New Pentagon Guidance Means Servicemembers Can Be Punished for Liking “Extremist” Social Media Posts
If you are in the military be careful what you like on social media because it could come back to haunt you:
Some activity barred by the new rules may be simpler to root out than others, he acknowledged. For example, the rules ban service members from sporting clothing, tattoos or other paraphernalia promoting extremism, financially supporting an extremist cause or distributing extremist literature or materials.
However, service members could also be punished for their online actions, including posting, sharing or “liking” materials that “promote or otherwise endorse extremist activities” on the internet.
That is where a commanders’ discretion will be most important, Kirby said, noting that a service member, perhaps, could “like” a social media post by accident.
Stars & Stripes
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It’ll be good when they start removing pro-abortion/murder supporters, pro BLM/soytifa rioters, racism, hate-crime hoaxes, and those who support experimental “vaccine” mandates/passports.
But those are the ones they want to keep. C’est la vie.
Play commie games, win commie prizes.
Without definition it is purposely meant to be used for malicious prosecution / persecution. When President Trump was in the white house liking the white house page would be used against you, for example.
I’d say the Sec. of Defense has extremist views…but we all know who this threat is actually levelled at….