Those watching closely would’ve noticed the sinister detail in an ugly confrontation between a neo-Nazi and a Melbourne bartender who spat in his beer. When an Irish bartender at a Melbourne pub spat in the beer of one of Victoria’s most well-known neo-Nazis, he likely didn’t realise how significant the fallout would be. The young man from the Irish Times Pub on Little Collins Street was standing up for what he believes in when he took offence at the Sonnenrad — or “sun wheel” — on the shoulder of Jimeone Roberts and took action against the white nationalist’s beverage. The action cost him his job and allegedly cost his manager $651 when there were threats made (and followed through on by others) about negative reviews for the venue on Google. Including the number 51 in the demand is sinister because it represents the number of people killed in the Christchurch massacre — a massacre carried out by a neo-Nazi who is idolised by the ultra-nationalist community in Melbourne. The scenes at the bar have ignited much debate but they have also thrust back into the spotlight a frightening movement that had been bubbling away in Victoria pre-pandemic and exploded in 2020 and 2021. (…) At the pub on August 2 were Roberts, who had one day earlier been convicted of public nuisance for plastering swastikas around Melbourne, and two other well-known neo-Nazis — Neil Erikson, who founded the United Patriots Front, and Stefanos Eracleous, a former Young Liberal. But a Facebook post from management at the pub apologising to the trio also offered an apology to a fourth man, Thomas Sewell, despite him not being in attendance. That is significant because Sewell has the highest profile of any neo-Nazi in Australia and is the founder of the Lads Society and the leader of the National Socialist Network which vows to bring about a “white revolution”.
via news.com.au: Melbourne’s neo-Nazi movement bolder than ever as bartender fired for spitting in white nationalist’s beer
siehe auch: Neo-Nazis brag about ‘extorting payout’ from #Melbourne publican over #beer #spitting incident that got two Irish #bartenders fired – as the sick #Christchurch #massacre reference in their demands is revealed – #terror Irish Times Pub reportedly paid $651 to avoid bad reviews from neo-Nazis Publican Nitin Parashar forked out cash after an incident on August 2 Neo-Nazi Jimeone Roberts and his friends were drinking at the Melbourne pub Bartender spat in their drink after noticing a far-right tattoo on Roberts Neo-Nazis have bragged on encrypted apps about extorting a payout from pub A publican has reportedly handed over hundreds of dollars to avoid negative reviews after a bartender spat in the drink of a customer with a far-right tattoo. Neo-Nazis in Melbourne are said to have bragged on encrypted social media channels about how Irish Times Pub manager Nitin Parashar forked over $651 after being threatened with a slew of bad Google reviews and complaints. The $651 sum is thought to have been a reference to the 51 people killed in the Christchurch Mosque shooting.