One of the biggest stories on the internet Friday through Monday was the reaction of newspaper publishers to comments made by the author of the comic strip “Dilbert.”

Dilbert is a comic strip for geeks or for those who like to harass geeks.

Geeks? That would be an ugly slang term for persons with a tendency to study hard, possibly be lacking in the social graces and almost certainly white.

Reportedly, hundreds of newspapers are canceling the strip, which is written by a man named Scott Adams. He has penned the strip for more than three decades. It was never viewed as political satire; instead, the creator stuck with mocking smart people and frequently ridiculed those who didn’t conform to the same social traits as the norm.

Basically, he spread hate through his comics, but no one cared because “it’s just a comic.”

Now, he has moved on to include racist comments, some of which he shares with white supremacist movements.

His casual suggestions that Blacks are a hate group and whites should run from them are childish, idiotic, mean and just plain stupid.

His being a cartoonist has nothing to do with him being a racist. His racism stands alone for the whole world to see.

Shockingly, the syndicate who markets his comic strip is canceling its contract with him because of his alleged racism.

The company is the same one that stood by another cartoonist a few years ago when he hid an “F” bomb in a Sunday comic that was aimed at children that day. It was an attack aimed at a conservative politician while this indiscretion is aimed at insulting more liberal thinking. What does that say about that company?

We are dropping Dilbert on his over-sized head.

There isn’t enough space in this world or in the “funny papers” for hatred and racism.

We will try to find something for the entertainment page that stays away from politics and allows people to live their lives as they please.

— RV