XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.tv   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/22/2017 7:00 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   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    
   ¯Â¿Â½iscovery¹   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> 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.  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.  :)   
   >   
   > If you get CBASS you can see the first ep free.  Lucky for me, I don't.   
   >   
   Why would I watch a first episode of a show I know I won't be able to   
   watch subsequent episodes of?   
      
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   instinct are running screaming.   
      
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