>is totally fine breaking the rules when he feels like it

>goes ballistic whenever someone else doesn’t follow the rules

If Picard were a side character he’d be in jail

retard
Him breaking the rules is always unintentional or as a last resort. He struggles over those decisions and is clearly anguished when he is forced to do so.
inb4 movies, they don't exist

>>213819396
>He struggles over those decisions and is clearly anguished when he is forced to do

You don’t think every other character who makes decisions has their own internal justifications for those decisions?

“I’m doing it because I think it’s right” describes pretty much anyone

>>213819473
He does it because he must, not because it's 'right'.
post your examples

>>213819299 (OP)
isn't that the whole point? Star Trek is libtarded and starfleet is based on the liberal democratic concept of the open society; here are the big, important rules that everyone has to follow. Now I will proceed to carve out exceptions to the rules any time I don't get my way in order to 'protect' the system, of course.

>>213819299 (OP)
Picard is a shit captain. Star Fleet should have only assigned him to history reaserch missions in a shitty small ship.

>>213819299 (OP)
Him not sending the geometry nuke to the borg because "muh ethics" was his greatest failing. Admiral whats her name should've court martialed the entire senior staff.
Every world those cybernetic faggots destroyed after that day is directly Picard's fault.

>>213819903
That comic isn't attacking the group it thinks its attacking

>>213819903
>Nazitard triggered that being a retarded Nazi isn't socially acceptable

>>213819396
>breaking the rules is wrong, numbah wah!
>except if it's just me and this cute little slut on Riza, then we can break the rules all we please!
Picard was a disgrace to his rank.

>>213819299 (OP)
>goes ballistic whenever someone else doesn’t follow the rules
name one (1) example

>>213819473
>“I’m doing it because I think it’s right” describes pretty much anyone
the vast majority of people do not make decisions based on right vs wrong, they make snap judgements based on feelings and motivated by self-interest.

>>213820730
thanks for proving my point

>>213820947
t. Chud

>>213820730
what if the people vote for nazis? Then it is socially acceptable

>>213819903
>We must attack and persecute people that are designated as intolerant
>Ignore the fact that intolerance is an abstract concept and therefore cannot be objectively quantified and measured
>Therefore what qualifies as intolerance is subject to change on a daily or even hourly basis
Oppression and bullying are fine so long as the "right" people are doing it to the "wrong" people. More things change the more they stay the same. Salem Trials 2: Electric Boogaloo when?

>>213821038
>Oppression and bullying are fine so long as the "right" people are doing it to the "wrong" people.
look-up Karl Popper's early life

>>213819903
The problem with the Paradox of Tolerance formula is that it is inherently un-democratic in nature. If you claim to like and defend the democratic process, that does in fact include opening the door for anti-democratic parties to stand for election, whether that be Nazis, communists, monarchists what have u

If a majority of people vote for one of these groups, and choose to embrace their ideas, that’s a democratic outcome

The only scenario where the Popper mindset makes sense is if you view the abstract platonic ideal of democracy so all consuming and all demanding that you favor subverting and repressing the populace’s decision making to preserve it. At that point you are viewing democracy more as a religion than a set of political principles. Your a religious fundamentalist

“My ideas will lose if challenged therefore destroy all who challenge them”

Picard is captain because he can be trusted to disregard the rules when it serves the greater interests of the Federation and/or protects the wellbeing of the ship and crew. The higher up you are on the ladder, the more leeway you have. Leaders who blindly follow the rules are shit. (You) need the rules because without them you’d be out there murdering, raping and stealing everything that isn’t bolted to the ground. Picard doesn’t need them because he’s already demonstrated through decades of commendable service that he respects the rule of law, but is also capable of acting outside the law when the situation demands it.

>>213821073
I don't (((need to)))

>>213821169
It’s also retarded because it completely ignores reality. There are tons of hate groups out there yet they never grow beyond a niche following because the vast majority of people don’t subscribe to those ideas.
We’re also highly intolerant of certain things like violence and theft. Are we repressive because we punish criminals? No, we just value a basic level of common decency over unbridled freedom.

naval logic puts the final say in any situation in the hands of the captain who is there.