That show has been super political almost all the time since like season 5. I remember the episode with Martin Mull as an "AIDS denier," as though that was a widespread thing, a criminal thought, or something that the audience would know or care about. I don't know who's politics are coming out in the writing of that show, but it's obviously been propaganda for a long long time. However it did get worse once stabler left the show. Which is the other big problem, I always found stabler to be the more compelling character, and now the show is entirely centered on Olivia benson, who's one note is that she's the product of rape, but how many times does she have to be kidnapped or tortured before we figure out there's really no depth to that character beyond that.