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In reply to the discussion: Trump supporters go to Star Trek convention. It didn't go well [View all]Attilatheblond
(4,827 posts)91. That would require them to know some small slice of history. That is asking too much of them
They are trained to see the pretty blond women as messengers bringing glad tidings of their glorious orange idol. Especially if the blond women wear short skirts or flash a little cleavage.
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Trump supporters go to Star Trek convention. It didn't go well [View all]
SocialDemocrat61
Aug 2024
OP
Star Trek always had multicultural themes. maga just is inconsistent with Star Trek
mucifer
Aug 2024
#1
One of the best movies of the 80s, the theme song is STILL an inspiration of mine
uponit7771
Aug 2024
#127
I doubt it seriously. Anyone with the tiniest of clues about what Star Trek is all about knows about what it
SWBTATTReg
Aug 2024
#66
Worf struggled a bit with Jadzia's transition from Curzon. Beverly Crusher's relationship did not survive transition.
Marcuse
Aug 2024
#210
Worf struggled with that too. I don't remember if it ever was resolved. I recall Quark and Bashir sniffing around Ezri.
Marcuse
Aug 2024
#212
I'm fed up with their othering, empowering the wealthy, turning the planet into a dump, not being human much less equal
TheKentuckian
Aug 2024
#133
You might feel differently if you actually had a few conversations "across the divide."
pat_k
Aug 2024
#135
Don't tell me what my own lived experience is or who I talk to or live amongst.
TheKentuckian
Aug 2024
#138
They asked one of the actors what their political opinion was. The MAGATs didn't like her answer.
hadEnuf
Aug 2024
#188
Lt. Uhura: "Enterprise to Captain Kirk. The alien transmission reads, Kamala is a DEI who just turned Black".
Marcuse
Aug 2024
#113
I simply type "nt" and preceded it by spaced dots to separate it from the title. . . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2024
#160
My forward slash is on a text options button on my keyboard, I have to hit the thing to type a slash and exit it after
ArkansasDemocrat1
Aug 2024
#184
Star Trek is about teaching lessons of inclusion - NOT exclusion or "othering."
harumph
Aug 2024
#10
The values behind STAR TREK, ever since Gene Rodenberry created it, have been about inclusion
ZonkerHarris
Aug 2024
#12
Plus the first interracial kiss in US television history - Kirk & Uhura . . . .
hatrack
Aug 2024
#95
The fact that Star Trek cast members are pro Harris and anti-TFG makes me smile
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2024
#14
Unfortunately I heard Grace Lee Whitney repeating Limbaugh statements at the Con she was at
ArkansasDemocrat1
Aug 2024
#97
Every Star Trek series from the beginning is set in a liberal world and culture.
Hermit-The-Prog
Aug 2024
#18
Jeri Ryan was married to Jack Ryan who was the 2004 GOP Senate candidate in Illinois
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Aug 2024
#21
Yep, iirc, Ryan was quite a bit ahead in the polls. It was Ryan's race to lose.
Hassin Bin Sober
Aug 2024
#62
maga wants to take everyone's rights away that doesn't look like them, but then they compalin
Takket
Aug 2024
#22
It's still echoing back and forth on the cliffs of Machu Picchu. n/t
ArkansasDemocrat1
Aug 2024
#152
Your friends might've been better off saying "Hail Landru! Blessed be the body, and health to all of its parts."
SupportSanity
Aug 2024
#32
Let's turn them into sapient tribbles with the transporter and beam them to Kronos!
ArkansasDemocrat1
Aug 2024
#99
If they dont want to feel like they are hated the solution is not to be a douchebag and support Trump.
cstanleytech
Aug 2024
#41
Remember when that idiot church from Missouri went to ComicCon in San Diego with their "You're Going to Burn in Hell"...
EarnestPutz
Aug 2024
#42
Yep, that's the one. I knew I was close and just figured it didn't really matter. The.....
RussellCattle
Aug 2024
#129
Not a problem. It got me wondering if there was a similar group of crazies in MO 2F
niyad
Aug 2024
#131
Folks do not like people that show support a person who is found guilty of 34 felonies, sexual abuse (rape), & fraud.
ashredux
Aug 2024
#43
Funny how embracing fascists, fascism and insurrection and working destroy democracy
Sky Jewels
Aug 2024
#48
Why can't people go to football games, car shows, libraries, or THEIR OB-GYN...
Beartracks
Aug 2024
#51
And, they weren't that good l. I'd rather have a good adaptation of The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
ArkansasDemocrat1
Aug 2024
#158
The lesson they should have learned is that if 7 of 9 could get free of the Borg Collective, there's hope for them.
Girard442
Aug 2024
#69
Wait...the friends wanted to turn their brains off...so they went to a Star Trek convention?
COL Mustard
Aug 2024
#70
I know right? Keep your religion out of my schools, libraries, courts and Congress and I'll keep my complaints about it
meadowlander
Aug 2024
#85
That would require them to know some small slice of history. That is asking too much of them
Attilatheblond
Aug 2024
#91
Darn those Star Trek women for being real people with ideas and opinions, who want to defeat evil Orange Turd.
Timeflyer
Aug 2024
#83
These idiots calling Kamala "low IQ" remind me of when their ilk tried to insult Spock's intelligence.
Marcuse
Aug 2024
#111
We should star trek the fascists and plant them all on a quaint lil planet with Ceti eel's for pets. nt
ImNotGod
Aug 2024
#153
Snowflakes still haven't a clue that it is not an actual PARTY and doesn't need defended 24.7.365?
Brainfodder
Aug 2024
#165