Protest & Silence at the San Francisco Art Institute

[smomonkey56]

A sad day when any university/ school won't allow students to protest unethical decisions that deeply effect their education. By using chalk the attempt was to work within the system, respect the building and BE HEARD. Sadly what was said loud and clear by the administration was 'shut up'. This is not about 'grow up its the real world' unless that world is fascist.

[AdisaStrictlyBidness]

that was cute (:

[rr7firefly1]

Why isn't it possible to just leave buildings as they are? No one has any right to write on someone else's walls. Plain and simple. If someone wrote on the walls on your house or room whenever they wanted to "express themselves" would that be okay?

The idea that prohibiting graffiti is somehow quashing someone's freedom of speech is absurd. Write whatever you want on a board and wear that board around your neck and show that to the world. Just grow up.

[everydayitstomorrow]

@rr7firefly1 It's chalk, not graffiti. It's what children use to draw on the sidewalk, are they vandals? It's an expensive school they have a right to protest in a way that causes no real harm.

[photopokie]

ive been there....dont they alow you to paint on walls? whats so wrong with chalk?

[Stellaspike]

@photopokie because the building is a historic landmark, its subject to a variety of rules(like no chalk on the cement walls) they were told to wipe it off, plus they could have been fined for the violation.

[RadicalSrfrBoy]

@photopokie i'm not a student there but i went to a tour yesterday and SOME pf the walls you can paint on bu im sure they already have some sort of coating or base that allows students to paint on them without damaging the walls

[photopokie]

ive been there....dont they alow you to paint on walls? whats so wrong with chalk?

[kirkindysolospock]

I'm an alumni, and welcome to economic reality.

[gtattsUS]

Wow, those ? were really subversive and threatening. Good thing they had to be removed, someone might have gotten hurt.

[JPWSF]

Another great video! Thanks for sharing.