• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    kirk plainly said that you must be from the southern part of the galaxy during a time of jim crow and segregation laws on several ballots in the south & southwest in “let this be your last battlefield”

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        3 days ago

        there’s plenty of ham and questionable writing all over start trek. lol

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      4 days ago

      blaming the south for racism was just as goofy then as it is now. gives liberals a smug sense of superiority without identifying the underlying issues and systems that they perpetuate too

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        3 days ago

        it was a show created by a liberal who didn’t understand what socialism is.

        also; back then; thinly veiled portrayals of civil rights on tv felt revolutionary for american liberals.