OH MY: “Star Trek” Actor Goes On Racist Rant Against Justice Clarence Thomas

*sigh*… Never meet your heroes (or find out their political affiliations. Same thing.)

Look, I like George Takei as an actor and an entertainer. I like him in "Star Trek" and in "Heroes" and some of the other things he's been in. Heck, I even follow his antics on social media. I think they're fun and enjoyable. Yes, I know he's gay and he's a gay activist and I can respect his views, even if I don't agree with them. Besides, if I only liked actors based on how their political opinions squared with mine, there would only be, like, three people who I could like (and then I wouldn't be able to watch the movies or shows they're in because they'd still be working with a bunch of Hollywood liberals, so that would defeat the purpose). I knew George Takei and his supporters would be out celebrating the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. I knew things would be said that irritated and insulted me. I'm almost used to it by now.

But daaaaaaaang…. I didn't think George would sink THIS low!

Check out what George Takei said about Justice Clarence Thomas and his dissent on the SCOTUS ruling –

"Clown in blackface." Really, George? You want THAT to stand as your statement about Clarence Thomas? All the work you've done for both the LGBTQ community and talking about the history of Japanese-Americans before and since World War II – and THAT'S the comment you come up with? I don't care if you're white, black, Asian, gay, straight, religious, atheist, or whatever – that's sooooo not cool!

As a matter of context, this is the part of Thomas's dissent that Takei is referring to –

Human dignity has long been understood in this country to be innate. When the Framers proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” they referred to a vision of mankind in which all humans are created in the image of God and therefore of inherent worth. That vision is the foundation upon which this Nation was built.

 

The corollary of that principle is that human dignity cannot be taken away by the government. Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits. The government cannot bestow dignity, and it cannot take it away.

I do like this tweet's reaction to Takei's comments –

I'd like to go back to the not-Mirror universe now, if you please.

(h/t Newsbusters)