Scott Adams

So he didn't even just, no, I'm not a racist.

Look at my black friend.

Right.

Redirection.

Yes.

So when somebody attacks you, you say you're a sexist.

Yes.

And, and then the thing you want to assert to be true.

Yes.

That's one of the funniest things.

Yes, that would be like a humorous response to that where it's just dismissing it, right?

Sometimes it's best to dismiss it.

Other times, if there's a way that the controversy makes you look good.

Stoke it.

I did that in December 2022 with the Mary Sue affair, I like to call it.

It was the number one story on social media the entire weekend in December, first week in December 2022.

That's when I wrote a piece on the Mary Sue archetype that's popular in fiction, that's in entertainment, movies, shows, video games, etc.

The various fandoms of Star Wars, Disney, and so on and so forth got a hold of it.

When I saw that they began sharing it, I thought, oh, I can make something of this.

I got out my bellows and I stoked the flame, I stoked the fire.