The Philosophy of the Thin Blue Line

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 https://www.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: https://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 - https://soundcloud.com/tehomfm/siren-song Sources: Jeff Sharlet - https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/a-flag-for-trumps-america/ https://hyperallergic.com/603860/watching-whiteness-shift-to-blue-via-nationalist-aesthetics/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/trump-partisan-battle-flag-is-the-new-stars-and-stripes https://www.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 https://screenrant.com/marvel-police-punisher-skull-black-lives-matter/ Stock Video from Free Videos, Life of Pix, and Cottonbro on Pexels.com Goblin sprite used without permission from Alchemia RPG Ridley sprite from the greatest SNES game of all time