haha, some neo-nazis are pathetically whining at police in Perth for removing them before they could boo, saying they totally weren't going to interrupt anything. No-one's buying their bad-faith pleads this time.

There was still some heckling in Perth, but watching the March for Australia fash play the victim like this is just funny. Their own supporters get to watch them cowardly pretend "no mr officer we weren't going to do anything" instead of moving on with (feigned) dignity.

Video link (warning: white supremacist neo-Nazi account) - https://xcancel.com/BecFreedom/status/2047887963703648571

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does this really need to be reported on every year? These people, who are often part of organised hate groups, target this and other events with the sole purpose of making it into news headlines and getting their actions spread all over social media where they and their allies overseas can shape the discussion. It achieves nothing other than helping them to recruit and grow.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 20 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah it does. We can’t just sweep this Nazi shit under the rug. Every time we see it we need to point it out and say it’s unacceptable. These kind of assholes believe that if you’re not speaking out against them it’s because you agree with them and are just afraid to be a Nazi out loud.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I do agree, but I also believe that journalists need to be careful in how they do it, because these groups intentionally play to the media as a form of advertisement, legitimisation and image sanitisation, as per their own leaked guides.

Share it where needed: https://thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com/9-principles-for-journalists-reporting-on-neo-nazis

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 1 points 14 hours ago

100%. Booing on Anzac Day sets the media on a stance where the reporting usually frames it as a protest against the acknowledgment of country and therefore frames the story so that the viewer/reader/listener questions the legitimacy of the acknowledgment of country before questioning the legitimacy of the protest. Because no-one would dare to boo on Anzac Day unless there was really something to boo about.

The ABC at least have called it out this year. Maybe the tide will turn.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 points 19 hours ago

It's not sweeping it under the rug. It is always called out by the people who are actually there on the day. It is absolutely necessary to do that and to support the victims of abuse, but reporting on it and broadcasting it all over the internet in an attempt to shame them into silence is not and doesn't work. One person booed at an event and was instantly shut down, who the fuck cares? This person is not important or influential unless you platform them and turn them into the big scary Nazi caricature. Now they have a public image, now they have a story they can work with. You won't see it because your social media feed is not the same as the one being broadcast to the people they are influencing online (often young men and boys). Don't mistake that for thinking you somehow won the engagement. They got exactly what they wanted here and they will continue to turn up every year and do it again because it works.

[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Next years headline needs to read: Man who booed Indigenous speakers at ANZAC day event has his head kicked in.