Comment by anon-3988 10 months ago Police in your area maybe? 7 comments anon-3988 Reply adastra22 10 months ago Look into the history and meaning of “thin blue line.” It’s an endorsement of the us vs. them mindset prevalent in American policing that is the source of many (most? all?) police scandals. milesrout 10 months ago It doesn't even originate in the US, mate. tdb7893 10 months ago As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line 3 replies → adastra22 10 months ago It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.
adastra22 10 months ago Look into the history and meaning of “thin blue line.” It’s an endorsement of the us vs. them mindset prevalent in American policing that is the source of many (most? all?) police scandals. milesrout 10 months ago It doesn't even originate in the US, mate. tdb7893 10 months ago As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line 3 replies → adastra22 10 months ago It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.
milesrout 10 months ago It doesn't even originate in the US, mate. tdb7893 10 months ago As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line 3 replies → adastra22 10 months ago It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.
tdb7893 10 months ago As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line 3 replies →
adastra22 10 months ago It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.
Look into the history and meaning of “thin blue line.” It’s an endorsement of the us vs. them mindset prevalent in American policing that is the source of many (most? all?) police scandals.
It doesn't even originate in the US, mate.
As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line
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It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.