I stand with Palestine, and the rare spaces our public can spend time and educate themselves. Genocide is depressing. Hurting books makes me sad.

Source: Portland State in midst of expensive, ‘marathon’ race to repair damaged library before fall classes begin

PS: we appreciate the smartass answers as well for much-needed comic relief

  • retrospectology@lemmy.world
    622·
    5 months ago

    I appreciate the spirit, but people who read books are probably the wrong demographic to aim this kind of messaging at.

  • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    222·
    5 months ago

    Well, vandalising libraries with left-leaning messages might be the only way certain people will actually care about defending libraries, so there’s that benefit. Sadly, those people will only help by donating books written by convicted con-artists and conspiracy nuts.

    Please tell me someone can clean up the pillar grafitti. They misspelt Freedom and it hurts to see such an error in a library.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      10·
      5 months ago

      They didn’t mispell freedom. They correctly spelled freedoon. Which isn’t a word. But I like to look at things in a positive light.

      • ALQ@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 months ago

        I like to think half of the last letter is cut off and it’s “free doom,” which is, disgustingly, what kids in Palestine are getting.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    141·
    5 months ago

    Because library patrons are the ones setting military policy ofc… Glad the message is reaching the right people.

    • lemmingnosis@lemmy.worldOP
      42·
      5 months ago

      Maybe the university administrators were Hamas

      Make them pay $750,000, and that’s $750k they can’t spend on scholarships more Hamas

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        Someone call Tim Misney! He’ll make em pay!!!

        …this joke would have killed over on /r/Cleveland. I really wish Lemmy had an active Lemmy presense, so we could all talk about how much the George family is filth, and how shitty Melt and Barrio have become. BUT WE ALL STILL CRAVE THE HUNGER!!! ALL HAIL ROMANBURGER!!!

        See? Nothing. Nobody knows what I’m talking about. Probably think we all still talk about Drew Carry…

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      The cops already kicked the protestors out a few weeks ago. I think these are the aftermath photos.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    5 months ago

    Did they seriously write “murder” in the dictionary? I could see a tenuous connection if it was a book about the history of Israel but the dictionary? Dumb.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    As a Portland resident, I will just say our heart is always into it, but our brains not so much. I don’t know what the message was meant to convey by vandalizing a library. Usually the protests start of well intentioned, but always break down as bad actors and grifters work their way in to cause trouble because they find entertainment in doing so.

    • lemmingnosis@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      5 months ago

      It’s true what they say, libraries really never would be allowed to exist if the concept launched today…

      But think of the potential short-term profits and how there totally wouldn’t be massive long-term detriment to industry.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 months ago

    When it comes to protesting like this I don’t really give a shit if someone paints over parts of a building. But the books themselves? That’s just fucked up. I understand they are trying to get people pissed over this but this is entirely the wrong way to do it. All this will do is make everyone pissed off at you instead. I’d say a good rule of thumb for protest graffiti is whether or not it can still be used after it’s been covered in paint. Graffiti on a wall doesn’t make the wall unusable. But if someone put graffiti on the windshield of my car I’d be so pissed off I wouldn’t give two shits about the message.

    • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Are you are referring to the recent vandalism? Because that was about as much vandalism as defacing a street with kiddy chalk. It wasn’t paint.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    31·
    5 months ago

    I just had this conversation about throwing soup on paintings to protest ahh . . (checks notes) oh - “Big Oil”.

    Apparently I’m a grade a moron for not knowing that’s an excellent way to spread an important message and not at all a shitheaded everything-i-do-must-be-filmed idiot act which only serves to weaken legitimate efforts.

    Who knew.