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I think this might be the same person who did this last time, it's very close to where I saw the last one. Which the city dealt with in a matter of days from when I saw it, so maybe this particular canvas of street art will also get cleaned/painted over.

(I'm not against street art - I'm rather fond of some of the prettier examples of it as an art form, and tagging is an interesting form of self expression - I just said that in that I'm curious how long it will take the city to do something about this tag, since the previous one I found on City property also caused it and nearby graffiti to be quickly cleaned when previously ignored, and graffiti on a trash receptacle is the ultimate "not worth cleaning".)


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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

notices the pro-tagging vs anti-tagging struggle session but choosing to ignore it because there's nothing inherently good or bad about tagging

Everyone except the person who did the DPRK tag should be jailed for vandalism while the DPRK tagger should be promoted to municipal muralist whose main job is tagging every single dumpster with DPRK and other iconography related to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 3 points 9 hours ago

More DPRK iconography getting painted on city property would certainly make me happy to see...


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[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Man, this post was anti-graffiti all along? I thought it was a "rad, someone tagged 'DPRK' here" type of post. Disappointment in this website never ends catgirl-disgust

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's not anti graffiti, what you said is about what I intended! It is rad!


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[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 6 points 12 hours ago

Nice, still sad to have shitters roll up to a post like this but glad to hear.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

anti graffiti is so funny i know it's pretty low stakes not a heinous opinion or anything but enjoying seeing this thread filter out the total dweebs on here

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Yeah, me too. I didn't post this to be anti graffiti but it's funny to see how many people think I did.


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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Lol sorry, are you anti graffiti? On the bear site? Its one of the most basic forms of resistance against the concept of private property there is! Street art is often the expression of the creative who lacks the tools, resources, and space to be creative. Its a form of radical reclamation in the face of the enclosure of public spaces. It is the art of the oppressed and marginalized. Hobos created entire forms of language expressed through graffiti to communicate to other travelers if places where hostile or safe, if they had food or would provide lodging.

It is proletarian through and through!

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I'm not against street art, I think it's really cool. I'm mostly just wondering what will happen next and keeping my favourite bears updated on what the taggers do and what the city does in relation to these DPRK tags.


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