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Re:When Persuasion Turns Deadly by perseusprime11 on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:36PM (#12076368)
He is saying Clinton will win in one paragraph and then he is saying Trump will win in a landslide in another paragraph. Which one is it? I read some other blog posts of this guy and now I am losing respect for the guy who came up with Dilbert.
Re:When Persuasion Turns Deadly by PhantomGremlin on Monday July 11, 2016 @11:18PM (#12076516)
Which one is it?

Bear with me on this one ...

I loved the movie Pulp Fiction. In it, Jules and Vincent are stone cold killers. They do their job with cool nonchalance. But when something goes wrong they fall apart; they can't cope with changed circumstances. They're utterly helpless until Winston Wolfe rescues them. In summary, the domain over which they can be considered "experts" is very limited.

Another example is Charles Barkley, a great basketball player of the not-too-distant past. When someone questioned him about his off-court behavior, he said: "I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."

Same with Scott Adams. I like him as a cynical observer of the contemporary American workplace. As for who he thinks will win the election, I couldn't care less. And I surely don't won't let him influence who I vote for.

You can enjoy Dilbert without knowing anything about Scott Adams.

Re:When Persuasion Turns Deadly by perseusprime11 on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:02PM (#12083503)
Good explanation but still can't get him out of my head Everytime I look at Dilbert.
Re:When Persuasion Turns Deadly by anonnyj on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @12:53AM (#12076825)
Clinton is in a good spot: "Unless Trump finds a way to counter Clinton’s racial persuasion, he will lose in November."

But he's confident that he will find aforementioned counter: "But as it turns out, Trump is probably the world’s greatest persuader. That’s why I predict he will win in a landslide"