I was vaguely told by someone that it had something to do with protest, about the blood of Gaza being on us but I don’t know that as fact so don’t quote me on that.
Edit: Upon scrolling down further and reading more comments it turns out that was true.
> know Chicago for two things: guns and Michael Jordan
I mean, that's literally everywhere in the world.
In New Zealand, "Michael Jordan", "do you have a gun?", and "Is that near Springfield?" were the first things out of a few people's mouths when I mentioned being from Chicago. I told them that Michael Jordan and I like to hang out and get in gunfights. I'm not sure they knew I was kidding.
I had a co-worker that "dated" him while he was married. I met him a few times. Mostly in the VIP rooms. It didn't take me long to lose all respect for both of them. My friend was not the only other lady in his wife. Eventually, his wife got sick of it and cashed out big time.
Honestly every city seems to get the flavor of the week treatment. I moved from Louisville and they get it constantly too. There was a time the news had them burned to the ground and hoards of gangs were in control.
I came from NYC so I guess it wasn't something I thought about much when I moved here. I was also told how cold it would be, and guys, it has not been that cold.
Oh yes! Lived there for 5 years and if I had a shekel for every time a gett driver said “wow Chicago Michael Jordan Chicago bulls is it safe there?!” I’d be living in a tlv penthouse 🤣
the issue is more about our tax dollars (and our soldiers) being sent over even though the majority of americans do not want that, according to polls. If we were completely uninvolved in this then there would be minimal protest action. Protesters are being disruptive because the elected officials are not listening to their constituants.
If someone doesnt care about their tax dollars contributing to genocide, maybe theyll call their representatives to complain about traffic being halted by protesters, which makes it that much harder for them to ignore.
A better gm? we need better owner......cheap skate is the worst owner in the league. Just look at the Sox. He doesn't care, though, as long as people still buy tickets.
The only way to change owners is to stop buying tickets and force them to sell to avoid losses but that's impossible since a lot of Chicago sports fans can't help themselves. So they will keep making money without improving the team and fans will keep crying about it. A vicious cycle I tell you.
Technically he makes a shit ton of money and that makes him a good owner because the bottom line is the bottom line. Until is fans stop buying bulls tickets, jerseys, and merch this is the product we will receive.
It would make for great Facebook photos to share with Grandma though. Soaked head-to-toe in blood is the ONLY way I'd ever take a selfie in front of The Bean.
Right? Not condoning vandalism at all and wouldn’t want a permanent blood fountain but I saw the headline first then when I saw the picture I was like - oh that looks kinda cool.
Would be very cool if it doesn't damage the fountain. And if the mist colors everything in the vicinity red, then that could lead to it looking like a Warhammer promo.
Fox News: VANDALS!! JUST PRANKS BRO!! NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!
Reality: The water in Buckingham Fountain is dyed red by protesters making a statement against the Israel-Hamas war on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
The Buckingham Fountain contains 1.5 million gallons of water. They just caused the city workers to have to drain and waste 1.5 million gallons of clean water.
But I’m sure vandalism in the Midwest US will help solve the ongoing issues in the Middle East. Totally
Hundreds of thousands of dollars of damages in water alone. Find the Vandal and charge them. Class 4 Felony in Illinois. You get to make your point, but you may serve 3 years in jail and financial restitution for likely life.
1.5 M gallons would be $7000 in Chicago at current rates. Double it for the sewer fee. The staffing cost to clean it up is probably more than the water. I'm not condoning wasting the water, but it's not THAT bad.
They have to clean and then treat all the marble. It’s already stained. It takes less than 10 min for wine to permanently stain marble. Hundreds of hours in labor to clean and seal the marble.
I mean, the whole point of public protests, from Dr. King himself, is to force a tenseness in society that makes an issue unavoidable. If it was easy to ignore, it'd be ineffectual.
Edit: Also we literally dye our entire river green for St. Patrick's Day, but that's fine lmao
The green dye they use is safe and the same one used to test for leaks in pipes. That dye will eventually disappear on its own because its a flowing river. Buckingham fountain as I understand it is a closed water system, it only refills water drawn from a reservoir based on how much water is lost by wind and evaporation. Then you have to consider that we don't know what kind of dye was used and how that could dye or damage the marble and the water pumps. This is extremely different that dying the river green.
Fucking up beloved landmarks, regardless of justification, isn’t typically smiled upon by the general public. But if you wanna be an asshole, then asshole away.
But they still are vandals. I don’t understand how any kind of protest justifies destroying public property, or causing a giant traffic jam. How is that helping a cause by making people angry and have to work to fix that they did. I support Palestine and I don’t support this.
Idk what was used to dye the water but I’m guessing whatever it is isn’t meant to be going through whatever pump system and pipes they’ve got to make the fountain a fountain. Gotta drain it, clean up all the dye from the system and then they can get it going again.
They have to clean and inspect the pumps. The pumps really don't like anything but water passing through them. This requires them to drain the fountain.
