SVT's program "Immigrants for Swedes" is criticized for vulgar content

What is the actual purpose of Sweden's Television's program "IFS - immigrants for Swedes"? In one episode, viewers learned how to say "I jerk off" in Turkish. In another episode, various slang expressions and vulgar words from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan were presented. The question is why public service believes that this is content that should be prioritized and financed with tax funds.

SVT has a mission to inform, educate and contribute to culture and social debate. But in what way is that mission fulfilled by highlighting coarse language and expressions from various Middle Eastern environments? Many viewers may feel that the program rather trivializes the public conversation than raises its level. Why do the Swedish people have to downshift their intellectuality and have such things thrown in their faces through public service?

It also raises a larger question about what culture and identity the public service wants to promote. Is the ambition to reflect today's multicultural Sweden, or does one risk devaluing and displacing Swedish language, culture and educational traditions at the same time? When such content is given so much space and tolerance, it is no wonder that some viewers wonder what direction SVT really has.

Regardless of where one stands on these issues, it should be reasonable to demand that public service maintain a level that stimulates knowledge, education and reflection rather than focusing on vulgar entertainment that damages the ethics and morals of our children. The program is boundlessly disrespectful to us taxpayers and ruthlessly demeaning to the culture that prevails in Sweden and should therefore be shut down.

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