Man guilty of Nazi salute avoids conviction after judge says he’s already unemployable
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The article says he was convicted to 125h of community services. It just wasn't put on his record. Or am I reading it wrong?
Yep. He basically argued that being famous as a Nazi was already making it impossible to find work, and a mark on his record would just make it worse. And then mentioned the second kid on the way to sell the sob story.
Maybe he should have thought about that before being a Nazi?
correct, non nazis never run akkkrosss this issue.
Agreed, but he is a Nazi, so thinking isn't really a strong suit...
That's not a sob story; that's probable cause for a CPS investigation.
ding ding ding ding
I feel they really ought to check his computer
oh won't someone please think of the nazi's babies ffs
It seems like some parts of Australia have something called a "no conviction". Never seen that before.
yes, they are referred to as section 10
That's the way I'm reading it.
Doesn't work that way at all in my US state. Every conviction is recorded and you can apply to have your record expunged or receive a “certificate of employability” five years after your conviction.
Well, this happened in Melbourne. I don't know how it works there. But it probably doesn't work the same as in your US state
It definitely does not! I think that's why people might be confused, thinking they missed something.
Er... Maybe I read it wrong. I just woke up.
Carve a swastika into his forehead and we'll call it even.
Rough times for Elon.
So this nazi and his coward friends disrupted a crowded theater by mocking the holocaust, making nazi salutes, and saying hitler was right. He shows up in a heil hitler shirt, never apologizes, says he shouldn't face punishment because he's "suffered enough being unemployable as a result of his actions," and... they say OK? This scumbag is reproducing, living off welfare, and is actively promoting genocidal hate, and the judge says "just have him do a bit of community service?"
Guys. Remember what we used to do to nazis 60 years ago? Why don't they just do that?
I guess you could say that the judge lacked conviction.
Alt-history is lame. Like it would ve lame to be yelling about germ theory, or how steam is superior than gasoline.
Alt-history is lame, and these WW2 revisionists are in that same category.
“Lame” is a lame way to diminish the pure garbageness of proliferating their ideals.
Hey, alt-history could be very interesting! I wanna know what current year would be like in a place where indigenous folk beat the shit out of colonizers hundreds of heard ago and drove them away. A big place, not just like North Sentinel Island. I’m sure that’s a concept that’s been written?
*[...] Bull argued that his political views had already damaged his ability to find work.
“It is quite difficult to get a job, obviously, because of who I am,” he told the court.
“They can just Google me and they don’t want the issues that it comes with being pulled up by communists [...]
[...] Bull appeared in court wearing a black Helly Hansen polo shirt. The clothing brand has been appropriated by some far-right extremists because its prominent “HH” logo is interpreted by them as an abbreviation for “Heil Hitler.” [...]*
No conviction and zero remorse.
Well, this is disappointing
Well, this isn't as bad as the Poland thing, but it's still an odd thing to outlaw. (I'm not suggesting he shouldn't be lambasted in the court of public opinion, though.)
As bad as the US is at everything else, at least Freedom of Speech is still alive and well.
Uh... About that...
US literally sentenced someone to years in prison for transporting magazines...
no, I'm fine with prohibiting the nazi salute, because we're not allowed to shoot or beat the shit out of them for doing it. Make it legal to kill nazis and then, yeah, sure, help identify yourself as a nazi all you want.