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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.

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Transcript: The character Gul Dukat from Deep Space 9 on a video screen with the top text: "ATTENTION BAJORAN CITIZENS"

Bottom text: "YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO EVACUATE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE"

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[–] orthen@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Equating Israelites to the space Nazis is a bit harsh and also ironic, isn't it?

[–] electric@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The intent was to portray Netanyahu as Dukat, not to disparage a nationality. But yes, the irony is dangerously sharp.

[–] orthen@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

I see. I agree that the middle east would very very likely be far better off without Netanyahu. It's just that so many people seem to oversimplify the situation -for one side or the other- and I'm somewhat wary of that.

[–] simpleTailor@startrek.website 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DS9 writers modeled the Cardassian occupation of Bajor (in part) after the Israeli occupation of Gaza. The book A Different Trek goes into detail if you want direct sources and a fuller discussion of how the Jewish-American writers and actors involved with the show didn't think it was "ironic" as you put it.

[–] orthen@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Interesting, I'll have to look into that. So far, I have rather identified Bajorans as the "space jews" and Cardassians as the "space nazis".