White House Advisor Stephen Miller Says Star Trek Is Too "Woke," Wants Kirk Back.
Huh, uh. Says the fascist who would deport Uhura, Sulu and Scotty and prohibit women from serving in Starfleet.
Chekov could stay because he's Russian.
As for Spock... He'd probably have him sent to Area 51 for "enhanced interrogation." 🤭
Then there are the episodes with the interracial kiss, overweight admirals who Hegseth would drum out of the service, Kirk's mind in the body of a woman...
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I think Obergruppenführer Miller has confused Charlie Kirk (gun deaths are "worth it") with Captain James Tiberius Kirk. Here are some quotes from the James T. Kirk character:
Anti-wealth: "We don't use money in the 23rd century" — Star Trek IV
Anti-bigotry: "Leave any bigotry in your quarters, there's no room for it on the bridge." — Star Trek: Into Darkness
And here he is in "Last Battlefield" breaking up a fight between two racists.
Shatner has said that he found Trump's comments about Canada becoming part of the U.S. "insulting" and said the U.S. should be invited to become Canada’s 11th province.
"Here you have a friendly group of people saying, ‘Come on over. It’s cleaner, there’s plenty of power, there’s some lovely people who want to work with you. Be our 11th province!’”
“I mean, everybody’s so serious about what is an unserious offer. Tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers have died in the fight for freedom and making the world playable for all of us. You can’t denigrate that. You can’t deny that,” he said.
He later said:
"To all of you wonderfully dear naive & gullible types out there whom I love so much… If you are angry about my posts on the US becoming a Canadian province: imagine how Canadians felt when an actual leader of a friendly neighbouring country floated that idea across the border. Doesn’t feel good; does it? Learn a lesson from it.”
He also had praise for then Prime Minister Justine Trudeau.
@DeWayfarer On the other hand, Shatner seems to have become an environmentalist. Look at this quote from his recent book Boldly Go
In the film “Contact,” when Jodie Foster’s character goes to space and looks out into the heavens, she lets out an astonished whisper, “They should’ve sent a poet.” I had a different experience, because I discovered that the beauty isn’t out there, it’s down here, with all of us. Leaving that behind made my connection to our tiny planet even more profound.
It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered. The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness. Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna . . . things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.
And here's Shatner asking not to be associated with either party in a 2024 tweet:
A gentle reminder as we go into Tuesday. I am not political. I cannot vote. I am a Candian citizen living in the US. While I applaud 👏🏻 those who excercise their right to vote in your country; I would kindly ask that you keep your responses to me non-poltical. My best, Bill
