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Scott Adams isn't very smart, I don't think. His blog posts and essays are, far more often than not, really surprisingly shallow. Regarding Donald Trump's rac

by Frondo 10y ago

Scott Adams isn't very smart, I don't think. His blog posts and essays are, far more often than not, really surprisingly shallow. Regarding Donald Trump's racism, this is how he can be racist without saying "black people are stupid and smelly" on national TV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics

WalterBright 10y ago
In general, I like to read viewpoints that are different than mine, it's challenging. Listening to people who agree with me is boring. Dog whistle politics is certainly pervasive in politics on all sides, and it is an important thing for people to recognize.
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- Frondo 10y ago
  Yeah, me too. I just like it when the writers are at least a little insightful. I never get that sense from Scott Adams. It reminds me a little of being back in high school when I read his stuff, a few decades ago, when my pals and I were starting to, tentatively and sloppily, feel out bigger philosophical ideas about the world.