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Captain Lorca - The only straight white male


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Who's also a villian and dies...yay for diversity!



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It does make you wonder who the target audience is. No macho-male or Human males just a bunch of human women.

Like Quote: Kayle: "Going on a year now, nothins twixed my neathers not run on batteries."

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It's just weird, previous Star Trek shows portrayed women as captains and security officers etc. as equals without having to eradicate or emasculate men, this show however seems to be different with its obvious casting choices regarding gender and race. I just want good science fiction, which Star Trek Discovery sometimes delivers but not with its third wave feminist agenda.

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If Star Wars is any indication, we're entering the new feminism era - only equality is no longer the goal?
It's interesting. But perhaps it's also a reflection of the current reality? With the #metoo and #blacklivesmatter movements - the anti-white male vibe is growing in the land of the freedom.

On one hand, I'm thinking, maybe it's a good thing? Have you noticed how there are so few female mass shooters? There is a high probability that if females were to govern the world (not Hillary), the world could be much less violent. At the same time, pursuing women in this environment could be a quick path to jail - and I wonder when flirting will be outlawed.
That's why it's currently better to live in Asia/South America - you are not being treated like a predator just because of your gender alone.

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As is SJW tradition.

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I''m a straight white woman and I've always favored diversity...but naturally so...realistically so.
The original Star Trek had diversity but it wasn't shoved down your throat..Even most of its predecessors haven't totally turned a blind eye to what's a majority in the real world.
It would helpful if it wasn't so trendy for certain people to be taught they should be self loathing (in particular ...whites, or straights...or males)

I'm not fluid or binary or many genders in one and I happen to favor straight men (and I hate to admit ...even white ones!) so this new era of marginalizing straight white men or making them always evil or non existent is not only denying reality. Its alienating people that are straight ...or white...or male (or just happen to like straight white males) .
It took me one episode to see that this show wasn't going to work for me. I like tough strong women and I like to see women with power and control..But not to the exclusion of men.

Sorry SJW's and the new Hollywood...I happen to like men and I'm not offended by everything that is a majority.
It's a strange time.

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Diversity complete. All straight white males are dead. Discovery is now controlled by minorities, females, aliens, and a gay white man. PROGRESS!!

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