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Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead
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I read the "thin blue line" email and it seems... reasonable and sensible? And seeing how he is so appaled by it makes me question his judgement a bit.
knowing where "thin blue line" comes from, you don't see anything wrong with a maintainer randomly dropping it on the mailing list?
https://archive.org/details/thethinbluelinecomplete
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Its simply the Police in general...
You scrolled half a wiki page to the part that fits your narrative.
The metaphor of a thin blue line is that they "the police" are not in the typical sense very large, like an army, but they do keep the order with a thin presence of rule and order. Sounds like what maintainers do in this case.
i scrolled half a wiki page to link to... facts.
That's not where "it comes from" though. Since if it were,it wouldnt need to be half a page down.
It's associated yes, but not in everybodies mind is that the case.
Alright, fair. I was more refering to the content of the message, not the (botched) metaphore of maintainers as a force of order.
ah, fair enough. i guess that's kind of the thing with potential dogwhistles. if you know, you know.
You imply it comes from:
But you link to a Wikipedia article that says:
I have no idea about this guy's politics, but it's a pretty well known phrase with a lot of different contexts.
we don't live in the 80s though. we live in contemporary times where things have different now meanings to what they did 40 years ago. meanings that might be influenced by recent happenings. hope that helps!
You’re the one who brought up the origin of the term, why would you do that if you’re wanting to refer to the contemporary meaning?
This is just being disingenuous. They clearly mean the origin of the current usage, which is rooted in police "sheepdog" ideology and all that fascist bullshit. Not that the old usage was much better considering the state of police gangs in LA and the kind of laws they were enforcing in the 60s.