Australian soldiers are being warned they will be immediately suspended from active duty, and possibly kicked out of the Army, if caught making white supremacist hand gestures.
Defence Forces Command has written to senior personnel warning against white power hand gesturesOne soldier has been disciplined for"contravening Defence values" with a hand gesture
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the overwhelming purpose of the hand gesture is still to signify"OK" but is now also widely used by white supremacists. "To date, two soldiers in the last week have made a white supremacy symbol in photographs," the directive sent in March 2019 reveals. Despite the crackdown, the Defence Department has told the ABC to date"no Army member has been terminated as a result of displaying a white supremacy symbol in public".
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