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Trump supporters go to Star Trek convention. It didn't go well [View all]

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Trump supporters go to Star Trek convention. It didn't go well [View all] SocialDemocrat61 Aug 4 OP

Star Trek always had multicultural themes. maga just is inconsistent with Star Trek mucifer Aug 4 #1

Wrath of Khan showcased the dangers of Maga shelshaw Aug 4 #31

So did the first episode of Strange New Worlds and Picard season 3 ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #92

Khan's people were genetically engineered to be superior. MAGA, not so much. Marcuse Aug 4 #112

One of the best movies of the 80s, the theme song is STILL an inspiration of mine uponit7771 Aug 4 #127

Yup BaronChocula Aug 4 #47

"Obtuse. Rounded at the free end" ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #148

Ok. You get points for making me look something up BaronChocula Aug 5 #159

They dropped live turkeys, not frozen turkeys. SunSeeker Aug 5 #162

Ha! BaronChocula Aug 5 #196

Wait...what? COL Mustard Aug 4 #71

Yes, but on which side was your TV black? ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #93

Ah yes, the famous "Let that (cat) be your last battlefield" ep. Xavier Breath Aug 4 #123

And most of the people who created Star Trek were from *gasp* Hollywood! Wednesdays Aug 4 #118

That was my first thought Martin Eden Aug 4 #139

Fuck their feelings. We can't sleep at night because of your "friends" onecaliberal Aug 4 #2

That's right. GoodRaisin Aug 4 #20

+1 dalton99a Aug 4 #58

do they even watch the shows? consider_this Aug 4 #3

I doubt it seriously. Anyone with the tiniest of clues about what Star Trek is all about knows about what it SWBTATTReg Aug 4 #66

And also to act base upon facts, reason, and logic not fooled Aug 5 #195

My guess is that they did before they were sucked deep into MAGA. whopis01 Aug 5 #178

dang, that is hard to imagine. consider_this Aug 5 #180

The Cognitive Dissonance Firewall krkaufman Aug 5 #194

Can't wait to see Traildogbob Aug 4 #4

on a panel with Mary Trump nt yellowdogintexas Aug 4 #53

Not to mention George Takei! nt Wednesdays Aug 4 #119

George Takei is a national treasure! n/t phoenix_rising Aug 5 #146

And we put him in a camp ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #150

How did the leftists know these people were Trumpers? Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 4 #5

Apparently they didn't. yardwork Aug 4 #30

Is that 7 out of 9 likely voters, or 7 out of 9 registered voters ? nt eppur_se_muova Aug 4 #55

I hope it is an omen! overleft Aug 4 #106

I'm surprised it wasn't 9 out of 9. Meadowoak Aug 4 #89

7 of 9 was dating Whorf when I gave up all hope. GreenWave Aug 4 #100

Worf had married Jadzia Dax BumRushDaShow Aug 5 #183

Worf struggled a bit with Jadzia's transition from Curzon. Beverly Crusher's relationship did not survive transition. Marcuse Aug 6 #210

And then Dax eventually moved to Ezri BumRushDaShow Aug 6 #211

Worf struggled with that too. I don't remember if it ever was resolved. I recall Quark and Bashir sniffing around Ezri. Marcuse Aug 6 #212

I think she ended up closer to Bashir BumRushDaShow Aug 7 #215

True. Quark was always trying to get oomox from unsuspecting females. Marcuse Aug 7 #218

Worf never met Curzon SocialDemocrat61 Aug 6 #213

But Sisko did meet BumRushDaShow Aug 7 #214

Yes SocialDemocrat61 Aug 7 #216

I do have empathy. pat_k Aug 4 #128

I'm fed up with their othering, empowering the wealthy, turning the planet into a dump, not being human much less equal TheKentuckian Aug 4 #133

You might feel differently if you actually had a few conversations "across the divide." pat_k Aug 4 #135

Don't tell me what my own lived experience is or who I talk to or live amongst. TheKentuckian Aug 4 #138

