That Dang Dad | The Philosophy of the Thin Blue Line @ThatDangDad | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
What is the history of the Thin Blue Line flag, and what function does it serve in society today?

Inspired by a conversation with comrades at nwscoalition.com

#police #lawenforcement #crime #blacklivesmatter

0:00 - What is a Line?
1:41 - What is The Thin Red Line?
3:04 - What is The Thin Blue Line?
8:19 - Police vs. Racial Feralization
14:16 - What REALLY is The Thin Blue Line?

Partial Transcript: pastebin.com/Tv1ybc6L (PasteBin thought my script was "offensive" so the transcript is missing a couple paragraphs)

Music - "Siren Song" by me. I uploaded a music-only track on one of my many soundcloud personas in case you want to check it out - soundcloud.com/tehomfm/siren-song

Sources:
Jeff Sharlet - harpers.org/archive/2018/07/a-flag-for-trumps-america
hyperallergic.com/603860/watching-whiteness-shift-to-blue-via-nationalist-aesthetics
vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/trump-partisan-battle-flag-is-the-new-stars-and-stripes
themarshallproject.org/2020/06/08/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag
Price, Nicholas - Killing The Future - Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?
Valayden, Diren. (2016). Racial Feralization: Targeting Race in the Age of 'Planetary Urbanization. Theory, Culture & Society. 33. 10.1177/0263276416668976
screenrant.com/marvel-police-punisher-skull-black-lives-matter

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Ridley sprite from the greatest SNES game of all time