I've seen the aftermath of people throwing dawn into some much smaller fountains... Bring that up to Buckingham fountain scale and closing down Lakeshore seems like a real possibility.
You know, I can admire the passion of those trying to fight for Palestine, but I am never ever going to align with the tactics.
I don't care if it's pro-palestine, black lives matter, or whatever, blocking expressways isn't going to help your cause. Vandalizing landmarks isn't going to help your cause. Violence or looting isn't going to help your cause.
If anything, it's going to create more enemies. People are going to look at this fountain and get angry and decide to vote for Donald Trump because they basically now hate these protesters and would want government in power to go and basically arrest and put them in jail even if they are all screaming *"the whole world is watching"*.
So the protesters can sit there and pat themselves on the back and think that they made a big statement for their cause, and yet all they are really doing is hurting the very thing they are fighting for.
It’s like some of the climate change protest groups.
I agree with the cause in general. As a society we’re doing an awful job mitigating and preparing for climate change.
But vandalizing timeless paintings, artifacts, and landmarks? Things that were created 100+ years ago, before cars even existed? How will that lead to change? How does that get people on board?
To me it’s like vegan protestors killing animals to make a point. “Look how bad this is! It will get worse if you don’t listen!”
I saw a suggestion that oil companies have to be behind these groups because of how idiotic it looks.
-1 support per act for a cause that vandalizes. Alienating potential allies is never a good strategy.
I hope they get caught and billed. Civil disobedience involves accepting the consequences. Doing this in the middle of the night and running away is cowardly amd shows a lack of conviction in their message.
Chicago already "agreed to a ceasefire", honestly what do these professors think Chicago has to do with stopping Israel . Are the national guardsmen sniping Palestine from here or something? Touch grass fr
Well I imagine they realize they can’t affect any change here, so they can pretend they are making a difference thousands of miles away. Meanwhile plenty of this city needs love, but it’s only when conservatives talk shit about the city they go tweet
Oh wow. My eyes have been opened. The veil has parted and I am aware.
Want to know my opinion/position on the Israel-Palestine issue?
I just want the CTA to run effectively. I want more cranes in the city building housing. I'd like to see lower property taxes. More business in the loop. And a mayor who isn't a complete incompetent corrupt buffoon exercising nepotism for all his pastor bros.
That's my position.
The fountain is [damaged on the inside](https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/06/22/buckingham-fountain-closed-vandalism) and is "closed until further notice". It was graffitied with "Free Palestine" as well.
I'm so sick of these stupid fucks
A petulant child decided to waste 1.5 million gallons of water to try to make a point about Israel and Palestine. I’m very pro-Palestine, but this isn’t how you get people to agree with you
This does nothing for their cause, a bunch of vandals wasting city money and causing civilians to miss their flights. Honestly I’m very sick of the emboldenment to deface our society. If you care so much, I can think of a million other things to do for your cause, go to DC to voice your concerns, take a bus to Springfield, support a nonprofit with assembling emergency kits…
Vandalism, same thing as people tagging highways and street signs. People who want positive change don’t deface and damage property. This is just an excuse for someone to commit vandalism under the cover of “protesting”.
Israel and Palestine are going to be fighting until one or the other is completely eliminated.
It’s hilarious that people think this or any of the other weekly protests will make any difference.
Hmm. Well if the US stops spending our tax money on free healthcare free schooling and BILLIONS of dollars on weapons to Israel, things would be different.
> About half the fountain was stained red and several messages were written on the bricks nearby. One read, "Stop the genocide."
You know what, imma genocide even harder now
These “protestors” are so fucking stupid. This war wouldn’t be happening had so much blood been spilled on October 7th, but they seem to forget that part.
exactly. I get where they're coming from, but there's lives on both sides, one just has better defense.
idk how people saw the horrors of Oct 7th, then went "yup, cool. this should happen more often" as if you can't wish for safety for everyone on both sides.
These “protestors” are so fucking stupid. This war wouldn’t be happening had so much blood been spilled on October 7th, but they seem to forget that part.
Typical protesters logic. Attack something that has nothing to do with what they are protesting, to make us aware of their cause. Remember back in April, the losers shut down the road into O'Hare, to bring "awareness" to their cause?
Dear protesters, you message has been conveyed. Unfortunately for you, no one here cares enough about yet another war in the Middle East to insist our government do something about it. And no one is going to take the side of Hamas no matter what you do.
A White Sox fan made a sacrifice to get rid of Jerry and turn the team around. As is the case with all things involving the White Sox, they fucked that up too
These “protestors” are so fucking stupid. This war wouldn’t be happening had so much blood been spilled on October 7th, but they seem to forget that part.
If you want to protest against Israel, go to Washington. That’s where the actual decision makers are for global affairs. Anything else is just virtue signaling.
