George Takei: POTUS Got It Right Coining "Jedi Mind Meld" Phrase

[kpete]

...actor, director and activist George Takei, who played Lt. Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series, insists the president actually got it exactly right.

“Jedis are the guardians of peace and justice. And mind meld is the Vulcan way of having the force of pure, clean communication between one mind and the another,” Takei said on “The Ed Show” on Friday. “Well, that’s what the president is trying to do–bring those two forces together.”

And, the White House finds a way to 'meld' these two memes:

The White HouseVerified account
‏@whitehouse

We must bring balance to the Force.
#Sequester #JediMindMeld
pic.twitter.com/lIZlgavhuR

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/307584535976112128/photo/1




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[KittyWampus]

1. I've read some really, truly hilarious arguments over his use of that mash up. Pure entertainment.

reminds me of the episode of Big Bang Theory where the girlfriends decide to read comics to understand their boys and end up arguing over Thor's Hammer. LOL!

[bluedigger]

2. I'm not sure which is more hilarious.

The outrage over the President's conflation, or the outrage over the outrage.

[Kalidurga]

3. Well to be fair...

The Jedi's did a sort of a mind meld. They just didn't have to touch the person they were trying to convince them "These are not the drones you are looking for."

[NutmegYankee]

4. droids

Not the droids you are looking for.

You don't look for drones, they look for you!

[Kalidurga]

7. LOL

Yeah that is so true.

[librechik]

5. hey, it's not rocket surgery!

yes, in retrospect it's a brilliant and humorous phrase along the lines of rocket surgery, when used ironically. I hope it fracking takes off and goes viral!

[Tempest]

6. Science proves he was right

http://civic.mit.edu/blog/petey/sorry-nerds-but-obama-was-right-about-the-jedi-meld-and-metaphysics

[hughee99]

9. SCIENCE proves he was right?

Did they do a scientific study on the Jedi?

[Tempest]

10. Read the link instead of dismissing it out of hand. n/t

[hughee99]

13. I read the link, "According to Wookiepedia" doesn't pass for science

any more than "the bible tells us" does.

Maybe some science fiction writers back him up, but that's not the same as saying that the science does.

[Peter cotton]

15. I suspect it has something to do with midichlorians.

See? Science!

[hughee99]

8. Sorry, I don't buy it for a second.

If people's biggest complaint is that the president its up on his sci-fi lingo, then I don't see the issue here. Lame attempts to defend him and explain why he's "really right, YOU just don't understand sci-fi as well as HE does" come off as almost as petty as the criticisms of him on this.

[Tempest]

11. Lighten up for fuck's sake

You're obviously taking this far too seriously.

[deaniac21]

12. Why would the White House even go into this?

They do have plenty to do, I think.

[hughee99]

14. +1 million. n/t

[Shankapotomus]

16. I knew he didn't make a mistake

He was trying to be descriptive.