Jason Isaacs calls out "racist right-wing lunatics" who claim to be Star Trek fans in advance of Discovery's premiere on British TV

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“Initially when we launched Star Trek there were a bunch of voices pretending to be Star Trek fans online, complaining that we were social justice warriors, and that it was all too right-on, the MeToo generation, that we had a young black woman lead,” he told Radio Times in an interview promoting Star Trek: Discovery's debut this weekend on Channel 4. “And they were exposed very quickly as a bunch of non-Star Trek fans, racist right-wing lunatics—because the real fans took to them as soon as the show started running.”