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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.

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[–] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The thing is: that Nazi scum will now be placed in an enclosed space that is full of marginalised people by going to prison. His time in there with them will perpetuate the culture of harm and discrimination.

Imprisonment is always the least-bad option out of a bunch of bad options.

I'm not really into the "send a message" aspect of punishment, I don't want this guy punished so that others of similar mind fear being punished.

However, I'm glad that his imprisonment clearly demonstrates that our society has resolved that nazism will not be tolerated.

If the price is this idiot being more extremified then so be it.