Apologies if an assumption... pat_k Aug 4 #140

I am sorry but I cannot agree with this BlueKota Aug 4 #141

I'm not trying to talk anybody into anything. pat_k Aug 5 #149

Okay atreides1 Aug 5 #177

Some pat_k Aug 5 #200

Glad you are finding it helpful BlueKota Aug 5 #197

I completely understand the sentiment. pat_k Aug 5 #201

Try talking to them HarryM Aug 5 #167

My experience has been the same. not fooled Aug 5 #198

All I can say is you might try... pat_k Aug 5 #202

No way. HarryM Aug 5 #203

Suit yourself. Others point to the fact... pat_k Aug 5 #204

Just a reminder SocialDemocrat61 Aug 5 #205

I think our party would benefit... pat_k Aug 5 #206

I think our party would benefit by SocialDemocrat61 Aug 5 #207

Often times when we reach out HarryM Aug 6 #208

I don't care who smaller donors are HarryM Aug 6 #209

Maybe the friends didn't bring the subject up BlueKota Aug 4 #144

😂 Habitation Aug 5 #190

Maybe they were acting "normal." 3Hotdogs Aug 4 #34

They asked one of the actors what their political opinion was. The MAGATs didn't like her answer. hadEnuf Aug 5 #188

Most Star Trek episodes are pretty *gasp* woke. tanyev Aug 4 #6

Lt. Uhura: "Enterprise to Captain Kirk. The alien transmission reads, Kamala is a DEI who just turned Black". Marcuse Aug 4 #113

Ryan addresses this with Mary Trump here Habitation Aug 5 #193

"They wanted to turn their brains off" Croney Aug 4 #7

Their mouths on the other hand..... yourout Aug 4 #27

More mouth than brain. Like an Argentine Pac-Man froggy ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #151

LOL GaYellowDawg Aug 4 #87

MAGAs are the Borg edhopper Aug 4 #8

Actually they are more like romulans with a vein of ferangi getagrip_already Aug 4 #39

You forgot the Pakleds n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #94

While low inteligence, they liked technology and science getagrip_already Aug 4 #116

Wow. Even the Pakleds are better than MAGA!! 😆 ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #117

I simply type "nt" and preceded it by spaced dots to separate it from the title. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 5 #160

My forward slash is on a text options button on my keyboard, I have to hit the thing to type a slash and exit it after ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #184

would the Borg even find worthy of assimilation? pstokely Aug 5 #164

No one can prove to me that rump isn't Ferengi EYESORE 9001 Aug 4 #9

Trump or Ferengi? SocialDemocrat61 Aug 4 #13

Imagine Quark's scenery chewing if HE'D been shot in the ear! n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #96

No one has ever seen Quark and TSF in the same room together Seinan Sensei Aug 5 #181

I would say he is the bastard offspring of a Ferengi/ Persondem Aug 5 #186

Star Trek is about teaching lessons of inclusion - NOT exclusion or "othering." harumph Aug 4 #10

Jeri Ryan is TOPS! Kid Berwyn Aug 4 #11

The values behind STAR TREK, ever since Gene Rodenberry created it, have been about inclusion ZonkerHarris Aug 4 #12

Yep. And Nichelle Nichols helped to lead the way. calimary Aug 4 #79

Plus the first interracial kiss in US television history - Kirk & Uhura . . . . hatrack Aug 4 #95

Oh yeah! I remember that! calimary Aug 4 #98

The fact that Star Trek cast members are pro Harris and anti-TFG makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Aug 4 #14

Unfortunately I heard Grace Lee Whitney repeating Limbaugh statements at the Con she was at ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #97

Everyone thinks Trump supporters are Weird. Emile Aug 4 #15

This 👆 birdographer Aug 4 #16

they are weird. creepy and weird. FoxNewsSucks Aug 4 #17

Well, SOMETHING's gotta explain those folks. calimary Aug 4 #82

Every Star Trek series from the beginning is set in a liberal world and culture. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 4 #18

What are the two most famous bits in Star Trek? meadowlander Aug 4 #50

Excellent. That boils it down to the essence. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 4 #57

Star Trek: Woke Since 09/08/1966 Coexist Aug 4 #19

Jeri Ryan was married to Jack Ryan who was the 2004 GOP Senate candidate in Illinois Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 4 #21

The More You Know! nt TommyT139 Aug 4 #29

excellent insight! Evolve Dammit Aug 4 #36

Interesting! yardwork Aug 4 #37

Yep, iirc, Ryan was quite a bit ahead in the polls. It was Ryan's race to lose. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 4 #62

