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The French Wikipedia uses the Thin Red Line flag in the legend for a map (fr.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Context: the Thin Blue Line is symbolism for the role of police in maintaining public order. It has been co-opted by the alt-right. There is also a Thin Red Line to represent nurses. The French Wikipedia happened to use it in a legend to explain what the red lines on a map mean.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought red was for firefighters?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me too, but that’s a thin red line in an American flag whereas this is a horizontal red line on a white background. It looks kinda like the English flag with no vertical red line. All I know is firefighters and nurses are pretty cool