Really? Because I remember him getting body slammed by the moderators. There were EMTs on the set and everything.
If people ever wonder how someone like Trump got elected in the first place, this is the prime example of why. “I forgot everything except the one thing he lied about the most, genius”.
“I only remember the most ridiculous part of the debate, so whoever said that was the winner.”
“directionally correct” is a fun euphemism for “false, unless you assume some insane slippery slope argument”.
more like “it isn’t true, but it feels like the kind of thing that would be true about the people I don’t like”
Directionally correct? That’s an interesting turn of phrase. So basically saying it’s not right but it feels like it could be right? That’s some straight bullshit right there.
Is this the same Scott Adams of Dilbert fame? He’s been a political weirdo for years and years, so naturally he’d allow himself this cognitive dissonance.
Yes it is. He went full MAGA early on.
He fell into the trap of thinking his success came from being a genius, so when people don’t like his crappy opinions he just assumes everyone else is wrong
This explanation is awesomely succinct and also explains some people I know that I could never easily pinpoint why they bothered me. Thanks!
That’s tough. Good perspective, hopefully he’ll see this and do some reflecting on his life. Probably not but I still hope so
Unfortunately people like him rarely do. He got Dilbert dropped from most papers in 2023 for (in the most charitable interpretation) having a completely tone deaf reaction to a poll about race relations. Rather than think about why everyone got so angry with him he said his words were taken out of context and that they were hyperbole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams?useskin=vector#Race
Part of the plotline involved a black character who “identif[ied] as white” and the company management asking him if he could also identify as gay.
I know he never would, but I really want him to give the proper context for that to not be offensive.
That’s pretty funny in the sense of a company trying to sell themselves as diverse and whatnot while being really offensive to the actual people. I can see a corporation doing that
