Some asshole with a spray can and a limited spelling vocabulary has written some threatening messages in Orange County towards California Governor Jerry Brown, and nearly every minority group one can think of.
We are just as pissed as anyone and hope this asshole gets caught-too often any thing sprayed gets classified as 'graffiti' and he's giving graffiti writers a bad name. Furthermore, this isn't even graffiti because the hack didn't sign a name . . .
The police are reportedly taking this threat against the Governor seriously-perhaps more than necessary, and have determined it a terrorist threat.
Interesting that even though the vandal-and this person is nothing but that- issued threats against Blacks, the Chinese, Catholics and more, it is only the threat against the Governor that is being treated most seriously. We highly doubt this person who can't spell could organize anything well enough to successfully harm the Governor, but the minority groups are much more real targets, even if the police don't treat it that way.
But most of all, it pains us whenever something like this gets a lot of publicity. Most people just clump anything with a spray can as graffiti-and think that all graffiti is gang related. Blogs like MELROSEandFAIRFAX are trying to push artistic mediums like graffiti and street art and enhance public perception, and we feel that fiascos like this give real graffiti a bad name.
Real graffiti has nothing to do with this hate speech or gangs. Real graffiti is about artistic expression and getting up. The biggest crime involved is the re-attribution of space, and unlike any other crime in the world, a graffiti artist will take nothing and leave their name at the scene of the crime.
This is not graffiti, but just some spray-can vandalism by a bigoted simpleton.
Quit giving graffiti a bad name!
