Anil DashIt is still wild that millions of Americans routinely fly alternate defaced flags signaling their support for the extrajudicial execution of their neighbors and everyone acts like it’s normal.
mtsw@anildash like the "don't tread on me" and "pow/mia" flags before them, the blue lives matters flags also function as a plausibly-deniable way for small businesses to signal that minorities are not welcome there.
scotian@mtsw @anildash It was so normalized that our national police force had to issue a directive in late 2020 (!!) telling officers they could not wear it on their uniforms https://globalnews.ca/news/7392282/rcmp-directive-thin-blue-line/ Even this news story waits until the sixth graf to suggest that "critics" have issues with it — after explaining that it's a symbol of "solidarity and support" for police officers and quoting the police union!
