

I think that aphorism is about authority-respect rather than basic-human-decency-respect.
This thread makes me wonder how much contemporary American English is to blame for people being able to exploit ambiguities surreptitiously. Dog whistles have to start somewhere, they don’t seem to be prearranged.
LD and SNW are easily some of the best Trek series.
How would TNG have fared if people dipped out at ep 2?