Shat Attack! Is Shatner Peaking? Are we going to see a peak wave with the celebs coming forward, or a peak Tsunami?

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I saw this under Buck Angel's Twitter today, and then I took a gander over at the Shat's tweets. Bring the popcorn!

https://imgur.com/a/lCEZsjM

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[–]worried19 43 insightful - 5 fun43 insightful - 4 fun44 insightful - 5 fun -  (17 children)

Poor guy. The man is 89 years old. You'd think even the wokest of the woke would give him a break.

[–][deleted] 27 insightful - 4 fun27 insightful - 3 fun28 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I know! Star Trek fans are rather loyal. They (TRA) are jumping all over him. It appears he has fans trying to jump in. You just do not chite on the Shat!

[–]throwawayanylogic 25 insightful - 5 fun25 insightful - 4 fun26 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

Nah, Trek fans have been annoying the hell out of him for decades - but there isn't a celeb out there who knows how to dish it back better than the Shat. (I saw him at a convention last year and he was still sharp and hilarious as hell.) He does not suffer fools lightly.

[–]Doobeedoo661 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is interesting, I don’t know much about the man but I’m aware of his iconic character. It’s good to know he can hold his own. Thanks for sharing!

[–]throwawayanylogic 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're welcome. It sucks to see anyone attacked by the TRA brigade, but having seen Shatner in action (and hearing convention stories about him for YEARS), he's not one to be bullied off line for speaking his mind.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He was here too! He spoke before the showing of Wrath of Khan. It was AMAZING.

[–]blahblahgcer 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

Isn't Takei notably pro trans? I'm guessing because of that, they won't let Shatner out of this easily

[–]GenCritAllDay 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

I noticed that too but I'm quite curious if George Takei, as a gay man, would actually date a transman. Because according to TRAs, he's a bigot if he doesn't. I wonder what his stance would be if TRAs tried to force him to date a transman the way TiMs try to force themselves into the lesbian dating pool.

[–]immersang 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

As most gay men who fancy themselves TRAs he only ever repeats the "transwomen are women" mantra while "trans men are men" is notably missing.

[–][deleted] 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Exactly. Like Daniel Radcliffe would ever date a TiM. Pfft

[–]Complicated-Spirit 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love this. These people are always spouting off about how “TRANSWOMEN ARE WOMEN” but God forbid they ever actually have to have anything to do with one. No no no no, we have it all wrong, it’s the “lesbian” transwomen he’s standing up for. Because they’re our problem, and not his.

It’s the same argument I give whenever someone starts off about how “Poor people are poor just because of their own bad spending, it’s entirely possible to live on the money the typical unskilled worker makes, they’re just whining and jealous and wasting what they have.”

Okay, buddy, so: You do it. If we’re all just so bad with money, and our lives would actually be so much easier if we’d just learn the basics of budgeting like yourself, then please, perform a demonstration. A modern one, not the one you did in 1973 when costs were lower and a dollar went further. If living on a tiny paycheck is possible, then do it.

[–]yishengqingwa666 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Men will always cape for other men.

[–]Tovasshi 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

On his Twitter whenever he brings up trans issues, it's generally filled with people asking him this very question.

[–]GenCritAllDay 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Did he ever answer it or just evade it?

[–]Tovasshi 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nope

[–]lefterfield 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

George Takei is the biggest woke idiot I can think of in the celebrity world, barely edging out Jameela Jamil. He'd refuse to date a transman and wouldn't so much as nod to the contradiction.

[–]catvllvs 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Takei is a self confessed creep

Stern asks Takei again if he has ever sexually harassed anyone, and the actor responds by saying, “Some people that are kind of, um, um, skittish. Or maybe, uh … afraid. And you’re trying to persuade.”

Stern then asks him if he has ever made a move on a “guy who was hesitating to have sex” with him by “giving him a gentle squeeze.”

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/george-takei-talking-about-sex-circulates-online-after-allegation-2017-11?nojs=1

[–][deleted] 32 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 0 fun33 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Buck Angel makes way too much sense.

[–]moody_ape 30 insightful - 3 fun30 insightful - 2 fun31 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

i'll just sit here and wait patiently. they're doing the work for us. let's wait with our arms open for the peakers (is that even a word?).

[–]vitunrotta 10 insightful - 6 fun10 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Kinda like previously... Blind peakers?

...I'll see myself out.

[–]DistantGlimmer 24 insightful - 3 fun24 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Amazing how people like Shatner who probably have not been exposed to transcult ideology just naturally come to sensible mildly-GC positions on these things and now all the TRAs are just gonna peak him more if they go after him for it.

[–]veruscka8 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I really hope more men speak out since they seem to be exempt from TRA retaliation.

[–][deleted] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed. I have seen the load of screen shots of Trans identified females going after gay males, and none of it was threat of violence or murder. TRA males threaten violence and murder.

What blows my mind, is that in the US, there have been legit occurrences of teens on Instagram making statements such as "someone should just shoot our school up, I hate it", and the FBI were all over that rapid fire, police at the home of the parents, phone and all electronics taken, and child suspended/expelled. This happened a few times in the last few years. Why TRA making comments of murder is brushed off, is really upsetting. It is normalizing talking about torturing and murdering women.

[–]veruscka8 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup. Law enforcement has never cared about protecting normal women, only wealthy white women. That’s why men who go to prison for violent offenses usually have dozens of smaller offenses prior to being incarcerated. When men assault, rape, and murder women it’s supposed to be a punishable offense. But making threats, stalking, harassing and generally wreaking havoc in women’s lives is perfectly fine for some reason...🙄

[–]MarkJefferson 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You must use exactly the labels for them that they want you to use, but you're not allowed to expect the same courtesy from them.

[–]sudd3nclar1ty 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bingo. Nice observation my friend!

[–]sallyseton 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Way to go Shatner! Pretty articulate for 89 and on point.

[–]buttbuttinator 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Not sure that William Shatner is really an ally that I particularly want. Not going to turn him away, just not personally thrilled to have him on the same side.

[–]ThisReality 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not a fan of him as a human being but I like a lot of his work. And if there was ever a time where his asshole streak could be useful for the greater good, now is certainly that time.

[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree, but at this point, the more people that peak, the better. Just my humble opinion.

[–]Daraincork 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This. And he is actually making a lot of sense as well. Ashamed to say I thought he would be a brain fried Hollywood zombie at this stage!

[–]marmorsymphata 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This... He's a fucking idiot. He spends all goddamned day fighting with people in twitter out of little but his own stupidity. He's the kind of person that doesn't watch a piece of media and then writes a diatribe about how bad it is. No one that's savvy to the way he behaves is going to give any serious thought to this post.

[–]fuckingsealions 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

They're going to bring up his wives again. I know he was cleared of suspicion of the death of one of his wives.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ugh

[–]PassionateIntensity 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

😂😂😂