Yes, TOS was more "progressive" although I don't care for that word. I also don't care for "outdated" either. Roddenberry wanted to show a future where all the world's people have put aside their differences and now get along for a common cause. He never wanted to show human v.s human conflicts. Such things would not exist in Roddenbery's future. He never meant Star Trek to be... i can't find the right words... a sideshow for the SJWs, so they can feel superior to others.
The term "SJW" did not exist when Roddenberry was alive.
400 years from now, there probably will be no baldness, and no blindness, and no "disabilities". And likewise, no gender, sexual or reproductive dysfunctions, either. I rejected Geordi's blindness becuse it was ridiculous, and likewise homosexuality or transgenderism... it doesn't seem like they will exist once we find the cause and the cure. in 400 years they will probably be able to take a few cells from your body and clone any organ you need replaced, or possibly repair the damaged organs in place with no surgery. Genetic defects or hormonal imbalances that affect the mother and/or the unborn child will probably be detected and fixed during routine checkups during pregnancy... so some social justice causes make litte sense to me in the context of Star Trek.
So in your version of the 24th century, nobody ever gets sick with some exotic or unknown ailment, nobody ever has accidents, nobody gets a really horrible genetic draw that
can't be fixed, and I really don't want to know what you would advocate doing to the people who can't possibly match your notion of "acceptability" much less perfection.
Same-sex attraction and relationships exist in many species. Are you advocating a "cure" for them as well?
As an example: Without same-sex penguin couples, an awful lot of chicks would die because one or both of their genetic parents are killed and they still have to be fed - something that can be done by either male or female penguins, and nurturing the young is something that seems to be hardwired into the vast majority of adult penguins regardless of whether or not they actually mate and produce their own offspring.
What other minority traits do you advocate "curing"? For instance, I'm a night owl. I function best at night, rather than in the day (at least the mornings; my normal wake time is early afternoon). I remember being told in the hospital, "We'll get you straightened out back to normal" and they (the nurses) couldn't wrap their minds around the fact that for me (and my dad), being a night owl IS normal. Far too many people consider night owls to be "lazy" but the fact is that we live and work the same number of hours as everyone else - just at a different time than they do.
And Tasha was terrible in that role.
What role did Tasha play? Are you talking about her being the security chief, or are you talking about the actress, Denise Crosby?
You brought up the holodeck specifically, I brought up an analog to it. Might take a moment to brush up on tech, it never hurts.
You brought up an analog that has nothing to do with what I was talking about. I have no idea what "tech" I'm supposed to brush up on. It's not a sin to be unfamiliar with Atari and Playstation.
There was literally an entire episode in the first season about the crew acting smug and superior to people from the 20th century for being obsessed with money, among other things. I mean, the Romulans showed up to flex a bit too, but it was mostly Bernie Picard and Riker Maddow sticking it to the 1%.
In the vast majority of the TNG episodes, Picard and Riker
are the 1%, but are too wrapped up in their I'm-so-superior bubbles to understand that.
