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Trek has always offered a positive vision of the future, a vision of
hope and optimism, and most importantly, a vision of inclusion, where
people of all races are accorded equal respect and dignity, where
individual beliefs and lifestyles are respected so long as they pose no
threat to others. We cannot turn our backs on what is happening in the
upcoming election. Never has there been a presidential candidate who
stands in such complete opposition to the ideals of the Star Trek
universe as Donald Trump. His election would take this country backward,
perhaps disastrously. We need to elect a president who will move this
country forward into the kind of future we all dream of: where personal
differences are understood and accepted, where science overrules
superstition, where people work together instead of against each other.
The resolution of conflicts on Star Trek was never easy. Don’t remain
aloof –vote! We have heard people say they will vote Green or
Libertarian or not at all because the two major candidates are equally
flawed. That is both illogical and inaccurate. Either Secretary Clinton
or Mr. Trump will occupy the White House. One is an amateur with a
contemptuous ignorance of national laws and international realities,
while the other has devoted her life to public service, and has deep and
valuable experience with the proven ability to work with Congress to
pass desperately needed legislation. If, as some say, the government is
broken, a protest vote will not fix it.
Have you just turned 18?
Have you moved? Have you never voted before? Some states have early
registration (early October) and/or absentee ballots. You can’t vote if
you are not registered. So make it so. Go to https://www.rockthevote.com
, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, and fulfill your civic duty.
Because, damn it, you are a citizen of the USA, with an obligation to
take part in our democracy! Do this not merely for yourself but for all
the generations that follow. Vote for a future of enlightenment and
inclusion, a future that will someday lead us to the stars.
Endorsed by:
J.J. Abrams Allan Apone Richard Arnold René Auberjonois Ira Steven Behr Rick Berman John Billingsley Christopher Black Paula Block Paul Boehmer André Bormanis Brannon Braga Mark Robert Brown LeVar Burton Terri Potts-Chattaway John Cho George Colucci Denise Crosby Dan Curry Joseph D'Agosta Nicole de Boer John de Lancie Jonathan Del Arco Chris Doohan Aron Eisenberg Terry Erdmann Terry Farrell Lolita Fatjo Juan Carlos Fernandez Louise Fletcher Jonathan Frakes Bryan Fuller David Gerrold Bruce Greenwood Max Grodénchik Martha Hackett Manu Intiraymi Dominic Keating John Knoll Walter Koenig Alex Kurtzman Judith Levitt Jeff Lewis Justin Lin David Mack Dennis Madalone Chase Masterson Gates McFadden Robert Duncan McNeill Nicholas Meyer Anthony Montgomery Ronald B. Moore Tom Morga Kate Mulgrew Larry Nemecek Adam Nimoy Susan Nimoy Robert O'Reilly Leslie Parrish Robb Pearlman Simon Pegg Ethan Phillips Robert Picardo Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Andrew Robinson Eugene & Heidi Roddenberry Marvin Rush Tim Russ Zoe Saldana Naren Shankar Armin Shimerman Gregory Smith Brent Spiner Rick Sternbach Peter Sternlicht Eric Stillwell Sandy Stone Carel Struycken Marina Sirtis Michael Sussman Kitty Swink George Takei Michael Taylor Connor Trinneer Karl Urban Wil Wheaton Herman Zimmerman
As of 09.29.2016
“Hillary wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment. If she gets to pick her judges, there’s nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don’t know.”
READ THAT AGAIN AS MANY TIMES AS YOU NEED TO - THE FORMER GRAND WIZARD OF THE KU FUCKING KLUX FUCKING KLAN IS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN 2016 BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF TRUMP’S RACIST MOVEMENT. STILL THINK THIS IS A JOKE?
I was a die hard Bernie supporter and yeas it sucks ass that he lost but I will not be voting third party and I sure as hell will not vote for this piece of trash called Trump. PLEASE VOTE FOR HILLARY. PLEASE, because this shit is literally SCARING ME AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
I’m disgusted, I have a big ol’ mason jar full of wine, and this Southern motherfucking Democrat is about to go off on some rude ass fuckers up in Philly tonight.
