**Possible Spoilers for Star Trek Discovery, Supergirl, and real life.**
Alright, I need to explain something to Hollywood. For whatever reason, they seem to think that social justice is what the people want. No. People hate social justice. People have been furious at Hollywood for decades, because they want to be able to relate to the characters, and grow by proxy. Star Trek is not supposed to be about social justice. It's supposed to be about exploration, problem solving, and learning to understand cultural differences.
There is a BIG difference between learning to understand different cultures, and being forced to accept a narrative against your will. For example, I'm a lesbian. And I would assume at least 4 of the Discovery crew members are too. At some point in the series (much like Supergirl), they are going to address this and expand upon this in depth, during which the audience is going to be forced into a position where they have to side with the lesbian characters, probably because an annoying token villain like Mudd is opposing them. Having a villain being in the wrong does not make the protagonists into heroes. That is the definition of propaganda and/or misdirection. If they actually focused on examining cultural differences, then it would be a REAL Star Trek series. For example, keeping on the topic, they might stumble upon a society that evolved from felines, where women give birth to litters of children, and thus a large percentage of them became lesbians to prevent overpopulation of the species. And if they became the majority, they could change from being oppressed to being oppressors. In which case, the Federation could have become involved as mediators, and were assigned to find a balance between them. That could be the start of a story. A story focused on cultural differences, personal histories, collective histories, the effects they had on how that culture became divided, and how to bridge the gaps between two groups of people who each feel they were wronged by society. That could be an interesting plot. Feel free to steal it.
Anyway, the point is that when people are forced to accept a narrative, it doesn't matter if that narrative is morally or logically correct. It's still wrong to force people to believe it, which is what Discovery is clearly trying to do. EVERY major topic in society (religion, race, sexuality, war, government, the law, immigration, international relations, etc.) needs to be examined from many different viewpoints. If you can't see an issue from other perspectives, then you are the worst person to make a judgment on that issue.
On a side note, Discovery is also trying to discredit The Orville. Currently The Orville has 93% approval among fans, yet only 19% approval from critics. Since millions of fans obviously can't be bribed, this proves with absolute certainly that the critics have been bought off.
Alright, I need to explain something to Hollywood. For whatever reason, they seem to think that social justice is what the people want. No. People hate social justice. People have been furious at Hollywood for decades, because they want to be able to relate to the characters, and grow by proxy. Star Trek is not supposed to be about social justice. It's supposed to be about exploration, problem solving, and learning to understand cultural differences.
There is a BIG difference between learning to understand different cultures, and being forced to accept a narrative against your will. For example, I'm a lesbian. And I would assume at least 4 of the Discovery crew members are too. At some point in the series (much like Supergirl), they are going to address this and expand upon this in depth, during which the audience is going to be forced into a position where they have to side with the lesbian characters, probably because an annoying token villain like Mudd is opposing them. Having a villain being in the wrong does not make the protagonists into heroes. That is the definition of propaganda and/or misdirection. If they actually focused on examining cultural differences, then it would be a REAL Star Trek series. For example, keeping on the topic, they might stumble upon a society that evolved from felines, where women give birth to litters of children, and thus a large percentage of them became lesbians to prevent overpopulation of the species. And if they became the majority, they could change from being oppressed to being oppressors. In which case, the Federation could have become involved as mediators, and were assigned to find a balance between them. That could be the start of a story. A story focused on cultural differences, personal histories, collective histories, the effects they had on how that culture became divided, and how to bridge the gaps between two groups of people who each feel they were wronged by society. That could be an interesting plot. Feel free to steal it.
Anyway, the point is that when people are forced to accept a narrative, it doesn't matter if that narrative is morally or logically correct. It's still wrong to force people to believe it, which is what Discovery is clearly trying to do. EVERY major topic in society (religion, race, sexuality, war, government, the law, immigration, international relations, etc.) needs to be examined from many different viewpoints. If you can't see an issue from other perspectives, then you are the worst person to make a judgment on that issue.
On a side note, Discovery is also trying to discredit The Orville. Currently The Orville has 93% approval among fans, yet only 19% approval from critics. Since millions of fans obviously can't be bribed, this proves with absolute certainly that the critics have been bought off.
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