XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.current, rec.arts.tv   
   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   On 6/22/2017 8:24 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   > On 6/22/2017 2:45 PM, 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:   
   >>>>>> In article <594c049d$0$728$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,   
   >>>>>>   Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Op 22-6-2017 om 14:35 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   >>>>>>>> Sonequa Martin-Green torpedos the trolls as the first ŒDiscovery¹   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 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?   
   >>   
   >> ...and did you see who is playing Harry Mudd?   
   >   
   > No idea.   
      
   Rainn Wilson.   
      
   > All I really know about the casting is the lead is someone I   
   > haven't heard of before and Michelle Yeoh apparently got shanghaied into   
   > this, I assume because of a desperate need to keep her American SAG   
   > medical insurance or some such.  Since I wouldn't be able to afford the   
   > subscription fee and wouldn't be able to stream it if I did pay for it,   
   > I have no need to pay attention except for the fun of mocking it.  :)   
      
   That at least explains why you think that all the minority characters of   
   this 'diverse cast' came from one ethnic group.   
      
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