Posted on 01/29/2024 3:28:56 PM PST by lowbridge
The European Union has just run crosswise with Captain James T. Kirk, and by any measure the Captain is right to blast Europe’s left-wing, nanny state, cancel culture, loons for their latest “diversity” move.
This week, news broke that the EU — which apparently stands for Entirely Useless — is looking to make the world safe from evil “gendered” words, like man, male, guys, and anything testosterone related, The Telegraph reported.
This impinges directly on one of Captain Kirk’s most famous lines, the one that serves as the opening monologue to the famed 1966 series, “Star Trek.”
TV viewers and sci fi fans everywhere will recall that the iconic TV series starts out with views of the Starship Enterprise zooming across the screen as Captain Kirk intones “Space, the final frontier,” and ends his soliloquy with “to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
But the EU is suddenly all shook up over that evil word “man” and is now sending out its royal edict that the word should henceforth be banned from use.
According to the Telegraph, “The classic ”Star Trek’ line, ‘To boldly go where no man has gone before,’ is also cited as an example where ‘women may be subject to invisibility or omission.'”
William Shatner, who briefly actually reached space during a Blue Origin flight in 2021, is the man who so ably portrayed Captain James T. Kirk, and he is not amused.
With news of the new authoritarian mandate, Shatner, who often blasts the childish, left-wing, social justice warrior trolls online, jumped to his X account to blast the legislators.
“Presentism at work yet again,” he said in his Monday post.
“Why start at Trek? Isn’t it better to start at the beginning and redo foundation material such as the Magna Carta, religious writings,
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Good luck with the 1st moon landing.....but I’m sure there’s a plan to somehow cancel that as well
No government agency should be involved in censoring the language in any book or movie.
Maybe the line was written by a raging mansplainer (of course it was written by a liberal) but so what?
A person that will take away your Free Speech will take away your life, if given the chance.
“Our Parent, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name...”
Whew! I thought they were going to fine him for splitting an infinitive!
They plan to cancel ALL of it.
Do they show the episode where Lincoln calls Uhura a charming negress? And she takes no offense?
She took the cash for years—and then decided she hated white people.
Lol.
Oh FFS.
The “Next Generation” series used the words “where no one has gone before”. And it used “sir” as a term of address to both males and females. Doesn’t that exonerate the earlier series from their... SIN?!?!
Stune them with your beeber
If you are lining up against Bill Shatner. You should normally stop and check yourself. He might have tripped up here and there, but he is a very solid even handed guy with a great attitude towards life.
Dear Bill....don't give them ideas
And the EU is focused on some line from a 50-year-old TV show. I wonder what’s next. Maybe they should issue an arrest warrant for Shatner himself. After all, the guy is, at the least, a gun nut.
Wow...I had previously heard good things about Nichelle Nichols. Gil Gross interviewed her on radio many years ago...she had some kind words for Shatner.
I don’t see their problem with it...
“Woman” literally means “From Man”
I guess their problem is really with God.
“Mankind” INCLUDES women by definition!
It was reported that when he got back from his space trip he begged Musk to do more to fight climate change.
Then there is that little thing about his drowned wife.
But on this he seems to be on the right side so good for him.
“ to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
Exactly - the libtards already changed Next Generation long ago. Captain Jerk is senile.
Well in the case of Sulu, a lot of men have gone there before.
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