A self-described Nazi on Tuesday became the first person convicted in the Australian state of Victoria of performing an outlawed Nazi salute.
Jacob Hersant, 25, gave the salute and praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in front of news media cameras outside the Victoria County Court on Oct. 27, 2023, after he had appeared on a unrelated charge. It was six days after the Victoria state government had made the salute illegal.
The Federal Parliament passed legislation in December that outlawed nationwide performing the Nazi salute in public or to publicly display, or trade in, Nazi hate symbols.
A Melbourne magistrate found Hersant guilty, dismissing defense lawyers’ arguments that the gesture wasn’t a salute and that the ban unconstitutionally infringed upon Hersant’s implied freedom of political communication.
And a thousand free speech absolutists cried out ‘but now the Nazis won’t be publicly known!!!’
Nothing good has ever come from public gatherings of Nazis.
Yeah I don’t know what the right way to stop them is, but the Marketplace of Ideas sure as fuck isn’t preventing Nazi delusions from spreading and taking root. I think we are ready to try alternative solutions such as jail or punches in the face.
I saw the picture and my brain filled it with…first Prime minister… And I was bummed 😞. Not Australia! Then I finished reading and that made me jump like a kangaroo 🦘. You guys rock! Don’t let a Trump ruin your nation too!
How the heck is he 25? Dude has bushy old-man eyebrows and greying hair. He looks 55, not 25.
Hate ages you quicker than drugs
Bad genes, which are also responsible for his criminality. Also probably an immigrant.
Seriously I was confused too, I thought that might be his lawyer.
I’m in my 20s and always thought I was aging pretty badly but jeez yeah he fully looks mid to late 40s. A good mid to late 40s but definitely no younger if I were to guess.
While I agree on him, some people do grey early. I started around 15 or so, and my father around 13. I still think some of his other features make him seem older as well though, like the eyebrows you mentioned.
Yes, this is the correct way to deal with Nazis. Everyone do what Australia does thank you.
BRB, moving to Victoria Australia.
In this housing market?
We’re gonna need a new punk rock movement to get all these nazi punks to fuck off
Yall doing that and meanwhile in America we are allowing one to run for the presidency.
I did nazi that coming.
Jacob Hersant
With a name like that…
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🦀 Nazi punks fuck off and rot in prison 🦀
didn’t even clear his shoulder, fuckin’ weak attempt. if he hadn’t said hail Hitler I don’t think anyone would have mistaken it for a salute.
Obviously this guy is a scum bag but what even is his angle here?
“look at me being punished for breaking this law everyone universally thinks is a great idea”
It’s the Jordan Peterson tactic. Except unlike Peterson, there actually are consequences when you do the thing this asshole did.
A stupid man does stupid things and has real consequences. Anyone who is not stupid, even if he is a Nazi, will not have these problems
