They do it with the rays coming off the uncovered hair of all those gorgeous Israeli girls.
Slightly off topic but did any of y’all see Doonesbury in this past Sunday’s paper? It was nothing other than your typical fantasy-based HuffPost thread except with illustrated characters and dialogue boxes.
I have to agree with Steve Graham’s rant last week in at least one area: once a fellow gets himself established as a big time cartoonist, he never have to show one iota of talent again. Trudeau hasn’t demonstrated anything except extreme pissiness in years.
I guess Adams wants to have his name engraved on a monument in Washington, right next to that big old monument to the Copperheads they’ve got there. And the other one for the guys who ran to Canada.
Because those are the ones that history ends up honoring, after all.
Yum.
I realize that Adams mistake was that he followed one of his usual patterns – for just the wrong gag.
Adams likes to find something extremely cynical position, something Dogbertish if you will, to agree with at some point in his rants. In this one it was the ” Israel’s best interests dictate keeping the neighbors too economically weak to purchase expensive weapons, and to control as much territory as possible.”
It went badly wrong for two reasons:
1. In the first paragraph he established that he was mocking right wing, Ann Coulter fans etc. Just the people who DON’T buy into the that sort of thing – and since the gag was inconsistent with the object of the satire it broke character and came across as being Scott’s actual opinion rather than satire.
2. It doesn’t fit in with his usual “I’m so realistic and cynical” gag because:
a) it’s not actually possible for Israel to be destroying the economy of the middle east
b) both items are actually examples of antisemetic slander used by regimes like Syria as an excuse for nixing democracy and other vile oppressions. Not to mention terrorism etc. etc.
c) the claim that Israel wants “greater Israel” is out of date – at this point polls have shown that Israelis would be perfectly willing to trade land for peace but know that this isn’t possible, no one will offer peace.
Thus it isn’t cynical to accuse Israel of the impossible its merely a gag that sounds like antisemitism. He’d do as well to accuse Israel of dosing Palestinian women with aphrodisiacs in chewing gum (another bit of antisemitic propaganda) or of making Matzoh out of the blood of Muslim babies.
The joke just lies down and dies. No actually it fails so spectacularly that I don’t have words to describe it.
On his blog, Scott Adams has been your basic internet troll for a while now. Though becoming an apologist for Holocaust deniers is a new low.
This is so damn depressing. Let’s change the subject. Has anyone out there ever engaged in oral activities with a non senior-citizen woman who happened to have false teeth? I just did and let me tell you–you have NOT had a….ah, well, you know, UNTIL you’ve found a 23 year old who just happens to have lost her teeth due to a congenital defect. Once you get over the initial shock of her removing her teeth from her mouth, its like…DAMN THAT FEELS GOOD!
I used to get his newsletter emailed to me around 8-9 years ago. It was pretty well written and funny. I went to his site to see what the fuss was all about and that is not the same guy who’s stuff I enjoyed back then. I have no idea what happened to him.
Anyone catch his latest rant?
“I don’t think it’s crazy to ask whether some dark forces in the U.S. and Israel had the means and the warped motive to help with the logistics, even if only in some small support way.”
Homi, you forgot to mention that he was talking about 9/11 in that quote. And he wasn’t even joking. Scott Adams is a fucking troofer.
Oh Jesus, how God damn stupid.
Adams is a shock-jock blogger, nothing more. It works for Stern, and as long as there is an audience…
“Once you get over the initial shock of her removing her teeth from her mouth, its like…DAMN THAT FEELS GOOD!”
Well shit, I hope my wife don’t mind when I knock all her teeth out tonight.
Yeah I just realized I didn’t put it into context… I’ve gotten 10 minutes of sleep since 7am yesterday… heh.
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