For example, I live in Vienna. Public transport here is amazing. Housing is pretty great. Education is free and good. Public healthcare is free and really good. I’m going to keep voting and contributing to keep these things good.

Many people would consider this civic pride. You don’t have to.

It sounds like you’re proud of your country and want it to improve. That’s what the SMBC comic is saying is “patriotism”. They might have used simpler & fewer words than you did, but that’s only to dumb it down so it’s easily understood.

Here’s the cynical take. Studios make shows adapted from books not because they’re looking for good ideas, but because they’re looking for good investments. When a studio greenlights a show, they don’t know if they’ll make a return on that investment. But a book series comes with a pre-existing fanbase already disposed to watch whatever gets made. With Star Trek, that audience is trekkies. Adapting the books won’t make the show any more likely to succeed, so it’s probably not going to happen.

Are there protests?

There are protests near me. I’ll probably go on Friday. Check out what’s near you: https://www.mobilize.us/

Intersex- people whose sex at birth isn’t clearly male or female

You’re not wrong, but I don’t see the advantage of turning your nose up at people who want to be your allies.