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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 94 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's far more poignant like that. Whoever did this is either very stupid or very clever.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The ground is wet there like it just rained, I wonder if this is the first time it’s rained after he put it up. Maybe he used paint that washes away, exactly for this reason.

Just a thought though. Unlikely.

[–] chooglers@midwest.social 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They were scrubbing it with paint stripper I assume.

https://files.catbox.moe/lommxf.mp4

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

why didn't he get his ass kicked

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

That would belittle the powerful message being sent here - a peaceful protest about a peaceful protest being repressed is being repressed.

Also I assume there were a ton of cops around the guy.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

They completely covered it in plastic foil, put barricades in front of it and two guards to prevent anyone seeing it. It did definitely not get washed away by the rain. It existed for 3 days and was covered for most of that time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/arts/design/banksy-destroyed.html

Here is a pic of the removal process this morning:

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

lol now I’m hoping another mural shows up with this on the other side

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeeah. A painting of those guards standing infront of a pile of food and infront of the guards a group of starving kids. Thats the kind of grin im seeing here. "Aww you wanna live? You wanna not get genocided? Well guess what, we dont give a fuck!"

[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the info. I thought I was probably wrong, but banksy has done some crazy stuff in the past so I was hopeful.