That phrase "the thin blue line"-was Parker's invention and the core of his philosophy of policing. On the one side were the forces of disorder, on the other was the public; in between them stood the police: "Between the law-abiding elements of society and the crimi-nals that prey upon them stands a thin blue line of defense-your po-lice officer." Civilization itself was under threat by internal enemies. "Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome rose, then fell, as strength gave way to weakness, alertness gave way to complacency, and virtue gave way to corruption," Parker explained to the National Automatic Mer-chandising Association in 1952 in a speech titled "Invasion from Within." "It is interesting, and perhaps productive, to recall that the high walls of these civilizations were never toppled by barbarians from without. But the walls crumbled into rubble and the enemy poured through when BARBARIANISM within rotted the moral support-ing timbers. Today America faces the kind of attack which destroyed these brave civilizations of the past. We face a three-pronged threat, a simultaneous assault in three dimensions: the armed might of Soviet Russia, the Communist Fifth Column within our borders, and orga-nized crime." The police were at war with what Parker called "human parasites," which had to be "eliminated" lest they would "substitute the holy designation of our city with another name of Spanish derivation, Los Diabolos, the city of the devils."

The "thin blue line", invented in LA in the 50s!

R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, truly one of the great queer filmmakers whose work is more urgent and timely than ever

just rewatched, it's great

gone but not forgotten

🖤

here for the goo

they should get on my level

when are you not

so true bestie

it's never clogged but it sprays really unevenly. might just try buying another

maybe mine is just a dud but i have this one and it just doesn't mist well

I'm so sorry Sue, what a loss

internalized transmisogyny continues to be a hell of a drug

exhausting!

fuck yes let's go

this is not an exaggeration

she's too much of a cop, i'm afraid

hell yeah congrats!

war is just litigation by other means

solidarity, it's the worst

YOU 👏 ARENT 👏 BOYMODING 👏 YOU 👏 LOOK 👏 LIKE 👏 A 👏 LESBIAN

good morning!

"Trans women" is two words.

Cost to reputation, you say

you cannot say any individual adverse weather event was caused by climate change, only that their probability has increased, which is kinda similar to people being rude to you because you're trans

This was the response of senior Democrats when Israel attacked the Gaza aid flotilla in 2010, killing ten people:

"storytelling" is not a substitute for a political program (compare Democrats and "messaging" in the US)

i wish i could do more to help other people

TGIF stands for Trans Girls Is Female

life in this cissiety being, at best, an utter bore,