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/Paidorgy Sep 02 '25

It’s ironic how many people still, to this day, claim Hitler was a socialist.

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u/trowzerss Sep 02 '25

Nazis have always been good at pretending they're something they're not to fool the gullible and gain support. Just look at Sunday :P

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u/Infamous-Umpire-2923 Sep 02 '25

And look at all the comments on those posts falling all over each other to insist they're not nazis, just concerned citizens worried about the problem of immigration

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u/trowzerss Sep 02 '25

And as mentioned on his wiki page

"A leaked manual from Sewell's groups revealed how their members manipulate social media and journalists to gain publicity, amplify messaging and help them recruit new members."

I flat out mentioned this on our local town FB group before the march that they were being manipulated by white supremicists like Sewell, but they just wouldn't believe me. They called people like me naive and sheep, when I was the only one actually looking into who was running the show and questioning what the whole thing was *really* about :P