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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8683768" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Amazingly, some of the people complaining about modern Trek's politics sometimes point to DS9 and say, 'there, that's how you do politics in trek without rubbing peoples' noses in it,' or similar. I wonder if they were watching the same DS9 I was. While I agree that DS9 was a high point for Trek, to cherry pick it and suggest that it was better because it did politics in a way one prefers (subtly, I guess?) is ignoring that by cherry picking, one is evading the Sturgeon's 90% culling (and goodness knows most nerd culture IPs are 3/4-9/10 junk. Star Trek actually having a fairly decent track record). Spinning this back to Ernie and his dad's lit collection, this might be a good example (if he actually knows what is in it). 'This thing I grew up with and associate with my childhood/dad is a good example of dealing with racial issues, unlike the horrible way it is dealt with nowadays by these PeopleIDontLike.' Why? 'Well because I have fond memories of this thing. Also, by retroactively picking something that has stood the test of time (and any drek from that era was never saved), I am selectively misportraying the stuff from back then as higher quality).'</blockquote>