I watched TNG from beginning to end and throughout it tried to see anything to be critical of about Wesley and couldn’t find anything. What’s the big deal?

  • Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Because it awakens the bullies who don’t like smart kids. During that era it was common to pick on ‘the nerdy kid’ and it was considered the right of passage to be ‘cool’. Wesley embodies the type of victim a bully goes for.

    The hate you refer to is more the issue with the bully rather than their targets. Wil Wheaton did a great speech about bullying.

    https://youtu.be/04WJEEb33CY