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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsplease tell me meaning of a flag with blue stripes, white stripes, one red stripe in middle...
...and a field of stars in the corner?
Family member saw that flying somewhere and wants to know what it means.
DURHAM D
(32,617 posts)Iggo
(47,591 posts)"Blue lives matter" flag. After the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the victims were honored before the that night's hockey game. The Pgh chief of police brought one out on the ice and held it up. Despite the heroic actions of the cops, including a few who were injured in the line of duty, I didn't think it was appropriate given that 11 worshippers, not cops, were killed.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)There is also a version with a lighter blue stripe replacing one of the white ones that is the "thin blue line for police." The links I could find for each were to right wing sites, so I will not post them here. I suspect they are for right wing personnel in each type of service.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,252 posts)Iggo
(47,591 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)desecrate verb
des·e·crate | ˈde-si-ˌkrāt
transitive verb
1 : to violate the sanctity of : profane desecrate a shrine a cemetery desecrated by vandals
2 : to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously the kind of shore development that has desecrated so many waterfronts John Fischer
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Your welcome.
shanny
(6,709 posts)and tanks!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Insert laugh-track now (or 'trac' if that helps).
larwdem
(760 posts)this thin blue line flag is a new hate flag for racists.
Aristus
(66,522 posts)I wonder how those assholes would feel if someone showed up at the funeral of a cop who was shot and killed in the line, and started yelling: ALL Lives Matter!"
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Home of the Aryan Nations and loads of retired California cops who are looking for a White Homeland.
kysrsoze
(6,025 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 12, 2019, 01:02 AM - Edit history (1)
The thin red line stripe is supposed to be for firemen, and the blue stripe flag came first as a sign of support for police. Timing-wise, it always seemed to be an all cops lives matter response to growing anger over the shooting/murder of unarmed black people. It apparently was in response to targeting of police officers, so I understand the initial sentiment. However, the thin blue line flag has been co-opted by white supremacists.
We live on the northern edge of L.A. civilization and there are lots of redneck types with big lifted pickups that never get dirty. So many of them have the blue stripe cop flag sticker, along with AR-15 stickers, giant U.S. flags posted in the bed or some 2nd Amendment bullshit. Im sure theyre not all racist just like not all lifted trucks are driven by rednecks. However, it seems to have become the de facto equivalent to a MAGA hat or even a confederate flag, that is considered more socially acceptable. You dont see that stuff nearly as much as you get nearer to downtown L.A., the beach areas, etc.
And I absolutely consider it flag desecration.
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)Amishman
(5,559 posts)Not everything is racist. Plenty of people have these as pro police / pro firefighter, and nothing more.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"Not everything is racist..."
But plenty of things are... even if we pretend otherwise to better assuage out own conscience.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)My cousin, a retired firefighter, flies it and hes definitely NOT a fan of Trump.
Grasswire2
(13,575 posts)My family member saw it flying in a National Park campground and wanted to make sure it wasn't some kind of Proud Boy thing.
Thanks for the tips.