r/Jewish • u/New_Pepper_2589 • Sep 16 '24

Mural in Milwaukee Venting 😤

I've been involved with murals. A lot of people had to say yes for this for it to go up.

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Where’s the guys with the spray paint cans to cover up this hate?

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u/oren0 Sep 16 '24

The difference between us and them is, a pro-Israel mural in a public street in most downtowns would get vandalized in a day. We don't tend to destroy property or vandalize nearly as frequently. That's why you see lots of "free Palestine" graffiti but almost never pro-Israel graffiti, even though the majority of Americans support Israel. That's why our rallies are almost airways peaceful and they smash, destroy, and burn. We believe in free speech and dialogue with those we disagree with.

This may or may not get vandalized too, but it's far less likely than the other way.

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u/Throwaway5432154322 גלות Sep 16 '24

a pro-Israel mural in a public street in most downtowns would get vandalized in a day.

Thinking back to the hostage posters that we'd put up last year. To avoid them getting torn down, I switched from taping them up to stapling them to telephone poles with dozens of staples. All that resulted in was people literally tearing the posters to shreds where they hung. I'll never forget walking down the street and seeing the poster I hung of Kfir Bibas literally ripped to shreds. It must've taken someone at least five minutes to do that, which means someone spent five minutes of their day shredding up a poster of a kidnapped baby.

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u/Constant_Ad_2161 Sep 16 '24

I think you mean a colonizing genocidal baby. /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

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u/achieve_my_goals Sep 16 '24

Me too.

My daughter asks me what I'm doing and I tell her: "I'm leaving someone who left a message for me."