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So unrealistic
Oct. 1st, 2017 04:47 amWatching Brooklyn Nine Nine because it's funny and takes place in one of those fantasy universes where there exist good cops who care about human beings.
Anyway, the episode I'm on right now is the one where Terry gets stopped in his own neighborhood just for being black. And Holt's position on what Terry should do is not rock the boat, not complain officially because he will probably get fired for reporting it, which sadly is true. But then he goes on to say Terry should just rise up through the ranks and change the system. Which immediately had me thinking of that one political cartoon that goes "George is changing the system from the inside!" and George looks exactly like all the other office drones.
Seriously, what a fucked up lesson! "Change the system from the inside herp de doo!" Like that's ever fucking worked. So fucking naive! The only solution is the SMASH the system!
Oh and then Terry's saying how he thought of his daughters, worrying if they one day would get stopped and maybe even killed by a bad cop, and they won't have the "I'm a cop" out that he had. And I just want to say, it must be nice living in a fictional universe where good, non-racist cops that actually care about truth and justice actually exist. I wish we lived in such a world.
Luckily, Holt did change his position. They submitted the complaint, and all that happened (so far) is he got passed over for a promotion. Nice little pleasant fantasy ending. Meanwhile, as much as I like Terry and Holt, it would have had more of an impact if the characters had gotten fired, since that's what would happen in the real world.
Also, it's extremely naive that they think that racist cop will "think twice before making another bad stop like that again." Racists can't be reasoned with, they will never change their minds. People like that, they get an idea in their head and it never leaves.
Okay sure, there are groups for former skinheads and the like that give up a life of hatred, but they're not cops. Anyone with the mentality to become a cop isn't going to give up being a racist piece of shit, it's never going to happen. Cops are sociopaths who get off on having power over others, asking cops to stop being racist sociopathic shitstains is like asking a serial killer to stop being an evil blood-thirsty murderer.
Anyway, the episode I'm on right now is the one where Terry gets stopped in his own neighborhood just for being black. And Holt's position on what Terry should do is not rock the boat, not complain officially because he will probably get fired for reporting it, which sadly is true. But then he goes on to say Terry should just rise up through the ranks and change the system. Which immediately had me thinking of that one political cartoon that goes "George is changing the system from the inside!" and George looks exactly like all the other office drones.
Seriously, what a fucked up lesson! "Change the system from the inside herp de doo!" Like that's ever fucking worked. So fucking naive! The only solution is the SMASH the system!
Oh and then Terry's saying how he thought of his daughters, worrying if they one day would get stopped and maybe even killed by a bad cop, and they won't have the "I'm a cop" out that he had. And I just want to say, it must be nice living in a fictional universe where good, non-racist cops that actually care about truth and justice actually exist. I wish we lived in such a world.
Luckily, Holt did change his position. They submitted the complaint, and all that happened (so far) is he got passed over for a promotion. Nice little pleasant fantasy ending. Meanwhile, as much as I like Terry and Holt, it would have had more of an impact if the characters had gotten fired, since that's what would happen in the real world.
Also, it's extremely naive that they think that racist cop will "think twice before making another bad stop like that again." Racists can't be reasoned with, they will never change their minds. People like that, they get an idea in their head and it never leaves.
Okay sure, there are groups for former skinheads and the like that give up a life of hatred, but they're not cops. Anyone with the mentality to become a cop isn't going to give up being a racist piece of shit, it's never going to happen. Cops are sociopaths who get off on having power over others, asking cops to stop being racist sociopathic shitstains is like asking a serial killer to stop being an evil blood-thirsty murderer.
