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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    The page itself is just a map with a legend that says that the red lines on the map are roman roads.

    Except if you look at the legend, and click on the image for the red line, that white rectangle with a red line links to a file that is named “thin red line for nurses flag.”

    It’s just a coincidence / lack of attention / someone picked a random image that looked good enough for a map legend.