Jacob Hersant, 25, was sentenced to one month in prison for performing a Nazi salute after lawmakers in the state of Victoria outlawed it.

Summary

Jacob Hersant, a self-described Nazi, was sentenced to one month in prison, becoming the first person in Australia jailed for performing an outlawed Nazi salute.

Convicted in Victoria for making the salute outside a courthouse in October, Hersant’s act followed new legislation banning the gesture.

Magistrate Brett Sonnet justified the sentence, citing Hersant’s intent to promote Nazi ideology publicly.

Hersant’s lawyer argued that his actions were nonviolent and claimed they were protected as political expression, stating plans to appeal the ruling on constitutional grounds.

  • claudiop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    And how come one wanting to have a say on their lives is equated with one wanting to have a say on other people’s deaths?

    Tolerance is about letting other people be and giving them rights, not about letting you decide on other people’s being and letting you take their rights.

    This is so dead simple existence 101 that one can assume but malice (or an ungodly amount of crayzo ideology) from you.

    • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
      119·
      2 months ago

      Who’s had a say in anyone’s death here?

      My rights include free speech. Sucks that’s lacking in Australia.