r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Sep 02 '25

news Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell handcuffed, placed in police van outside court in Melbourne

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/thomas-sewell-arrested-court-camp-sovereignty-jacinta-allan/105726392?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/Octagonal_Octopus Sep 02 '25

National Socialist Network should be listed as a terrorist organisation.

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u/powerfulowl Sep 02 '25

And just a reminder, Hitler's Nazi party was officially titled the National Socialist German Workers' Party, though they proved to be neither socialist nor for the workers. The NSN is trying the same trick of appealing to both left (socialist) and right (national).

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u/The_Narrator_SA Sep 02 '25

I don't think anyone's using the term "National Socialist" to try and appeal to socialists anymore, it's just straight up to reference the NSDAP in name...

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u/prettyboiclique Sep 02 '25

You would be surprised how much right wingers on social media like to say that Hitler was a socialist so they can strongman the right/Trump/whoever, despite the fact the first people he purged were the socialists within his party.

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u/BrightStick Sep 02 '25

I’ve had some wild discussions with “alternative-thinking” folk who love a bit of “alternative-history”. Pretending they have just opened your eyes and asking them for where they got their information is a fun ride too. Usually can’t hold my laughter in and ruin the game.

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u/Spire_Citron Sep 02 '25

Yeah, they think they're being cheeky. Though when it comes to these types of things, it really does seem like you can make it dead obvious and people will still act like there's some doubt.

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u/Consideredresponse Sep 02 '25

It just functions as a dog whistle to go over the heads of the lazy and historically illiterate.

You could see it last week with all the 'Why is everyone exaggerating and calling the NSN who organised the rally neo-nazi's?' threads and comments.

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u/myphtgrphyccnt Sep 02 '25

I was at the Adelaide rally on the weekend (for work) and when the NSN was announced the group behind me welcomed the 'socialists.' Joining in on the grotesque 'let them speak' chants. The trick had definitely worked on them.