When Michael Eddington is revealed to be a Maquis at the end of the episode For The Cause, he gives an angry speech to Sisko, explaining his feelings about the Federation in no uncertain terms.
A couple of thoughts: First of all, Benjamin Sisko is probably the last person to whom you'd ever want to make an argument comparing anything to the Borg!
However, Eddington's comment also kind of reminded me of how in real life (or rather in the media), whenever someone wants to attack something for being oppressive (or for just cramping their style), they compare something to the Nazis or compare someone they intensely dislike to Adolf Hitler. And as liberal a person as I am, I often find it embarrassing when these kinds of comments are made by people of an extreme leftist stripe. Not to mention that it devalues genuine anti-fascist sentiment, numbing people and making them insensitive to things which are truly evil and fascistic.
Has this little parallel occurred to anybody else? Or is it just me?
A couple of thoughts: First of all, Benjamin Sisko is probably the last person to whom you'd ever want to make an argument comparing anything to the Borg!
However, Eddington's comment also kind of reminded me of how in real life (or rather in the media), whenever someone wants to attack something for being oppressive (or for just cramping their style), they compare something to the Nazis or compare someone they intensely dislike to Adolf Hitler. And as liberal a person as I am, I often find it embarrassing when these kinds of comments are made by people of an extreme leftist stripe. Not to mention that it devalues genuine anti-fascist sentiment, numbing people and making them insensitive to things which are truly evil and fascistic.
Has this little parallel occurred to anybody else? Or is it just me?