Walking down the street, nearly had a stroke when I realized that "support the troops" and "thin blue line" sentiments are, from...
Walking down the street, nearly had a stroke when I realized that “support the troops” and “thin blue line” sentiments are, from a red tribe perspective, expressions of solidarity with workers oft-mistreated and exploited by their bosses – politicians and the citizenry – and they might in fact be the strongest expression of labor solidarity in America today
It’s weird that “support our troops” tends to blur together with “send our troops to die in pointless wars” but I think you’re right that the emotions/aesthetic behind them are quite similar.
I have a shirt that read, “Support the troops: end the war” back during the Bush years. Great way to start an argument!
How far off is that from the SESTA-FOSTA “support sex workers: end prostitution” line, when you think about it?