XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current, rec.arts.tv   
   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   >Obveeus  wrote:   
   >> On 6/22/2017 5:20 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   >> > On 6/22/2017 1:37 PM, Rhino wrote:   
   >> >> On 2017-06-22 3:40 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   >> >>> On 6/22/2017 11:47 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >> >>>>   Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >> >>>>> Op 22-6-2017 om 14:35 schreef Ubiquitous:   
      
   >> >>>>>> Sonequa Martin-Green torpedos the trolls as the first �iscovery¹   
   >> >>>>>   
   >> >>>>> Good article. Sonequa and George nailed it!   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> Well, no, not really.   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> I hate the ship design.  Is that racist?   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> I hate that they're getting well established Trek history wrong -   
   >> >>>> again.   
   >> >>>> Is that racist?   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> I hate the creatives that I've heard of - is that racist?   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> I hate CBS because THEY are racist.   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> You don't even have to *know* the cast to hate this show.  Is that   
   >> >>>> racist?   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>> If anyone who is in any way racist has heard of the show, then yes   
   >> >>> all dislike of the show is racist.  I thought you knew that by now.   
   >> >>>   
   >> >> I'm curious to know if there is even one heterosexual white male in   
   >> >> the cast or does their vision of "diversity" exclude heterosexual   
   >> >> white males altogether because, you know, its 2017?   
   >> >>   
   >> >> I wonder if they'll "throw us a bone" in the form of a single white   
   >> >> guy who has a really low-prestige job, just so that no one can   
   >> >> complain that we've been completely excluded?   
   >> >>   
   >> > Since the whole point of a diverse cast is to punish the hetero white   
   >> > male and a show that is made up of characters who are all from one   
   >> > non-Caucasian ethnic group is considered diverse, no there were never   
   >> > any hetero white males in Star Fleet in the new timeline.   
   >> >   
   >> > Especially not Kirk.   
   >>   
   >> Has he even joined Star Fleet yet at the time of this new series?   
   >   
   >Probably.   
   >   
   >They keep saying this takes place 10 years before Kirk.  Assuming they   
   >mean '10 years before Kirk took over the Enterprise' or '10 years before   
   >the first episode of TOS' then, yes, he was in Starfleet - OBSESSION's   
   >flashbacks take place 11 years before season 2,   
      
   According to Wikipedia, "Star Trek: Discovery" begins in 2254 and 2264 was   
   when Kirk took command of the Enterprise.   
      
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