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Whilst I appreciate that people may not like the grim aspects of some Star Trek shows, to say that Star Trek must be optimistic, kind of ignores shows like DS9 or Enterprise which feature literal megadeath crimes and galactic war, and you might say, "well they were fighting to preserve everything that made the federation/ post contact Earth an optimistic place to live", but I'd argue that that's exactly what they were doing in Discovery. Fighting to re-establish the federation and recover after a galaxy wide tradegy. Yes the tones of the show are different, but I don't think that it's undermining what star trek is, it's just showing the alternative of what happens when you don't have space communism, or what is required to defend it against space fascists.
Again, all that aside, you might still hate the show, which is fine, but I object to the idea that in a narrative universe as huge as star trek, every entry has to confirm to some sort of strict guidelines on tone.