I would really like to believe that it was her adding, “You people are next,” that got her in to trouble. Otherwise, I find it troubling to get in to trouble by telling someone their own slogan.
It would be like going to jail for sitting through a Mets game, watching them lose, and then saying, “Lets go Mets,” only to then be arrested.
Legit made me laugh. Thank you for sharing.
We’ll only make laws for banks (better get that inspection for the property we’re lien-owners of), and even then we need to make sure you pay for it.
That’s capitalism, at least now. We’ll make laws, but only for capitalist ownership. (But we pinky swear-promise, we all participate in capitalism, so you’re like an owner too! We Swear!)
Just to add to what’s being said here. I always thought that a lot of the racism (despite it being worked on in later episodes - even though it was definitely still there) didn’t “show” because of the inherent military nature of the federation.
If he’s just taking orders and doing his job, while only making loud complaints of the garbage Cardassian computer (which ALMOST killed Dukat himself in the episode “Civil Defense”), then maybe it doesn’t come out much. Like, I had NO idea O’Brien hated Cardassians so much until the TNG episode The Wounded.
I think even the show, Community, does a funny (non-Star Trek related) riff on this type of stuff in the episode “Aerodynamics of Gender.” ** By “type of stuff,” I mean the idea of being able to just make someone a racist after-the-fact with inserted footage, or dialogue that would otherwise not be part of the character.
There is this idea roaming around that things might have to get worse before someone who voted a particular way might have something occur to them where a possible point of self-realization might happen.
I’m, in a perverse way, happy to see this story. As it proves that type of thinking does **not ** happen.
As a sort of aside, I’m almost jealous. It’s as if this mom is fully self-realized. And / or has been for quite some time. I’d say her therapist would be proud of her, but… well… I mean, who’s taking bets on if this lady has a therapist?