@marmel When I was about 12 or 13, my dad had an "old-timers" hockey tournament in California -- organized and paid for by Schulz, who invited teams from all over North America and even Japan, IIRC.

Had the teams over for the big tourney BBQ at his property, where he'd built the rink for his daughter when she was a young figure skater and just wanted to put it to use.

He was at the grill flipping burgers and was GENUINELY interested in every person he met there. He exceeded my expectations.

@marmel I never knew this about Schulz, thank you for sharing.

Here's an article with a bit more on this if anyone else is curious like I was: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/specialsections/schulzs-franklin-opened-the-door-to-more-inclusive-peanuts/

@marmel I find it astounding that Adams' comic strip is all about a downtrodden cubical worker who must endure working for a boss who is an idiot, yet he's a Trump supporter and a Far Right Republican.

Trump IS the "pointy-haired moron boss who clearly knows less than the people who work for him".

I MUST CONCLUDE FROM THIS that Adams HATES his "Dilbert" character and has no respect for him, while siding with the morons Dilbert works for. 🤷‍♂️

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Scott Adams is such a clown.

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I have to find sources for these, because usually when something is in this format, it's not true.

This one is mostly true. Schulz did stand up for Franklin and said those words, but it wasn't exactly in response to being told to eliminate Franklin, or explicitly to pander to segregationists, though certainly driven by racism and implicitly pandering to segregationists.

Here's a lengthy article with sources that discusses the history of this anecdote

https://www.truthorfiction.com/charles-schulz-on-peanuts-franklin-print-it-just-the-way-i-draw-it-or-i-quit/

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And here in Mpls, we have an airport named after Charles Lindberg instead of Charles Schulz

@marmel but also beware of over idolizing “white saviors.”

We need to tell our friends and family that racism isn’t tolerated. At all. The fight is at home and ending white supremacy is an inter familial fight for white people.

Black people were always fighting for recognition, rights, and fairness. A white cartoonist deciding “the right time” to give them a little of that in his popular strip isn’t an act of bravery on the same level.

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Charles Schulz: helped black people because it was the right thing to do

Scott Adams: says he "stopped" helping black people because it "doesn't pay off"