You cannot make this up.

From LA Times:

A bevy of “Star Trek” cast and crew members from multiple generations signed an open letter Thursday by the Facebook group “Trekkies Against Trump,” blasting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and arguing against a third-party “protest vote” in the November election. “Never has there been a presidential candidate who stands in such complete opposition to the ideals of the Star Trek universe as Donald Trump,” reads the letter from fans of the popular television and movie franchise. George Takei, who played Hikaru Sulu in the original television series, signed on, along with family members of some of “Star Trek’s” now deceased icons, including series creator Gene Roddenberry and Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock. Names of those featured in the more recent film reboot also appear, including director and producer J.J. Abrams (a prolific Clinton backer) and actors Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto. The message makes a particularly pointed plea to Trekkies not to consider voting for a third-party candidate for president.

Michael Jordan, who is a big time Democrat, had a phrase: “Republicans buy shoes too.” Half the population is going to vote against one of the two major parties. It is a stupid move to alienate that half of the market.

You want to see the list of names of those who signed, reader? Here they are:

J.J. Abrams

Allan Apone

Richard Arnold

René Auberjonois

Ira Steven Behr

Rick Berman

John Billingsley

Christopher Black

Paula Block

Paul Boehmer

André Bormanis

Brannon Braga

Mark Robert Brown

LeVar Burton

Terri Potts-Chattaway

John Cho

George Colucci

Denise Crosby

Dan Curry

Joseph D’Agosta

Nicole de Boer

John de Lancie

Jonathan Del Arco

Chris Doohan

Aron Eisenberg

Terry Erdmann

Terry Farrell

Lolita Fatjo

Juan Carlos Fernandez

Louise Fletcher

Jonathan Frakes

Bryan Fuller

Tim Gaskill

David Gerrold

Bruce Greenwood

Max Grodénchik

Martha Hackett

Manu Intiraymi

Dominic Keating

John Knoll

Walter Koenig

Alex Kurtzman

Judith Levitt

Jeff Lewis

Justin Lin

David Mack

Dennis Madalone

Chase Masterson

Gates McFadden

Robert Duncan McNeill

Nicholas Meyer

Anthony Montgomery

Ronald B. Moore

Tom Morga

Kate Mulgrew

Larry Nemecek

Adam Nimoy

Susan Nimoy

Robert O’Reilly

Leslie Parrish

Robb Pearlman

Simon Pegg

Ethan Phillips

Robert Picardo

Sandra Piller

Chris Pine

Zachary Quinto

Andrew Robinson

Eugene & Heidi Roddenberry

Marvin Rush

Tim Russ

Zoe Saldana

Naren Shankar

Armin Shimerman

Gregory Smith

Brent Spiner

Rick Sternbach

Peter Sternlicht

Eric Stillwell

Sandy Stone

Carel Struycken

Marina Sirtis

Michael Sussman

Kitty Swink

George Takei

Michael Taylor

Connor Trinneer

Karl Urban

Wil Wheaton

Herman Zimmerman

What is interesting to me is who DIDN’T sign. Those who didn’t sign are not necessarily for Trump, they are simply smart enough or arrogant enough to tell people how to vote.

The male captains didn’t sign.

William Shatner didn’t sign.

Patrick Stewart didn’t sign.

Avery Brooks didn’t sign.

Scott Bakula didn’t sign.

The babes didn’t sign.

Nichelle Nichols didn’t sign.

Nana Vistor didn’t sign.

Roxann Dawson didn’t sign.

Jolene Blalock didn’t sign.

Linda Park didn’t sign.

Jeri Ryan didn’t sign.

Jeri Ryan is an interesting case as she was the reason why Obama got elected to senator in the first place. Ryan was married to Obama’s political opponent and her divorce proceedings were used against the Republican candidate.

Others Didn’t Sign

Michael Dorn didn’t sign.

Cirric Loften didn’t sign.

Colm Meany didn’t sign.

Alexander Siddig didn’t sign (unless he changed his name again).

Robert Beltran didn’t sign.

Jennifer Lien didn’t sign (but isn’t she still in jail?).

Garrett Wang didn’t sign.

Good luck trying to get Trekkies to sign up for CBS All Access now to watch the new Star Trek Discovery.

Keep in mind that the signers are stupid not because they have a political opinion, it is stupid because political pronouncements scare off major chunks of the market. Look at the NFL’s declining ratings based entirely on how players react during the National Anthem. People do not want politics mixed into their entertainment.

Game developers, take note.