Lawmakers have banned public displays of the Nazi salute, swastika and other hate symbols as Australia tries to get to grips with a spike in antisemitism.

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.”

  • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
    1510·
    10 months ago

    While blocking roads isn’t terrorism, being late can have serious consequences for people. Not everyone has the ability to show up late with no consequences. Trivializing people getting fired, getting smaller raises, being late/ missing medical appointments,… is not going to help your cause.

      • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
        143·
        10 months ago

        They’ll pollute even more as they’re idling on the highway waiting to move instead of getting to their destination more efficiently.

        • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
          85·
          10 months ago

          Damn the protest might add an extra 0.0000000000001% to our annual pollution.

          • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
            113·
            10 months ago

            Alienate people to your cause and increase pollution. It doesn’t seem like an effective way to protect the climate.

            • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
              96·
              10 months ago

              “I was going to support not causing the extinction of our species but someone made me late to work one day, so I support climate change now due to spite”

              Said nobody ever.

              • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
                56·
                10 months ago

                It’s more I don’t want to associate with this group they made me lose my job and then said suck it up its for the greater good.

                • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
                  53·
                  10 months ago

                  They don’t care if you associate with them or not, they care about the survival of our species.

                  • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
                    51·
                    10 months ago

                    And they won’t get more people to join their cause with those tactics. You need people to support your cause for your cause to be successful.

    • metaStatic@kbin.social
      65·
      10 months ago

      meanwhile truck drivers blocking tunnels because they don’t know their clearance don’t go to jail.

      • jimbolauski@lemm.eeEnglish
        112·
        10 months ago

        You don’t see a difference between intentional and accidential acts?