{"id":641,"date":"2026-02-05T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fleishmi.com\/?p=641"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:32:16","slug":"toxic-fandom-has-it-really-come-to-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fleishmi.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/toxic-fandom-has-it-really-come-to-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic Fandom: Has it Really Come to This?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Trek is Anti Star Trek<\/h1>\n

It really doesn\u2019t take much effort to find what the left is deeming \u201ctoxic fandom.\u201d The so-called \u201ctoxic fans\u201d are described as racists, bigots, Nazis, and everything else because they dislike the current iteration of STAR TREK. Since 2017, Paramount has gone out of its way to making sure that TREK is taken away from long time fans, and given to a new generation who simply doesn\u2019t care about STAR TREK or what STAR TREK truly means. If you disagree with the agenda, you\u2019re not a true TREK fan, and that\u2019s the bottom line.<\/p>\n

In all of its forms, until the end of STAR TREK ENTERPRISE in 2005, STAR TREK has truly been about the spirit of IDIC: infinite diversity in infinite combinations. That has been the moral compass behind the franchise. STAR TREK was never about \u201cwoke\u201d ideologies, not even close. TREK always treated the viewer as mature, allowing them to make up their own mind. This was explored in the last piece on this site, but the emphasis on toxic fandom really has taken a turn.<\/p>\n

For the worst.<\/p>\n

Anthony Pascale\u2019s Folly<\/h1>\n

To give a bit of background, we need to go back to 2004 when Les Moonves, then the head of Paramount, giddily pulled the plug on STAR TREK ENTERPRISE. He allowed the show, which had started to gain back viewers with their season three Xindi war arc, to be preempted by local sports, and allowed investors to bail out after season two. Anthony Pascale, a self-proclaimed \u201cTrek super fan,\u201d attempted to rally the troops and send Paramount millions in order to fully pay for a fifth season. His campaign also included a Bjo Trimble-style letter writing initiative as well as a demonstration in front of Paramount Studios in LA.<\/p>\n

History records that this effort didn\u2019t just die, it never got off the ground. Pascale\u2019s fundraising campaign didn\u2019t even break $500,000 and there\u2019s been no word as to whether or not he refunded that money to donors. Also, the letter campaign didn\u2019t produce any fruit. The demonstration garnered a fraction of the turnout when George Takei led the effort for a Sulu series (a soft pilot was filmed as an episode of STAR TREK VOYAGER entitled \u201cFlashback.\u201d The result of this was also fruitless) which only saw a 500-person demonstration. By comparison, nobody showed up to Pascale\u2019s and the entire movement died right then and there.<\/p>\n

Since then, Pascale has managed to weasel his way into DVD special features for some reason. He founded the website TREKMOVIE, which touts itself as the authority in STAR TREK. Today, Trekmovie exists as a hotbed for toxic trolls and the tens of fans who actually watch NuTrek, today.<\/p>\n

The Discussion is Over<\/h1>\n

Today, Pascale personally admins the site as its gestapo police force. The site currently exists in a fascist state where free speech is stifled. The site champions the seeming gaff in STARFLEET ACADEMY where Robert Picardo\u2019s EMH misquotes a very prolific line featured in THE NEXT GENERATION\u2019s \u201cThe Drumhead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actual:<\/p>\n

\u201d\u2026the first speech censured, chains us all irrevocably.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

ACADEMY<\/p>\n

\u201d\u2026the first speech censured us all irrevocably.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The issue was in the EMH\u2019s delivery of this line. He stopped between \u201ccensured\u201d and \u201cus\u201d where there should be no pause. The retcon was not a mistake in the writers part. On the contrary, it was a statement about how speech is violence. The removal of \u201cchains\u201d was deliberate because leaving it in was problematic for the forced ramming of the message down our throats.<\/p>\n

Trekmovie is the personification of censorship.<\/p>\n

Dissenters are Trolls<\/h1>\n

If you don\u2019t like STARFLEET ACADEMY then you have a problem. You\u2019re a troll. You\u2019re sexist. You\u2019re a racist. And, if that wasn\u2019t enough, you\u2019re MAGA. \u00a0Yes, they invoke Donald Trump because why not! Pascale is leading the charge. While he\u2019s entitled to create an echo chamber if he wants, he\u2019s no better than Adolph Hitler in his methods.<\/p>\n

If they can do it, I can do it, too. Watch.<\/p>\n

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Pascale strikes at a dissenter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He exercised his right to close a thread because someone didn\u2019t like ACADEMY. Whiny crybaby Pascale demonstrates his true love for Trek by not allowing comments like these. Again, it\u2019s his right to but it\u2019s our right to expose fascism for what it is.<\/p>\n

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More negative comments moderated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is nothing wrong with this original comment. The poster simply said, \u201cI don\u2019t like it.\u201d A tender snowflake user points and screams like a deranged Karen, \u201cTROLL! NOT OF THE BODY! LAWGIVERS!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes this exact reality was depicted in the STAR TREK episode \u201cThe Return of the Archons.\u201d In this installment, the Kirk and crew investigate a harmonious planet where even the slightest dissent is punishable by reeducation. The citizenry act a certain way most of the day, but when \u201cred hour\u201d strikes, the looting, carnage and rape begin. Those who don\u2019t participate are severely punished.<\/p>\n

Just like North Korea, Nazi Germany, and now, STAR TREK.<\/p>\n

The comments in the last screenshot above are gone. Nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

Trekmovie is NOT Isolated<\/h1>\n

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\nThis gem comes from another social media post. Anthony Farley is a follower of woke rhetoric that is echoed by the ANTIFA terrorist group that literally is violent and attacks whites. \u201cI don\u2019t care about race\u201d means you\u2019re KKK. Having a non white mate means you\u2019re a colonizer or slave driver. The problems with this kind of language is that \u201cI\u2019m not racist. YOUR ARE\u201d usually comes at a cost of\u2026 being an actual racist, just like Farley is in this post – an actual racist.<\/p>\n

STAR TREK has become a cesspool of this type of toxicity. It doesn\u2019t exist, for the most part, on the side that values and cherishes classic STAR TREK. 100% of the vitriol is coming from the fans of NuTrek. Their message is clear:<\/p>\n

Be one with the body. Or you will be absorbed.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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