Subject: CZM
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Posted on: 2019-08-09 14:49:00 UTC

  1. Yes and no. Yes, by definition they are fans if they watch it and like it. The no part comes in if they watched it, then decided it was representative of all Star Trek. Discovery is the oddball series, to put it ~extremely mildly.

    2. No, I am genuinely left-leaning. I tend to be more centerist, but I lean towards the progressive side of politics. In the last three or four national elections (I honestly forget how many we’ve had in the last decade: we Aussies seem to go through PM’s like a fat kid through a sweet shop) I have consistsntly supported the Australian Labour Party, as opposed to the Liberals, who actually aren’t “Liberals” for some reason.

    3. I never had a problem with politics in sci fi until Disvovery started bashing people around the head with it. To put it simply, Star Trek- and sci-fi for that matter- has ususlly had the common decency and sense to wrap any political commentary in layers of allegory and sci-fi metaphor. Discovery’s writers took the Klingons, and immediately announced to the public that from this day forwards, the Klingons were trump supporters. They lost my respect immediately after they used science fiction to target a group of people that -despite my lack of agreement with their views- really don’t deserve it more thsn anyone else.

    4. No. What I’m trying to do is make sure that people have seen Star Trek for whst it is. Discovery is Star Trek made by and for people who don’t like Star Trek. It’s a story about unlikable people who somehow managed to become starfleet officers (despite being argumentative, abrasive assholes who can’t ever stock bickering like children with each other) fighting a war that started because a Canon-Sue by the name of Burnham did a reaaly stupid thing. Before being aquitted for absolutely no readin but “Sue”. It’s a story which takes everything we know and love about the Star Trek universe, douses it with PC gasoline, and tosses a lit match on it. All I want is people to at least watch TNG before they watch this, and get a feel for what Star Trek is meant to be.

    5. Yes, actually. One of my collegues st work- this guy who I will only refer to as “Lucas”, is a neo-nazi. He isn’t my favourite collegue, I can tell you that. Last week, he started mouthing off about the Christchurch Mosque shootings, and I had to restrainmyself from socking the guy in the face.

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