This! xmas74 Aug 4 #81

He married Jeri Ryan and STILL went to swingers clubs?!?! NickB79 Aug 4 #132

typical repuke... he wanted to show the world ( of other men ) lapfog_1 Aug 5 #161

I was going to post about this, but I'm glad you beat Ilsa Aug 5 #147

maga wants to take everyone's rights away that doesn't look like them, but then they compalin Takket Aug 4 #22

Poor little snowflakes. sinkingfeeling Aug 4 #23

Going to a Trek convention and complaining about the liberal bias... Bucky Aug 4 #24

If they'd just dressed up as Ferengi, they coulda gotten away with it Bucky Aug 4 #25

When you are the wrong side of history. Irish_Dem Aug 4 #26

Where did I hear "Fuck your feelings." I know I saw it somewhere... yardwork Aug 4 #28

It's still echoing back and forth on the cliffs of Machu Picchu. n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #152

Your friends might've been better off saying "Hail Landru! Blessed be the body, and health to all of its parts." SupportSanity Aug 4 #32

Haha!! "Deep space, widest dispersion!!!" AZ8theist Aug 4 #44

Let's turn them into sapient tribbles with the transporter and beam them to Kronos! ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #99

I bet George Takei has something to say too! TommyT139 Aug 4 #33

Maybe don't be vile & people won't hate you? CaptainTruth Aug 4 #35

Yeah, it is wild that they cannot grasp this simple concept. OldBaldy1701E Aug 4 #60

With ejbr Aug 4 #38

"Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations" Collimator Aug 4 #40

If they dont want to feel like they are hated the solution is not to be a douchebag and support Trump. cstanleytech Aug 4 #41

Remember when that idiot church from Missouri went to ComicCon in San Diego with their "You're Going to Burn in Hell"... EarnestPutz Aug 4 #42

Missouri? Not westboro baptist out of KS? niyad Aug 4 #104

Yep, that's the one. I knew I was close and just figured it didn't really matter. The..... RussellCattle Aug 4 #129

Not a problem. It got me wondering if there was a similar group of crazies in MO 2F niyad Aug 4 #131

I recognized their spoor ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #154

Folks do not like people that show support a person who is found guilty of 34 felonies, sexual abuse (rape), & fraud. ashredux Aug 4 #43

Were they wearing Pro Trump t shirts that said fuck your feelings? flying_wahini Aug 4 #45

A woman despises the supporters of a stupid man who takes the credit Warpy Aug 4 #46

Funny how embracing fascists, fascism and insurrection and working destroy democracy Sky Jewels Aug 4 #48

Exactly Farmer-Rick Aug 5 #185

Don't cry, Magats, the Borg queen still loves you. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 4 #49

Why can't people go to football games, car shows, libraries, or THEIR OB-GYN... Beartracks Aug 4 #51

+1 dalton99a Aug 4 #56

Maybe they'll feel better at the "Hercules" convention. Harker Aug 4 #52

This guy obviously Figarosmom Aug 4 #54

He dropped out of the race xmas74 Aug 4 #84

Oh yesh Figarosmom Aug 4 #86

The Omega Glory. Cloud William would be MAGA n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #101

Yes that Figarosmom Aug 4 #110

I don't think they could be done properly without a TV-MA ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #155

Thats what i figured theyd like Figarosmom Aug 5 #156

And, they weren't that good l. I'd rather have a good adaptation of The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #158

Good... Think. Again. Aug 4 #59

It has always been progressive far beyond its time relayerbob Aug 4 #61

From what I remember a lot of the actors are left leaning. duncang Aug 4 #63

The first generation weren't too shabby of liberals Zoomie1986 Aug 4 #68

Great show about Nichelle _ Woman in Motion cynical_idealist Aug 4 #78

Uncle George Deep State Witch Aug 4 #108

Are these halfwits even aware that Star Trek Zoomie1986 Aug 4 #64

They didn't panhandle, they pawned Kirk's antique watch. mucholderthandirt Aug 5 #166

Same thing happens to me when I go to certain air shows SpankMe Aug 4 #65

Thought that was just me ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #103

I've had the moniss Aug 5 #171

Is tramp trying to be the reichwing version MrWowWow Aug 4 #67

Q had real and dangerous powers Zoomie1986 Aug 4 #72

Oh--and Q had something the orange one never has Zoomie1986 Aug 4 #74

The lesson they should have learned is that if 7 of 9 could get free of the Borg Collective, there's hope for them. Girard442 Aug 4 #69

