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| "Lucien," a/k/a Lucifer |
Captain James T. Kirk defends
Lucifer. This animated episode didn't raise an eyebrow when it aired on
Saturday morning children's TV in 1973, but would have the Tea Party screaming
bloody murder if it aired today, after four decades of the dumbification of
America.
In this episode from the Emmy-winning series, the crew of the Enterprise learns that Earth’s myths about Lucifer,
witches and devils were based on advanced alien intelligences who had been
attempting to help humanity. Kirk ends up defending the rebel being who had liked
humanity best, whom we know as “Lucifer.”
That was, of course, before
tolerance and intelligence were successfully demonized by the American right
wing.
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