Context: the Thin Blue Line is symbolism for the role of police in maintaining public order. It has been co-opted by the alt-right. There is also a Thin Red Line to represent nurses. The French Wikipedia happened to use it in a legend to explain what the red lines on a map mean.

  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Same here, can’t see it.

    Also fucking context. I’m not French but I doubt american thin blue/red line means anything for the French

    If you apply American context to every other country, you’d be surprised to see KKK in big letters on Finnish first aid course. Stands for Cold, Elevation, Compression (Kylmä, Koho, Kompressio)

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      5 months ago

      As a Frenchman who spends way too much time reading shit about US politics, I didn’t know about the thin red line. Pretty sure the WP editor didn’t either, or didn’t care (as he should).

      I hope this is a troll post, otherwise maybe don’t give fascists the exclusivity on a red line on a white background?