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Twitter CEO Elon Musk known as the media “racist” in a number of tweets on Sunday in an odd response to the information that the nation’s largest newspapers had been dropping the Dilbert sketch. Dilbert creator Scott Adams noticed his strip pulled from the Washington Publish and Los Angeles Instances, amongst a bunch of different newspapers, after he promoted racial segregation in a YouTube video.
Within the weird video that began every thing, Adams cited a Rasmussen ballot that requested individuals how they felt concerning the time period “It’s okay to be white,” a phrase that was began as a racist trolling marketing campaign. As a result of a share of Black respondents mentioned they didn’t just like the phrase, Adams argued the one resolution was for racial segregation.
“Based mostly on the present manner issues are going, the very best recommendation I’d give to white individuals is to get the hell away from Black individuals,” Adams mentioned within the video that may immediate the backlash.
Musk, who typically interacts with Adams on Twitter, took the information that Dilbert was being canceled as a possibility to argue that American media is racist towards “whites and Asians,” an argument for which he offered no proof.
“For a *very* very long time, US media was racist towards non-white individuals, now they’re racist towards whites & Asians. Identical factor occurred with elite faculties & excessive faculties in America. Perhaps they’ll strive not being racist,” Musk tweeted on Sunday.
One in every of Musk’s followers responded by saying that whereas what Adams mentioned wasn’t good, there was reality in what he was saying.
“Adams’ feedback weren’t good. However there’s a component of reality to this…it is difficult. Primarily we have leaned into id with predictable outcomes, and energy at present is difficult. We had been on the proper path with colorblindness and must return to it,” the Twitter person wrote to Musk.
“Precisely,” Musk replied.
Adams revealed a brand new YouTube video on Sunday arguing that media shops had been being unfair as a result of there they didn’t cowl the complete context of what he was saying, whereas additionally arguing that he knew what the response can be and did it anyway.
Adams mentioned that sooner or later he’s going to ask all his critics “the demographics of their very own neighborhoods.”
“I requested a couple of individuals on Twitter, and no one was residing in a Black neighborhood,” Adams mentioned.
“Now, in fact they may clarify it by saying ‘effectively, it’s as a result of I wished to be close to my household’. To which I say precisely. You wished to be close to your loved ones, are you aware why? Your loved ones doesn’t hate you,” Adams mentioned.
All the video exhibits Adams arguing concurrently that he was misinterpreted as a result of individuals didn’t hear the correct context, whereas additionally saying he knew precisely what he was saying and the way it will be interpreted by the media.
“I don’t make errors. I don’t assume I’ve ever made a mistake… in public. Perhaps a couple of instances after I first began out,” Adams rambled in his video on Sunday
“However ultimately you get good at it, and also you don’t say belongings you don’t imply and also you don’t say issues with out figuring out utterly the way it’s going to be taken.”
