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"'''Blackshirt'''" is a derrogatory term for [[Council Security]]. ([[Greetings from Earth]]).  It is akin to the use of the word "[[Wikipedia:pig|pig]]" to describe a [[Wikipedia:police|civilian officer of the law]].
"'''Blackshirt'''" is a derrogatory term for [[Council Security]]. {{OS|Greetings from Earth}}.  It is akin to the use of the word "[[Wikipedia:pig|pig]]" to describe a [[Wikipedia:police|civilian officer of the law]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


* In the real world, the term "[[Wikipedia:Blackshirts|Blackshirt]]" was used for paramilitaries supporting Mussolini's fascist regime. Cf. also "[[w:Redcoat|Redcoat]]".
* In the real world, the term "[[Wikipedia:Blackshirts|Blackshirt]]" was used for paramilitaries supporting Mussolini's fascist regime. Cf. "[[w:Redcoat|Redcoat]]".
* ''BSG''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s use of this term may have inspired the term "Brownshirt" in the much later science fiction TV series ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', though that term was also applied to the Nazi [[w:Sturmabteilung|Stormtroops]].
* The term may also have been inspired by the Nazis' [[w:Sturmabteilung|Stormtroops]] (SA), which were called "brownshirts" because of their brown uniforms.


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Revision as of 19:40, 8 March 2021

"Blackshirt" is a derrogatory term for Council Security. (TOS: "Greetings from Earth"). It is akin to the use of the word "pig" to describe a civilian officer of the law.

Notes

  • In the real world, the term "Blackshirt" was used for paramilitaries supporting Mussolini's fascist regime. Cf. "Redcoat".
  • The term may also have been inspired by the Nazis' Stormtroops (SA), which were called "brownshirts" because of their brown uniforms.