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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x07 - "The Serene Squall"

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Locutus of Bored said:
If we're going strictly by numbers the human contingent of the Trek crews should be 36% Chinese and Indian given their combined percentage of the current world population. But then the anti-woke brigade would flip their fucking hooded lids if that were the case.

But aside from the numerical argument, it matters that traditionally marginalized and discriminated against groups have positive representation in media both to serve as a positive example for children of that group to look up to and be inspired by, just as astronaut Mae Jamison and Whoopie Goldberg were inspired by Uhura, and to counter negative stereotypes and discriminatory policies and behaviors against them in the current era.

Right now trans people and LGBTQ people in general are under attack (as they always have been), which means right now more than ever is the time for their representation, regardless of specific population numbers. And the number of LGBTQ people is undoubtedly much higher than reported due to the number that have to conceal their identity lest they face loss of family and friends, loss of work, loss of religious ties, loss of rights, and loss of safety and life, among other things. Trek has been woefully behind the times in depicting LGBTQ characters and stories, and the new shows are finally making an effort to counter that, thankfully.

I said you used bigoted rhetoric. You did. Cowboy the fuck up and deal with it or take your ball and go home.
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Oso Blanco said:
Freedom of speech also means that you should not insult people for their opinion!
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No doesn't. Now if people were attacking you because of your culture, or orientation, then yes.

Oso Blanco said:
which weren't even offensive?
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Wanting to get rid of LGBTQ+ representation just because they're not interesting to you is pretty offensive.
 
You could, you know, just ignore characters you don't like. Many is the time I pretended Kes and Neelix weren't on the screen. And not because the actors were a certain background or the characters they played weird.
 
cooleddie74 said:
You could, you know, just ignore characters you don't like. Many is the time I pretended Kes and Neelix weren't on the screen. And not because the actors were a certain background or the characters they played weird.
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Same. Pretty much ignored Picard.
 
Tuskin38 said:
You wanted them removed from the show because they were pointless.
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That's not what I've said. They were pointless characters just brought in to represent trans people. If they had brought in the same poeple in important roles, because the story demanded it ... no problem at all!
 
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