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The thin blue line has always been a symbol of hard right fascists. It was never anything else.
In the USA maybe. In the UK it was a 90s sitcom
The core concept of the thin blue line keeping society from chaos is fascist even if they made it a sitcom.
Yes. The concept of a thin blue line is not a good way to put it.
While I believe the UK charity was originally associated with mental health of Police officers, it would probably be a good idea to distance itself from the far right American police symbol.
Or maybe we should stop playing American tunes and make up our own meanings for symbols.
Ironically, the term was apparently derived from a British one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line
Your not allowed to wear Fred Perry or Dr Martins either now