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minus-squarebennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWhat’s that greyed-out US flag - does it stand for anything specific?
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIt’s the “thin blue line” flag, explicit support for the Police State.
minus-squareAzzy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIt’s difficult to notice due to compression, but it has a blue stripe where one of the white stripes normally is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIt’s a pro-police flag. It’s supposed to represent the thin blue line between law and order. It’s routinely used by people who support the police to a weird extent and as a counter symbol to the Black Lives Matter protests/movement.
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoYeah, it’s “I don’t like uppity black people” wrapped in plausible deniability.
What’s that greyed-out US flag - does it stand for anything specific?
It’s the “thin blue line” flag, explicit support for the Police State.
It’s difficult to notice due to compression, but it has a blue stripe where one of the white stripes normally is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter
It’s a pro-police flag. It’s supposed to represent the thin blue line between law and order. It’s routinely used by people who support the police to a weird extent and as a counter symbol to the Black Lives Matter protests/movement.
Yeah, it’s “I don’t like uppity black people” wrapped in plausible deniability.