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While SVU and Wolf Dick in general seems very favourable to police image I could swear the ‘facts’ the get dropped about SA in that show was super eye opening to young me. Also every other episode Liv and Ell are constantly checking people who degrade or spout misinfo about victims (like SA victims who were sex workers, male SA victims etc).
Also by ‘woke’ standards, one of the leads is a woman, so it failed the woke test since its inception.
Funny British bird guy has made a video about Law & Order:
Yeah I didn’t want to use the term copaganda due to it feeling off topic from the OP but that video covers it. We rewatched it this year. The amount of times the show, while overtly asserting it’s bad, sort of subtlety implies all the times Stabler used excessive force (which is frequently) are somewhat justified is pretty disappointing.
He's only recently touched on L&O, but I highly recommend Skip Intro's entire copaganda series. YouTube playlist link but he's also on Nebula.
i thought the whole point of SVU from the beginning was to be woke.
Ice T doesn’t put up with stupid questions.
Not that you needed more info to draw an opinion on the person who asked the question but....their bio says "Truthseeker" and one of their tweets is "We used to be left until the democrats pushed us to the right." Lmao
That tweet could mean anything from Ron Paul to Strasserism
Lol. Lmao even.
The biggest police proganda tool is woke?
Jesus these people will never stop surprising me with their wild departures from reality.
The state of the world where this a popular article
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Ice-T made a great little thriller back in the day. It's about some drug dealers hunting down a pair of firemen. The firemen don't want to go to the cops because they are hunting down a fortune in stolen gold.
It failed at the box office because it came out at the same time as the Rodney King riots. For some reason, no one wanted to entertain themselves with a movie about a race war right then
I remember watching SVU episodes as a teenager in the mid 2000s.
It was the most batshit insane stuff you could think of. The premise was usually something super serious, and then there added a series of more ridiculous plot twists until the episode ended. At no point did I feel it respected the subject matter or anything beyond the most basic laws governing reality.
For example, there was one episode where a man was accused of raping an underaged woman by her family. The man denies it. There's a twist though, the man said the encounter happened but was consensual. This wouldn't matter because she was 14, but the woman is actually 30 and the family just run a shakedown operation. There's another twist though, because none of these people are related. There's another twist though, because the "father" groomed the daughter. The episode then ended with someone having a mental breakdown while being arrested.
I can guarantee you whatever culture war issue SVU is trying to cover, they're doing so in a way that would simultaneously offend both sides, along with anyone that has a working brain. I have no idea how this TV show is still being made, or who keeps watching it.
set to the tune of Cop Killer by Ice-T
[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Cop lover, y'all better listen up
We're spreading love, not hate, in this state.
[Verse 1]
I got my badge in hand, I'm patrolling the land
Keeping the peace, that’s the plan
You see me on the street, nod your head and greet
I'm here to serve, to help those in need
Protect and serve, that's what we do
Every day, we're looking out for you
In the face of danger, we stand tall
Cop lover, we're here for all.
[Chorus]
Cop lover, yeah! Standing for the people (cop lover)
With justice as the steeple
Cop lover, yeah! Walking through the night (cop lover)
Making sure everything's alright.
[Verse 2]
You know the uniform’s blue, but the heart beats true
We’re in the line of fire, still coming through
From the neighborhood to the big city lights
We’re the ones keeping safe your nights
Don't be afraid, we’re here to protect
Give us a nod, show some respect
When things go down, we’re first on the scene
Cop lover, you know what I mean.
[Chorus]
Cop lover, yeah! Standing for the people (cop lover)
With justice as the steeple
Cop lover, yeah! Walking through the night (cop lover)
Making sure everything's alright.
[Bridge]
We wear the badge with pride, every single day
Putting our lives on the line, never walking away
So next time you see us, give a smile, give a wave
We’re out here together, the community we save.
[Verse 3]
I’m talking unity, not division
Keeping peace, that’s our mission
No need for violence, no need for fear
Cop lover, we’re all in this sphere
Respect the badge, respect the law
Together we’ll rise, we’ll never fall
Stand with us, let’s do what’s right
Cop lover, shining bright in the night.
[Chorus]
Cop lover, yeah! Standing for the people (cop lover)
With justice as the steeple
Cop lover, yeah! Walking through the night (cop lover)
Making sure everything's alright.
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Cop lover, spreading love, not hate
In this world, we all collaborate
Cop lover, yeah!
Respect, peace, and unity, that’s the way we roll
Cop lover, in control.
See, AIs not totally useless...
lol the entire Law & Order series is reactionary af.