thought it would be.
ok firstly that is a roman salute (somthing facists stole as there own) it is a common salute in rome (having been there)
secondly he has denide being facist,he had said he is against facist morals and ideology and has already signed 5 black players this summer and sold one of our only white ones
thirdly if for a minuet we belived he was far right you do know the italian political spectrum is shifted left compared to england (extreamly left from usa)
so in reality a facist in italy is a slightly to the right of the conservative party in England... so a middle of the road rebublican
finally you do know what kind of club sunderland are? socalist. we are built on top of a mine fgs!! if the true sunderland fans can support him then surly you can?!?
Well i dont want to go into detail, but the so called "roman salute" is actually forbidden by law in italy, as a sign of facism. According to historicans the salute was never common in the roman empire and was most likely developed in the 19. century. It was used by Mussolini to support his cult of personality, which he used to solidify his reign. Mussolini is an ideologic precursor of Adolf Hitler and can be called a facist as well.
If someone uses the "roman salute" in contemporary italy, he basically refers to the days of Mussolini and his nationalistic regime. Furthermore Di Canio stated, that he is a facist in an interview with the german magazine 4-4-2 in 2006. And given the racism that has been shown by plenty of italian football (i hate to call it scoccer) fans, it is very likely, that he was a member of the facist scene, which is very present in the italien arenas and is nowhere near a slightly to the right conservative party in England.
Maybe he revised his political attitude. But as a german, who is raised, like the most of my fellow countrymen, in the opinion, that facism is no opinion but a crime, i can't understand, that this guy is hired by any given football club. It is a shame.