I am always amazed at the amount of support and outcry I hear on the side of graffiti when it comes up on the internet. Not that it often outweighs the people who say "hands off other people's shit", but the number is still much larger than I expect.

[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It all depends on context, imo. People should generally leave other people's private property alone. But if it's an ugly cinderblock wall downtown, some kind of drab piece of infrastructure, and the graffiti artist is actually making an effort to make it look good - it can be public art

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Bonus points if it covers up a low effort ad

[–] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I guess that's the issue. It has to look good. Otherwise it's just garbage on the walls.

Most of the time it does not look good (imo of course), but of course there are exceptions.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it looks good, why not, but I'm certain no one would want a poorly drawn swastika as a graffiti.

[–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

graffito*

One graffito, two graffiti.