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Scott Adams' career down the Swanee

Post by El Pollo Diablo » Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:07 am

He's f.cked it.
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Post by temptar » Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:12 am

I tanked him from my reading list a very long time ago. I seem to recall him banging on about women in a less than attractive manner, years and years ago.
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Post by FlammableFlower » Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:13 am

Pretty definitive
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Post by Grumble » Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:14 am

Yeah, he’s a crank, I only became aware of his views when he became a Trump supporter. I’m only surprised it’s taken this long for him to say something bad enough to get dropped
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Post by jimbob » Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:26 am

A short time before he came out for Trump, I saw some reference to his views, which made me think that the pointy haired boss was probably expressing his views.
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Post by shpalman » Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:00 pm

He already came out as an AGW crank a while ago https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/29/141 ... on-dioxide
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Post by monkey » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:47 pm

It's about time.
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Post by jimbob » Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:56 pm

monkey wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 26, 2023 6:47 pm
 It's about time.
Yup
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Post by shpalman » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:43 pm

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Post by FlammableFlower » Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:13 pm

whaaaaat? :shock:

The anti-fascist movement which only really got going in the US in the 1980s was allied with Hitler...?!?!?!?!?
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Post by jimbob » Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:47 pm

FlammableFlower wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:13 pm
 whaaaaat? :shock:

The anti-fascist movement which only really got going in the US in the 1980s was allied with Hitler...?!?!?!?!?
Would "three squirrels on a meth bender" be a reasonable description?
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Post by Martin Y » Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:16 pm

jimbob wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:47 pm
FlammableFlower wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:13 pm
 whaaaaat? :shock:

The anti-fascist movement which only really got going in the US in the 1980s was allied with Hitler...?!?!?!?!?
Would "three squirrels on a meth bender" be a reasonable description?
Good band name anyway.
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Post by Martin Y » Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:17 pm

It's an easy mistake to make. He's just mixed up "antifa" with "fa".
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Post by jimbob » Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:38 pm

Martin Y wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:16 pm
jimbob wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:47 pm
FlammableFlower wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:13 pm
 whaaaaat? :shock:

The anti-fascist movement which only really got going in the US in the 1980s was allied with Hitler...?!?!?!?!?
Would "three squirrels on a meth bender" be a reasonable description?
Good band name anyway.

Obligatory John Peel Meme reference

"That's Three Squirrels on a meth bender" with their new single, "Antifa was aligned with Hitler"
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Post by basementer » Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:27 am

shpalman wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:43 pm
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In the interests of scrutability, where did you find that jpeg?
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Post by shpalman » Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:16 am

basementer wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:27 am
shpalman wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:43 pm
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In the interests of scrutability, where did you find that jpeg?
James Fell himself https://www.facebook.com/bodyforwife

(it's in the Mobile Uploads photo album)
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Post by Al Capone Junior » Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:16 pm

shpalman wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:43 pm
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At least we still have james Fell :mrgreen:
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Post by IvanV » Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:54 pm

FlammableFlower wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:13 pm
 whaaaaat? :shock:

The anti-fascist movement which only really got going in the US in the 1980s was allied with Hitler...?!?!?!?!?
It is a sufficiently bizarre claim, I decided to have a quick look where it might have come from.

It turns out that in 1932-1933, there was a Stalinist group in Germany called Antifaschistische Aktion, sometimes abbreviated to Antifa. It was set up by and part of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). They are not related to postwar German Antifa, which emerged in 1944, which was not part of the KPD. Nor is German Antifa related to much later US Antifa. Antifaschistische Aktion were sufficiently Stalinist they viewed all moderate parties, especially the centre-left SPD, as the "fascist" enemy, meaning in fact, "capitalist" enemy. Initially they viewed the SPD as the main enemy, thinking that the Nazis would quickly crumble. And so there was some cooperation with Nazis in anti-SPD activities, while also cooperating with the SPD in anti-Nazi activities. The KPD was of course forcibly dissolved in 1933.

So that is where that nonsense comes from.
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