u/NonGeneriComplaint

This is kind of about me personally and star treks message in general.

Like alot of guys I hit 40 and well, my life sucks. Its ok but you know, I dont have a LOT of reasons to be happy. Maybe I started to drift into bitterness and anger that the world had been so unkind to me.

That anger can really be directed anywhere, at anything it is so easy to get drawn into cultural and gender wars mental battles.

That is the entire point you know, the manipulate you with something that sounds reasonable "dont you think its unfair the cardassians have to compete against biologically superior klingons?" and they use it to drag you down and in.

But no one wants to be that old man yelling at clouds. Anyway reading the many various culture/gender war threads on this sub led me through many comments and you know, eventually something clicked.

This man I idolized as a child and still do would be horrified and disgusted by my attitudes. Tolerance and understanding and wisdom were his codes.

I felt I could not be in the same room as captain Picard and say that I believed in the ideals of the Federation the way I was. So I had to be the person I wanted to be, Captain Picard.

I had to value freedom and respect for others more then whatever my personal feelings might be and to seek out new life and understanding as it were.

Star Trek can make you a better person if you let it! I thought I believed in everything about the Federation but when I looked at my life, I wasnt living up to my words. I might still be a loser but I respect others now.