The result is that Dilbert is canceled. For a cartoon character, that’s the same as being dead. It was Adams who killed him.

I blame Rasmussen just as much, or more. Because they knew better. The phrase “it’s OK to be white” is much like “Black Lives Matter.” In both cases, no decent human would disagree with the substance of the phrase – it is indeed OK to be white and Black lives do indeed matter. …

Finally, Rasmussen’s poll was very poorly worded in a technical sense. Study the question presented above. A white person hearing the question is likely to believe he’s being asked if it’s OK that he and other whites are, or behave, white. Most white people would answer yes. (But take a moment to consider the derangement of the ones who answered no.)

[As Larry and I discussed on yesterday’s Off the Beaten Path, both Rasmussen and PPP routinely try to stir the pot with provocative and largely contextless questions and hope people click on the results. There’s nothing *wrong* with that, but it behooves people not to take either too seriously on such poll results. Adams made a big error in doing so and then another in overreacting to it. — Ed]