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Kirk makes a good point.(lemmy.world)

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spittingimage@lemmy.world
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Kirk is applying common sense to an allegory made to illustrate a point. Bad writer. No cookie.

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lath@lemmy.world
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The mirror is also an allegory.

Whether righteous or unwarranted, hate is hate. And acting in hate is just that, acting in hate, no matter your reason.

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spittingimage@lemmy.world
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The mirror is also an allegory.

You can’t mix allegories. It’s like crossing proton pack streams.

Whether righteous or unwarranted, hate is hate. And acting in hate is just that, acting in hate, no matter your reason.

I know. I WATCHED THE EPISODE.

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sploosh@lemmy.world
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You had me with absurdist comparative logic, you should have stopped there.

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fhqwgads@possumpat.io
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IDK, it’s been a long time since I watched the episode but isn’t that literally the point? That any amount of critical thinking makes their views make no sense?

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spittingimage@lemmy.world
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Maybe I’m explaining myself badly. I agree with you, it’s literally the point. But the characters aren’t supposed to lampshade it. The viewer is meant to get it on their own.

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Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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The thing is, they had to beat everyone over the head with it because that was the only way it was going to get past the executives. They didn’t want controversial things on TV in the 60s.

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nexguy@lemmy.world
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I don’t know… racists also hate what they see in the mirror

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bizarroland@fedia.io
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Kirk does whatever the fuck he wants to do. It is up to the writers to justify his actions, not Kirk

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