Man remember when the Borg first showed up?

No he was not. In fact he refused the offer (thank god; not because he wasn’t a charm in LotR, but because the last thing that trainwreck of a production needed was more shameless callbacks to the original movies).

It saddened me to see so many people commenting in the other story that they don’t believe Takei’s accuser, even when they believe accusers in other cases.

It ends when an example is made and future members realize what is considered punishable behavior.

“Hi, I’m DruidBoy. I make sweeping, shallow evaluations about an article’s worth based on the title alone. It doesn’t even matter if the author specifically addresses my concerns about the title in - literally -the second paragraph. Actual reading is secondary to ensuring that everyone knows I employ the phrase…

Dude, I’m 54, and the lingo goes back to before I was born. Queer history didn’t begin with Stonewall. Read a book. And go troll somewhere else.

I like this piece a lot. I’d also differentiate between liberal identity politics (which are, I think, ultimately divisive and self-defeating precisely because they are not intersectional, boiling down complex human identities that incorporate race, class, gender, religion, and background into simple, misleading…

This is not the irrational derangement about Bernie Sanders I come to The Root for. This appears to instead be an empathic explanation of the definition of identity politics for both white people who are inherently capable of a POC’s perspective and progressive POC who are wary of nastiness on the left this discussion…

Also, lips.

Wait, so there are two Harleys running around?

Is that... lego Richard Branson?

Skipped it. Didn’t think I’d be able to follow without seeing Super 1-7 first.

Yep. I was around for several commenting format changes to the AVClub, and thus didn’t believe the warnings of the coming Kinjapocalypse. Turns out, they were all correct: Kinja killed this community, but good.

i don’t know where else to put it, so i’ll put it here.

I chuckled at the comment concerning the emotional core of other marvel movies. They’ve all been fine, but I haven’t been very emotionally invested in any of them, let alone all/most of them. They all tick off the necessary plot points and go through the motions, set up the sequels and other movies, and go through a…

“Because I consider “National Anthem” quite playful and a lot of people do not consider that playful.”

Like, “Why is this white guy representing all these black people?” And then the black news anchor says, “They will take any help that they can get. The only reason that Jack is empowered is because Duke Thomas is behind him.” So, yeah, it poses a lot of questions. As a writer, I’m not taking a stance. I just want to…

Britian DID support the South in our actual history, but they were thwarted by the successful Union blockade of the Southern ports. In our history, France didn’t join them in their effort.

The story of how the Federation found its moral center is supposed to be rooted in the post-war 21st century and the era immediately following First Contact... a moral center that we found with a great deal of help from the Vulcans.

While I agree with your premise I’m not sure I do agree with the underlying morality of it. Trek has always presented us with the idea that morality, optimism, diplomacy and hope can win the day, especially during ambiguous times. DS9 is ultimately a testament to that - if Section 31 had had its cynical way, Odo would…