Dave Rubin recently released a never-before-seen direct message clip where he recalls how Dilbert creator Scott Adams lent a hand early in Rubin’s media journey, a small but revealing story about how real allies operate behind the scenes. In an era when reputations are shredded by viral mobs and cancel campaigns, Rubin’s clip is a reminder that principled people still look out for one another and pass along opportunities to those who speak truthfully.
For those who only know Scott Adams from the mainstream’s outrage cycle, Rubin’s anecdote offers another side: a pragmatic, unafraid thinker who wasn’t afraid to back someone trying to push back against the cultural rot. Adams, the cartoonist who put Dilbert on the map, has long been a lightning rod, but the human decency captured in Rubin’s DM shows the kind of private mentorship that media elites never report.
This exchange underscores a broader conservative truth — real change and intellectual resilience aren’t born in safe spaces or university echo chambers, they’re built through networks of bold individuals who help one another despite the personal cost. Rubin’s willingness to make the DM public demonstrates pride in those alliances, not shame, and that confidence is exactly what the left fears.
The clip also exposes how the narrative police work: when establishment outlets paint dissidents as pariahs, they erase the quiet acts of solidarity that keep dissent alive. Rubin’s story about Adams helping him is a small example with a big implication — conservative and classical-liberal networks are sustained by mentorship, not by the handouts or identity politics the left peddles.
Conservative media must celebrate these human stories instead of letting them be weaponized by opponents. Rubin’s decision to share the DM is a call to arms for patriots to honor the people who lift up truth-tellers, to build more platforms, and to unmask the hypocrisy of outlets that cheer when inconvenient thinkers are destroyed.
If Americans care about saving free expression and national character, they should cherish moments like the one Rubin revealed — proof that integrity and loyalty still exist among those who refuse to bow to cancel culture. Support independent voices, reward mentorship, and remember that the real resistance to the left’s cultural takeover is made of people who quietly help one another keep speaking.
