I don't understand or agree with people trying to use the term SJW as a pejorative when they really mean 'progressive'.
Alright, let's work on that. I feel like this is a topic I wanted to discuss with you forever. If a conversation begins with a misunderstanding then, of course, it will go nowhere. First off define what you mean as "Progressive".
I find that by defining itself as "Progressive" it's like calling an ideology "Good-ism". You define yourself as a good, which sets you up to perpetually view your own position as infallible. So you define as what you see as progressive and set down your values.
Could you also imagine a motive that's not thought in bad faith, or coming from an area of ignorance or malicious attempts to preserve their own privilege that would explain how somebody could dislike progressive policies?
In both the original Star Trek and Next Generation, the emphasis was on finding a way to live peaceably with aliens, not shoot them in the face.
For instance, what bothers me very much so in Star Trek is that it is about co-existence....By generally eroding any sense of identity from each culture. It was multicultural, but each culture meant absolutely nothing in the face of a blandish monoculture. I understand this came from a time of fear from the cold war so at the time it felt important to curtail individual expression and freedom in exchange for survival. But at what cost.
The Borg serves as a fantastic example of what "Existence and Cooperation at the expense of everything else" is, and DS9 rightly pointed out that it's the closest to the federation in its values. The borg see themselves as the ultimate species. They value multiculturalism and every individual but only in a token sense. In their perspective, these differences cause war, conflict, and destroy themselves losing their uniqueness forever. The borg ensures that every individual lives a perfect infinite life. All their cultural uniqueness and heritage perfectly preserved in data banks. Outside of when their expanding, Borg sectors are peaceful, productive and mostly quiet as long as bad writers aren't getting involved.
The borgs don't have an internal conflict (Outside of a few minor episodes), generally exist in lives of peace without circumstances of birth getting in the way allowed to reach their full potential as a collective.
So I as an indivual don't see ultimate egalitarianism as the only virtue as part of human life. If this means this brings difference, suffering, and conflict then so be it. Because the alternative is the borg.
This really rubbed me the wrong way in DS9 when Bajor just becomes another federation point, with its aspects of life slowly eroding away because everybody in the universe thinks the same and wants the same things. It was especially egregious with the Ferengi. I remember one youtube comment that was like "I wanted the ferengi to become less sexist but I didn't want them to stop being ferengi!"