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Hmm, there's a song I like called Cop Killer by John Maus. Lyric wise, it's pretty sparse but here's an excerpt > Cop killer > Let's kill the cops tonight >
by spondyl 5y ago
Hmm, there's a song I like called Cop Killer by John Maus.
Lyric wise, it's pretty sparse but here's an excerpt
> Cop killer
> Let's kill the cops tonight
> Kill them, cop killer
> Let's kill every cop in sight, cop killer
I feel like to some hard pressed reviewer just looking at the lyrics, they would easily be seen as violating the following:
> Content that advocates or glorifies serious physical harm towards an individual or group includes, but may not be limited to:
> inciting or threatening serious physical harm or acts of violence against a specific target or specific group
Needless to say, I haven't been compelled to kill any cops as a result of the song.
Here's an excerpt from an interview about the track:
> "I've always wanted to do something with that lyric," says the excitable Minnesotan, words gushing out of him in an enthusiastic torrent.
> "Cop Killer is the perfect way of putting over the idea that any worthwhile political or artistic agenda should be seeking an undoing of the situation as it stands. Whether the status quo is a political state or a musical language, the idea should be to kill or overthrow that. The song's not about killing a human being, but about overcoming inhumanity; destroying the machinery that turns us toward an end other than ourselves."