Objections to Dilbert

For John, BLUF:  The Woke world is spreaking in all directions and many are not able to resist the urge to cancel those who are different.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Then they came for “Dilbert”…; STEM academics defending the indefensible as ‘recalibration’

From Spin, Strangeness, and Charm, by Blogger Nitay Arbel, 23 September 2022.

Here is the lede plus five:

(a) So Scott Adams sees his strip “Dilbert” canceled by nearly 80 newspapers, which represents a serious hit.

Now Adams has been poking fun at corporate wokebaggery for many years, and has been a Trump supporter. The latter got his lecture invitations to dry up.  So what is new?

Is it simply the “banana republic without bananas” kicking into higher gear?

Or is it that his latest target have become ESG (economic environmental and social governance) scores — which are big, big business for firms like Blackrock Capital?

My money is on… follow the money.

(b) Seemingly unrelated, the Powerline authors are mystified why what I will in code-speak call “trans-butadiene hair grooming” of young children — a policy that is deeply unpopular with the electorate — became a hill for the Brahmandarin Left to die on.

Fortunately, my newspaper, The [Lowell] Sun has not cancelled Dilbert.  The Scott Adams strip is an island of sanity in the churn of business culture.  Perhaps I am lucky to have retired a decade ago.  Even so, there were some strange rules from HR even then.  Referencing item (b), one can only imagine the turmoil in the minds of teachers and other eduction staff.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff