Some Star Trek Actors are Anti-Trump

[nightwind1]

Spoken like the true intolerant liberal you are. Good luck voting for the most morally corrupt person ever to run for office.

That would be Cheeto Benito, Ill Douchebag.

 

[Australis]

Spoken like the true intolerant liberal you are. Good luck voting for the most morally corrupt person ever to run for office.

Actually I was watching the first ep of Ken Burns's 'Civil War', and there was a reference to Lincoln sacking his, iirc, Secretary of War, as a man so corrupt, the only thing he wouldn't steal was a red hot stove.

I don't think Hillary's that bad.

 

[urbandefault]

I only remember him from Happy Days. rather unremarkable, to put it nicely.

If you haven't seen him as Bob Loblaw, you haven't seen him.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

If you haven't seen him as Bob Loblaw, you haven't seen him.

You know there are at least three actual Bob Loblaws, attorney's at law? I wonder if any of them have a Bob Loblaw Law Blog.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

That would be Cheeto Benito, Ill Douchebag.

Just to clarify for those making notifications, this is not flaming anyone except Donald Trump. Benito Mussolini was known as Il Duce, Donald Trump is Cheeto Benito, Ill Douchebag. Get it?

 

[suarezguy]

No, I don't. They've both responded to a general dissatisfaction with the status quo, yes. But their supporters are dissatisfied with different things, and their solutions are even more different. Care to explain exactly where you see a significant overlap?

They both allege that the country has been in sharp decline for decades, with the middle class being particularly hurt, that money influencing politics through campaign contributions is a big reason for the decline, that the country is now in a particularly crucial period and they are uniquely able to confront the problems (although due to different reasons, experience vs. ethical purity), that everyone not on board with them (including marginalized minority groups) is part of the establishment, that the rules were rigged against them, that international trade agreements through decades have been unfair and hurt us, that we should become more selective in our use of military force.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

If Trump were the democratic canidate, every liberal in the country would be singing his praises.

lulz

Nonsense.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

According to the "Trek Against Trump" Facebook page, these people have now also jumped on the bandwaggon and endorsed the statement:

Rhonda Aldrich
Jim Beaver
Christopher L. Bennett
Kirsten Beyer
Molly Brink
Art Codron
Michael Dorn
Doug Drexler
Dorothy Duder
Harlan Ellison
Joseph Gatt
Rich Handley
Melissa Harrison
Hana Hatae
Robert Hewitt-Wolfe
Michael Klastorin
Denise Okuda
Michael Okuda
Robert Pine
Jeri Ryan
Nick Sagan
Robert Sallin
Susan Shwartz
Tucker Smallwood
Kurtwood Smith
Melinda M. Snodgrass
Arne Starr
Scott Trimble
Garrett Wang
Celeste Yarnall

https://www.facebook.com/TrekAgainstTrumpOfficial/posts/890633081068563

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

TOS main cast members who haven't endorsed the statement yet:
William Shatner (Canadian)
Nichelle Nichols

TNG main cast members who haven't endorsed the statement yet:
Patrick Stewart (British)
Diana Muldaur

DS9 main cast members who haven't endorsed the statement yet:
Avery Brooks
Cirroc Lofton
Colm Meany (Irish)
Alexander Siddig (British)
Nana Visitor

VOY main cast members who haven't endorsed the statement yet:
Robert Beltran (I guess LaRouche followers don't vote for Hillary)
Roxann Dawson
Jennifer Lien

ENT main cast members who haven't enorsed the statement yet:
Jolene Blalock

TOS Reboot main cast members who haven't endorsed the statement yet:
None

 

[Lance Charger]

I stand with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, and Scott Bakula in support of President Trump.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

I stand with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, and Scott Bakula in support of President Trump.

Scott Bakula did endorse the statement:
https://www.facebook.com/TrekAgainstTrumpOfficial/posts/887685388029999

Knowing Sir Patrick's political leanings, it's highly unlikely he supports Trump either.

 

[Lance Charger]

Whatevs. He only had 4 seasons anyways.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I wouldn't assume that just because an actor hasn't endorsed a statement against Trump, that it must mean they're for Trump.

 

[Lance Charger]

Have you listened to Clinton or her cronies in the last year at all? The Wicked Witch says that if you're not for her, you're against her.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I stand with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, and Scott Bakula in support of President Trump.

Links to statements that all of these actors support Trump?

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Whatevs. He only had 4 seasons anyways.

Responding to someone giving you correct information with "whatevs" is not a very productive way to conduct a conversation.

Neither Shatner nor Stewart is a U.S. citizen, so their absence is meaningless.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Well, Sir Patrick is a British citizen, so he can't vote in the upcoming election.

Shatner has become a naturalized U.S. citizen, which theoretically should allow him to vote, but last year he tweeted that he can't vote, so it's not clear what's up with that.

Bakula and Brooks both are U.S. citizens able to vote. Bakula is on the Trek Against Trump list.

That leaves Brooks of the four names @Lance Charger has listed as "in support of Trump". While it's very hard to imagine what is going on in Brooks' mind, I don't really see him someone with that kind of racist behaviour and rhetoric.

 

[urbandefault]

I don't need to agree with a celebrity's politics to enjoy his work. I also don't need a celebrity's approval (or disapproval) of a candidate to make a decision about my vote.

Hopefully I'm not the only one.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Where's the clever and pithy PSA?

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Shatner has become a naturalized U.S. citizen, which theoretically should allow him to vote, but last year he tweeted that he can't vote, so it's not clear what's up with that.

Unless he's become naturalized just in the past three years, Shatner is not a U.S. citizen. You can follow the links from here to the article you linked to and then to an interview in 2013, in which he talks about why he has chosen not to become a U.S. citizen.