https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bremen-verbietet-nach-wolfsgruss-eklat-offenbar-schweigefuchs-in-kitas-und-schulen-a-2b452004-0fc5-4aaa-aeeb-8050ac0a57a4
Nach »Wolfsgruß«-Eklat: Stadt Bremen verbietet offenbar »Schweigefuchs« in Kitas und Schulen (Spiegel, 2024-07-14)
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You remember the scandal in #Euro2024 about a “wolf” salute by a Turkish player Merih Demiral?
> https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jul/03/turkeys-merih-demiral-facing-ban-over-wolf-celebration-in-win-over-austria
Since then, the Educational Ministries in #Germany have been discussing how to deal with a similar (identical, if you like) gesture of "silent fox". The City #Bremen may be the first to forbid it in the kindergartens & classrooms.
cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_fox_signal
In fact I didn't know till today that this signal should be "used in parts of Europe and North America, and is mostly done in schools by teachers to calm down a loud classroom." But as in Japan this hand shape is well-known to make a fox's head in a shadow play, from the beginning I found it ridiculous to interpret it solely as a far-right symbol.
And behold, it is now (almost) deprived of its long(er)-standing humane usage.