You do get warnings for calling non-binary and trans people "degenerates" however, which is
what you did.
I never called transpeople degenerates. I called the character of Gray a degenerate (and I fully stand behind my statement). I don't care about his sexual orientation but his demeanor and overall vibe is just completely off-putting to me. The character, to me, is completely sleazy. It's nothing to do with who he sleeps with or what he wishes to dress. I just can't put my finger on it i.e. why is this character so repulsive to me. But he is. So there you go.
I am also not overly impressed by women who shave their heads, deny their feminism and demand to be referred as "they". I've watched two shows so far in which these characters completely ruined it for me, one of which is Discovery and the other show is "The Millions" (the character of Taylor). In "The Millions" the Taylor character pretty much was the main focus (at least up until I stopped watching the show) and it was all about her and her, for example, correcting her own father for calling her "daughter". I mean, what kind of bulls**t was that?
Before they introduced Adira and Grey, I could actually (somewhat, due to the lackluster writing, of course) enjoy watching Discovery. I never gave a second thought on backgrounds of Burnham, Stamets, Culber etc. To me, they were just characters/part of the story.
I know it would be a lot easier for me to board the "I'll eat up anything you serve me" band wagon and completely disengage my critical thinking, but I guess I've chosen the less popular way. It's either, you accept whatever stuff we throw at you or we will simply call you "uninlighted" or "backward" or "biggot".
So if I decided, starting today, to call myself a human cow and demand people to end their sentence with "moo" everytime they directly address me and if they refuse to do so, I guess I have every right to point finger at them and demonize them..or even portray myself as a victim.
It's funny how the person calling for open-mindedness employs the language of the Nazis who would seek to close and snuff out as many differently thinking minds as possible.
If WW2 Nazis were like me, there would be no concentration camps, no wars and no deaths. They would be perhaps irked by characters like Adira and Grey but they certainly wouldn't harm them or wish them ill.
Granting you an open platform to express your horrendous views on our forum would actually contribute to the opposite of open-mindedness by allowing you to find and influence others like you to harm minorities with your bigoted views.
I don't think my views are horrendous or biggoted (but of course, it's my subjective opinion and I may be wrong). And I don't care about "influencing" anyone. But, you, being a moderator of this board (i.e. member with certain powers) throwing names at me (nazi, biggot etc) are actually doing what you accused me of - influencing others against me. Not that I care about it, just saying.
So pardon me if I don't drop right in to an eighteen minute video posted without context by a known bigot.
There you go again.
Trek has always been activist. The activism has been a bit on the nose sometimes (half black/half white face isn't exactly subtle) and it hasn't been nearly on the forefront of activism as it's often held up to be (especially regarding LGBTQ representation, where it has lagged behind), but it's always been there.
I agree that Trek has always been activist but I think this time they went completely overboard with it. At the expense of storyline and overall quality.
If your white fragility can't handle that, there's the door.
If I was a person of color, I am not sure you would call me up on my skin color regardless how strongly you felt against my views.
The way Trek has often been about "hope" is by providing positive examples for people to point to and say there's a place for people like them in the future. Adira and Gray haven't tried to push any agenda on the audience other than to say they are people who exist and deserve to be treated equally to everyone else.
Well, as I said, the whole non-binary concept to me is just..well, ok. I won't go any further into it. But I do understand your point of view. Maybe I'm just being a dinosaur, having a hard time catching up with the modern times...
And please stop telling us how you watched Deep Space Nine like that's some get out of bigotry free card because the captain was black.
Well, I just wanted to point out the fact that I never had issues with Sisko. Or La Forge. Or Stammets. Or Culber. But the characters of Adira and Grey..those two are just simply overly anoying to me to the point I can barely watch Discovery anymore. I could even accept Adira and her theybism but Grey..
But yeah, seeing your signature was certainly Red Flag number two. When I see someone start whining about things being Woke and Virtue Signalling I tune right out, because it's going to be a heap of white victimization bullshit.
This is the second time you referred to my skin color in this thread. I am not saying you are (actually, I'm 100% sure you're not) but that could be somewhat interpreted as..racist. Just saying.