Wait...the friends wanted to turn their brains off...so they went to a Star Trek convention? COL Mustard Aug 4 #70

So their feelings are hurt? senseandsensibility Aug 4 #73

What gets me is how they inject politics into things Zoomie1986 Aug 4 #75

I know right? Keep your religion out of my schools, libraries, courts and Congress and I'll keep my complaints about it meadowlander Aug 4 #85

How could these people possibly turn their brains off? mahina Aug 4 #76

Herbert! Herbert! marble falls Aug 4 #77

One of my fave episodes ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 4 #105

After the way her ex Jack treated her xmas74 Aug 4 #80

That would require them to know some small slice of history. That is asking too much of them Attilatheblond Aug 4 #91

Darn those Star Trek women for being real people with ideas and opinions, who want to defeat evil Orange Turd. Timeflyer Aug 4 #83

So now you know. Demobrat Aug 4 #88

Gee, How Could I Respond? ProfessorGAC Aug 4 #90

Don't tell them how the Empire in Star Wars relates to them. Xolodno Aug 4 #102

Trek Actors Deep State Witch Aug 4 #107

These are the same sort of dummies who tell Rage Against The Machine to RockRaven Aug 4 #109

These idiots calling Kamala "low IQ" remind me of when their ilk tried to insult Spock's intelligence. Marcuse Aug 4 #111

Wrong Universe Deep State Witch Aug 4 #126

"stay in your lane" and go to a maga rally instead. Klarkashton Aug 4 #114

Not only 7of 9; I hate them ,too Alpeduez21 Aug 4 #115

They must have been rooting for the Ferengis chowmama Aug 4 #120

Wrote something some time ago, of how B.See Aug 4 #121

Get over it. lpbk2713 Aug 4 #122

Star Trek is the very embodiment... 3catwoman3 Aug 4 #124

Yeah, Trump is horrible, but diatribes about him or his voters... pat_k Aug 4 #125

I welcome their hatred and don't cotton to them fouling air. TheKentuckian Aug 4 #136

Turn their brains off? Star Trek? FullySupportDems Aug 4 #130

If the orange chicken shows up for the debate... consider_this Aug 4 #134

Gene Rodenberry would have been proud. Beacool Aug 4 #137

Without Jeri Ryan (7 of 9) there is no Obama presidency. Jk23 Aug 4 #142

You see, here's the arrogantly privileged aspect of it all B.See Aug 4 #143

....they've watched the show right riverkittenDem Aug 4 #145

We should star trek the fascists and plant them all on a quaint lil planet with Ceti eel's for pets. nt ImNotGod Aug 5 #153

They would die like RFK's did. ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 5 #157

Good. It's about time MAGAts learned what weirdos they are. nt SunSeeker Aug 5 #163

Snowflakes still haven't a clue that it is not an actual PARTY and doesn't need defended 24.7.365? Brainfodder Aug 5 #165

all repukes are red shirts anyone. I'll just leave this here. nt Javaman Aug 5 #168

IOW, "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!" mwb970 Aug 5 #169

"they wanted to turn their brains off ..." ecstatic Aug 5 #170

They seem to forget that the actors aren't actually from the future Layzeebeaver Aug 5 #172

Try being a liberal at a Jeep event. bluedigger Aug 5 #173

If you feel that "Everyone" hates you... Moostache Aug 5 #174

Maybe they didn't see, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" sarchasm Aug 5 #175

I was able to maintain my composure until I got to the last sentence: "7 of 9 hates them with a fucking passion" NBachers Aug 5 #176

My reply to the Republicon MAGA is... Mr. Mustard 2023 Aug 5 #179

Let's see here... jmowreader Aug 5 #182

Trumpers would do well markbark Aug 5 #187

Have they tried not being awful people? BobTheSubgenius Aug 5 #189

Borrowing the Internet meme... krkaufman Aug 5 #191

STAR TREK HAS ALWAYS BEEN POLITICAL Jimvanhise Aug 5 #192

Why can't people just nerd out mdbl Aug 5 #199

Maybe because the fate of the US is more important than a convention. Tell you MAGA cult friends that. hawkeye21 Aug 7 #217