An anti-Semitism expert has called for the white supremacist group that reportedly burnt a cross in The Grampians in Western Victoria to be labelled as a terrorist organisation.A group of neo-Nazis that reportedly burnt a cross in The Grampians have been condemned by the wider communityLocals say they are shocked by the visit from the white supremacist group
"Let's make no mistake — they're dreaming of a fourth Reich, with an Australian Hitler at the helm," Dr Abramovich said. Dr Abramovich said the group's actions needed to be seen as an issue for all sectors of society, and must be labelled as a terrorist organisation. "In a week [where we] are commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we've got these modern-day SS guards, revealing themselves in our state without consequences and without fear.
Afghanistan war veteran David Wegman, whose father is Jewish, lives at Wartook in The Grampians and said he was shocked that this "kind of thing was happening in Australia so close" to where he lived.Tell us your location and find more local ABC News and information"There are often a lot of suffering, pain, and socio-economic factors that allow people to get caught up in movements like this, so I don't have personal hatred or animosity towards people doing this," he said.
Feds doing fed things to justify taking civil liberties away from all of us
StevePhilips16 If they were muslims burning effigys of white men theyd be gaoled.
If the group is the size of a football team the threat level is low.
These days, what does Nazi even mean... It's thrown around so much I don't know anymore...
Too many allies & sympathisers in LiberalParty - a ‘broad church’ which comfortably accommodates misogynists,homophobes, white supremacists, and regressive religiofascists - it’s a cesspit…
ScottyFromMarketing needs these votes to win the next election. He needs to gloss over the immorality of tacit support for white supremacists and popularise nationalism.
Antifa is far more concerning.
National Socialist Alliance is a left wing group. Revisionism is alive and well at the ABC!
Yes!
Sort our your Muslims first
Also worth noting the recent rise in anti-semitism in Deutschland and it is not restricted to the extreme-right groups
The only people who should be allowed to burn crosses are the Christian hating left.
If ASIO, AFP or Home Affairs are watching these insurrectionists they're hardly going to tell us & ruin their surveillance operations
Not Scotty's Proud Boys
The states can also do the same thing they did with bike gangs. Many ways to skin neo-Nazi cats.
Those burning cross to be classified as terrorists while those burning flags in US are classified as heros. What a world we live in
Who will do that? They are LNP Supporters and worship Peter Dutton. LNP will never disappoint their voters.
They are a dead ringer for their ISIS brothers.
Dr Abramovich is an idiot and should not be given a platform. The only thing his rhetoric causes is more divisiveness. What is needed is someone with expertise in changing these people's perspectives. Daryl Davis is amazing.
MSMWatchdog2013 It was the local Liberal Party branch meeting.
All this does is push disaffected people to them making them more popular. All just because you don’t like what they say
LaborMelinda What's with all this distraction? The Holocaust fills me with revulsion& horror, not only for the Jewish victims, but also for the same amount of 'forgotten victims' ie non-Jewish. Anti-Semite? research the term if you dare, and may Neo-Nazis rot for eternity
They are terrorists.
Cross burning is not illegal. Burning cities is.
Yep straight after invasion day, Antifa and BLM groups.
Why are they “neo-nazis”? How are they different to “nazis”, & so why aren’t they just called, “nazis”?
Aren't these the same people that Georgie C, member for the Phillipines, attended racist marches with, and Sky News import Lauren_Southern is mates with and hired as her security/ goons?
Why can’t there be calls for neo-nazi groups in the Grampians to be shelled? Quicker that way.
'Let's make no mistake — they're dreaming of a fourth Reich, with an Australian Hitler at the helm,' Dr Abramovich said. 'They want an Australia without Jews, without Muslims, without the disabled, without members of the LGBTQI
Dogs. Posed for photos with their faces covered too so soft dogs at that.
Police had already indicated that they broke no laws
Copy cat, immature, dysfunctional big boys, I bet they have pissing up the wall competitions as well. Shows how stupidity can turn into a dangerous threat and therefor they should be treated as such.
ABC chasing ghosts again
So everyone in the world has a mobile but no photos showing the burning of the cross and nazis running around
Don’t be stupid,real terrorists don’t behave like this,probably just a group of bikies having fun on the long weekend in the Grampians,really what harm or crime was committed ?
As much as this kind of thing is disgusting freedom of speech is for all views even those we don't agree with (or even despise)
There is absolutely no proof that this occurred, other than a couple of kids who 'sorta' heard something. This could be the ABC Jussie Smollet moment.
should be arrested
'Cross-burning neo-Nazis' I know the ABC are trying really hard to find some of those right-wing extremists they're always telling us we should be afraid of but this total beat-up of a story is just pathetic. DefundTheABC
Not defending anyone, but Oh wOw what a level headed mob you are, what crime have these people committed, have they protested and destroyed property like the BLM terrorist riots ? take heed, the ancestors are watching!
We need some such mechanism for combating those who advocate and incite violence.
I agree in theory that having a dialogue rather than silencing is the way to go. Alas, there is a limit to that when ideologies are so ingrained and unyielding.
Don't you have to actually terrorise someone or some group before being classified a terrorist group? Dangerous precedence to set should the script ever flips. God knows, history is comprised of an endless jerking of script flipping.
Cross burning neo-nazis are the KKK. Can we please report them to the US where they belong?
American here...what/where are The Grampians?
Yet we allow numerous islamic groups in Australia to spew their hate and twisted view of the world no probs at all
Well add BLM and Antifa extremists too then aye!
They're Scotty from marketing's foott soldiers. They have legitimate concern and need to be listened to as Stan Grant said about Trump's foot soldiers.
Tarrant inspired terrorism is a real concern.
Cripes!
They just need a hug and a bullet to through the eye 🥰
Wot - all one of them..?!
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