Scott Adams, the politically controversial creator of the syndicated comic strip “Dilbert,” shouldn’t turn his back on his alma mater UC Berkeley following a violent protest that prevented right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking there nearly two weeks ago.

That’s the message of John Morgan, a professor at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, who has issued a personal invitation to the East Bay-based Adams to come to campus and speak freely on any political topic.

Morgan also addressed Adams’ publicly stated concerns that the Yiannopoulos protests suggests he would be unsafe visiting Berkeley because of his political views. Morgan said he would personally escort the comic strip artist and author around campus.

“I will welcome you warmly and personally escort you around to ensure your safety,” Morgan said in an open letter he published on his LinkedIn. “If my personal protection should prove insufficient for your needs, I will engage the resources of the Haas School to provide additional security.”

In an interview, Morgan said he issued the invitation because he was disheartened to see Adams declare he was withdrawing “all support” from his alma mater in the wake of the protests.

Two days after Yiannapoulos’ scheduled appearance, Adams took to his blog to announce that he, too, doesn’t feel “safe or welcome on campus” because of his political views. For that reason, he said, he would no longer support the public institution where he earned his MBA.

“I have been a big supporter lately, with both my time and money, but that ends today,” he wrote. “I wish them well, but I wouldn’t feel safe or welcome on the campus.”

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Over the course of the presidential election, Adams provoked controversy and alienated “Dilbert” fans with his essays and tweets, the Washington Post reported. He praised Donald Trump’s talent for persuasion, was one of the few public figures to predict the celebrity mogul’s presidential victory and continues to dispute the tendency on the left to compare the president, with his perceived autocratic tendencies, to Adolf Hitler.

At one point, Adams endorsed Trump, saying he only ever said he supported Clinton because he lives in California and was concerned for his “personal safety.”

But he switched his allegiance to Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson following the leak of the 2005 “Access Hollywood” recording in which Trump was heard boasting about groping women. Adams called both Trump and Clinton “100 percent unfit for office” and said neither candidate represented his political views.

WIth regard to the protests at Berkeley, Adams said he had decided to side “with the Jewish gay immigrant who has the African-American boyfriend,” referring to Yiannapoulos, rather than “the hypnotized zombie-boys in black masks who were clubbing people who hold different points of view.”

Adams said that an unnamed Berkeley professor “made it clear” to him that he wouldn’t be welcome on campus, and he said he was worried that someone might club him “to death” if he were to walk on campus.

Morgan, the Dolores and Oliver Williamson Professor of the Economics of Organizations, said he was disappointed to hear Adams make assumptions about all Haas faculty and alumni, based on the views of one unnamed professor.

Morgan said most Berkeley faculty were probably appalled by a splinter group forcing their way into what was an otherwise peaceful protest prior to Yiannopoulos’ arrival.

The instigators “in no way reflect my values, the values of the Haas School, nor the values of Berkeley,” Morgan said. He added, “In my 13 years at Berkeley, I have never seen any campus group advocate violence for the suppression of free speech.”

Morgan invited Adams to come speak to his MBA Game Theory class, or in any other forum where he could express his views freely.

“I would welcome a discussion with you on any topic, regardless of your views,” he said.

He added: “While I cannot speak for the current full-time MBA class at Haas, my experience is that they would be welcome and open as well. In my teaching, I have consistently found them eager to hear and consider all views.”

Efforts to reach Adams via email over the weekend were not successful.

Yiannapolous, a senior editor for Breitbart, the conservative site often associated with “alt-right” viewpoints, was scheduled to speak at UC Berkeley Feb. 1 as part of his “Dangerous Faggot” tour of college campuses. He had been invited to speak by a campus Republican club.

Many faculty and students opposed the alt-right darling from coming to campus, saying he was using his tour to antagonize people on the left by espousing offensive, derogatory views on women, Muslims, minority students, transgender people and other groups. The so-called “Internet’s biggest troll” had been permanently banned from Twitter for “inciting or engaging in the targeted abuse or harassment of others,” including “Saturday Night Live” actress Leslie Jones.

Before Yiannapoulos’ scheduled appearance, some 1500 people gathered outside the student union to peacefully protest. But at one point, the splinter group, wearing all black clothing, launched fireworks at police on a second-floor balcony. A light generator was knocked down and set ablaze. Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow suggested the agitators may have been called in by Yiannopoulos himself.

In any case, the violence prompted administrators to cancel the event, though Yiannopoulos recently announced his plans to return to Berkeley.

Morgan hopes Adams will return to Berkeley, telling him: “I, for one, would welcome you and defend your right to be on campus and say what you wish.”