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Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense.

The crime of publicly performing the Nazi salute or displaying the Nazi swastika is punishable by up to 12 months in prison, according to the Reuters news agency.

Mark Dreyfus, Australia's Attorney-General, said in a press release Monday that the laws — the first of their kind in the country — sent "a clear message: there is no place in Australia for acts and symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust and terrorist acts."

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably because it hadn't been an issue until recently Strange times indeed

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if those chants are actually anti-semitic or if they are just trying to trigger the people from Israel.

I feel if people are pro-Palestine, they are against discrimination and abuse of power, which would make it pretty strange if they actually want to do the same to jews.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

The issue is that there are a lot of people who are already antisemitic and want to hijack the pro-Palestine movement to spread their own message or recruit new antisemites.

[–] Syntha 8 points 8 months ago

You're so right! Chanting "Gas the Jews" is just a bit of trolling. No antisemitism to be found here!