I don't want to gatekeep or anything, but Stephen Miller is not a Star Trek fan. Ok, fine, I guess I
do want to gatekeep. But hear me out: complaining about how woke the latest entry in the long running series of series about a moneyless, secular humanist utopia of space hippies is is evidence that he's not really a fan of Star Trek and possibly has never seen it before. It's been woke since the 1960's when painting Frank Gorshin half black and half white was considered subtle social commentary.
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Star Trek in 1969: Racism is dumb and wrong.
The entire GOP platform in 2026: Racism is great, keep it up! |
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I mean, this has to be
unconstitutional too, right? |
Miller, for those unfamiliar, is the White House Deputy Chief of Staff. He's probably most famous for both his policy of ejecting brown people from the United States without a hearing and for that time he went on TV sporting an artificial hairline he'd inexpertly sharpied onto his head. He recently took time off from Grima Wormtongue-ing into the remarkably un-scarred ear of the current President, to voice his opinion of the new Star Trek Starfleet Academy show, or at least a clip of it posted on a Twitter account called End Wokeness. Miller pronounced it "Tragic" and helpfully suggested that Paramount reconcile with William Shatner, so that he can salvage this disaster. I mean, ladies? In space?
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Above: a scene from Starfleet Academy,
seen here passing the Bechdel test. |
At least, I assume that's what his beef is. Or maybe it's that one of the actors is British? Doesn't matter, he's the figurative (and possibly literal) devil. For William Shatner's part, the ninety-four year old star of Priceline.com ads
trolled him right back suggesting that Miller's issue was that Holly Hunter wore glasses in the scene, because what else could it be? Anyway, he added that he's standing by to assume total control. Like it's an island in the North Atlantic.
Which, Uh-oh, does Miller know that Shatner is Canadian? Yikes, better not tell him.
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| Oh, right, he's white. Guess he's safe from Stephen Miller then, amiright? |
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Pictured: Jean-Luc Picard, noted captain
seen here not wearing fake spray-on
hair, and thinking woke thoughts. |
In any case, I felt the need to come out of my semi-retirement both to rag on Stephen Miller for having an opinion about how to fix Star Trek, and to say that I quite enjoyed the first couple of episodes of the new series. Did I ever think I'd be interested in a show that's at least fifty percent teen drama? Absolutely not, but I'm super into it and can't wait for the next episode. And do you know what? Make it more woke. Just, pour it on. Nothing gives me greater joy than to see right-wing shitheels whining about how they don't feel seen. Particularly when it's about media that stands in direct challenge to their worldview.
