William Shatner calls “presentism”, rewriting of history in the media, in literature
The famous “Star Trek” actor William Shatner denounced the cancellation of the story and the rewriting of literature in the fiery posts on Wednesday.
“It is called presentation and it was used to cause chaos on the story several years ago when the statues have been demolished, the books were prohibited and things were renamed to demonstrate how progressive the world it had become,” said Shanner on X, remembering the following days George Floyd’s death in 2020 where the cities of the whole country have been burned and the statues have been overturned by protest.
Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk in the original TV series “Star Trek” from 1966 to 1969, also said that Paramount+ had “intentionally reduced” his famous introductory line “to go courageously where no man went before”, calling the change “Presentation in his most beautiful hour”. However, the sentence remains intact on the streaming platform.
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The Canadian actor William Shatner looks upwards in a scene of an episode of the television series “Star Trek” entitled “The Man Trap”, 1966. The episode was the first episode of transmission of the influential-original series broadcast on September 8, 1966. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
Shatner later he said“They must have restored it. The monologue was imperceptible to background music.”
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Shanner also shared his frustration for “Wokies” by forcing the changes in the “Little House on the Prairie” series by Laura Ingalls.
“Obviously you were not around when the wokies (not to be confused with Wookiees;) forced the library to change the name of the Laura Ingalls Wilder literary prize to a generic name due to presentism and their objections on how the Native American were represented at the end of the 1800s”, tweeted.
“Apparently there is a line in one of the books in which Laura wrote of a character who said” there were no people who lived on the prairie only of the Indians “and there were one or two other lines that with presentism are culturally insensitive but reflected an opinion of America from 1860”, he added.
In 2018, the Board of Directors of the Association of the Library Service to Children (ALSC) voted unanimously Rename the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award” as “Legacy Prize for children’s literature”.
“The decision was taken into consideration that Wilder’s legacy, as represented by his work body, includes expressions of stereotyped attitudes incompatible with the fundamental values of ALSC of inclusiveness, integrity and respect and reactivity”, said ALSC in a declaration following the vote.
Actor William Shatner rides on horseback during his 18th annual Hollywood Charirity Horse, held at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on April 26, 2008 in Burbank, California. (Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital He also contacted the American Library Association, but he did not immediately receive an answer.
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