I don’t give one single fuck about your moral purity. I don’t give one single fuck about how much you think the DNC is corrupt or that Hillary is a liar or that she’s a fucking war hawk. I don’t give ONE SINGLE FUCK that you can’t support someone who didn’t support same-sex marriage until 2013.
I spent a whole fucking week listening to people laugh about how Trump’s third wife plagiarized a speech. I spent a whole week listening to people joke about how the Republican convention was a dumpster fire. Y’all didn’t give a shit that their platform is going to literally fucking kill queer people, young people, people with disabilities, and people of color.
Y’all wanna stand in Philadelphia at the fucking Democratic Convention and shout down those who are standing up against the tyrannical, antediluvian beliefs of the pasty-ass GOP who decided, last week, they wanted to send people like 14 year-old me to a camp where I’d be tortured into believing I wasn’t worthy of life.
Y’all gonna shout down the fucking black man who’s on stage advocating for a future that includes a president that believes that his life matters, while y’all spent a whole damn week quiet about how Donald Trump couldn’t care any less about the lives of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile…
Y’all were invited into this room. I was at a Trump rally. I saw that shit. You know what happened to protestors there? They didn’t get to hold up signs and shout down the speakers. They were hauled out on their heels by off-duty cops getting paid to take out their aggression on protestors. Your voices are welcome, your voices are heard.
But now is a good time to shut the fuck up and listen.
My life depends on keeping Trump out of office. The life of my friends, my family, the people I love, depends on keeping that rat away from the White House. You know what your choices are this November? Depending on your state, you got up to four choices:
1) The libertarian who supports deregulating banks and healthcare and vaccines, who would lead to a future America that features such hits as corporate slavery and inaccessible healthcare.
2) The green who has no experience and also doesn’t believe in vaccinations and called the racist, xenophobic Brexit a victory for British people.
3) The fascist, xenophobic, homophobic, hateful demagogue who genuinely has a chance of winning this election because 50% of this country is disgusting and awful.
4) Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In many states, you don’t even get choice number 2.
I’m scared that so many of you are gonna go out and vote for 1 and 2 that y’all gonna let 3 win and then guess what?
14-year-old me is dead. You killed him.
When these people stand up to address the country this week in Philly, you know what you need to do? Listen. Learn. Understand. This is the most progressive platform in the history of American politics. There have been queer women of color, women with disabilities, black men, children of undocumented immigrants, sharing the stage with the first lady and the president. This is a platform that includes raising the minimum wage, eliminating college debt, ending police brutality, standing up for the rights of queer Americans and children.
And y’all wanna shout NOW?
Go home. Get the fuck out. You do not own this country. You do not own this struggle. You do not get to decide how the fight is fought.
You need to listen.
Bernie Sanders ran a messy campaign on clear, powerful ideals and I respect that shit. But the people on stage, the people with the microphone, those are the people who are going to lose everything because you won’t let this shit go.
You won’t vote for Clinton? You won’t stand up for the party of people of color, of people with disabilities, of queer people, of women?
Okay, fine, but don’t you fucking speak to me. Your moral high ground means shit to me when it could mean leaving my loved ones in graves.
I’m not done. I’m never done. But I’m tired. I’m scared. I wanted to see Michelle Obama speak to me and my heart and give me hope, but I couldn’t get the fear out of my heart. Ask me a month ago and I would have said that there was no way that we’d see Trump in the White House, but ask me tonight and I just don’t know. I don’t know.
Bernie has established himself. He will continue to fight for his policies. Voting Democratic is the only real option.
THIS
It doesn’t matter if you’re dissapointed or upset that Bernie Sanders isn’t the democrat nominee…if you want to see ANY of his policies have a chance of happening you still need to vote democrat in this election and vote for Hillary Clinton because you can sure as hell bet that if Trump gets in we’re not going to see ANY of Bernie’s policies happen