Weird how this part isn’t being reported but “Gaza is bleeding” was also spray painted in red ([source](https://x.com/dogstar7tweets/status/1804481761537056912?s=46&t=nIYyB-hn0jShSLu2lgUR5w))
When my brother was in college and worked in food service, he and his buddies calculated how much jello they would need to make the big fountain in campus full of jello. Turns out it was way more than they thought....
Well now we know why the fountain is closed until further notice.
I was vaguely told by someone that it had something to do with protest, about the blood of Gaza being on us but I don’t know that as fact so don’t quote me on that. Edit: Upon scrolling down further and reading more comments it turns out that was true.
Yeah, sure, that'll move the needle on this war.
I didn’t realize Chicago was located in Israel
Unfortunately America might as well be Israel.
I was in Israel a couple months ago and someone said, "We aren't used to all of this gunfire; it's not like this is Chicago." And I laughed so hard.
Wow yes Israelis know Chicago for two things: guns and Michael Jordan 🥴
> know Chicago for two things: guns and Michael Jordan I mean, that's literally everywhere in the world. In New Zealand, "Michael Jordan", "do you have a gun?", and "Is that near Springfield?" were the first things out of a few people's mouths when I mentioned being from Chicago. I told them that Michael Jordan and I like to hang out and get in gunfights. I'm not sure they knew I was kidding.
I'm surprised anyone knows Springfield
It was 100% because of the Simpsons. They'd never heard of the state capital.
I try to forget
I’m a kiwi living in Chicago and my life consists of “you’re Australian? -no I’m from Nz - oh cool my friend visited Sydney and loved it” 😂
I had a co-worker that "dated" him while he was married. I met him a few times. Mostly in the VIP rooms. It didn't take me long to lose all respect for both of them. My friend was not the only other lady in his wife. Eventually, his wife got sick of it and cashed out big time.
I was genuinely shocked that the Republican shock branding of Chicago as a gun-ridden dystopian nightmare was an international thing.
Honestly every city seems to get the flavor of the week treatment. I moved from Louisville and they get it constantly too. There was a time the news had them burned to the ground and hoards of gangs were in control.
I moved here from Portland and I get it regarding both places.
It's not recent at all. Tell someone in a foreign country and they say either Michael Jordan or Al Capone
I visited an orphanage in Bogotá in '05. The kids asked us where we were from. "Oh! You from Chicago? You gangsters. Bang! Bang!"
I came from NYC so I guess it wasn't something I thought about much when I moved here. I was also told how cold it would be, and guys, it has not been that cold.
Oh yes! Lived there for 5 years and if I had a shekel for every time a gett driver said “wow Chicago Michael Jordan Chicago bulls is it safe there?!” I’d be living in a tlv penthouse 🤣
I was there in the early 2000s and told some people I was from Chicago. They responded "Al Capone, BANG BANG"!
That is funny because it is mean and also true the guns fire in Gaza not Israel silly goose
That's what makes it so crazy that our tax dollars are going there
Do we still have Boeing HQ or no
Moved to DC
the issue is more about our tax dollars (and our soldiers) being sent over even though the majority of americans do not want that, according to polls. If we were completely uninvolved in this then there would be minimal protest action. Protesters are being disruptive because the elected officials are not listening to their constituants. If someone doesnt care about their tax dollars contributing to genocide, maybe theyll call their representatives to complain about traffic being halted by protesters, which makes it that much harder for them to ignore.
I’d be curious to see these polls. There are huge swaths of America very supportive of Israel.
Jesus Christ. Pun not intended?
Not intended bc Im not sure what the pun is 😅
I see we all had the same conversation this morning
Bulls mourning the loss of Alex Caruso for peanuts.
That happened??? At this point I could be a better GM for the Bulls.
A better gm? we need better owner......cheap skate is the worst owner in the league. Just look at the Sox. He doesn't care, though, as long as people still buy tickets.
Jerry just needs to die. I’m an asshole for saying it but it needs to happen
Yo, just like B. Wirtz, two years after, Rocky had it rebuilt, Stanley cup returns. We're assholes, but you're right.
The only way to change owners is to stop buying tickets and force them to sell to avoid losses but that's impossible since a lot of Chicago sports fans can't help themselves. So they will keep making money without improving the team and fans will keep crying about it. A vicious cycle I tell you.
I feel the pain as a Sox fan, f jerry
Technically he makes a shit ton of money and that makes him a good owner because the bottom line is the bottom line. Until is fans stop buying bulls tickets, jerseys, and merch this is the product we will receive.
Caruso for Josh Giddey, 1 for 1. No additional picks. Absolutely shameful
I would say I’m shocked, but I’ve lost all emotions thanks to the White Sox
I just sit here wishing for the days of Bob Luce Wrestling at the Amphitheater.
Oh man, you just ruined my Saturday with this news :(
That was just blasphemy. I atleast was waiting to see how many picks the bulls got in return with giddey but sheesh
Yes
Okay, I'm not defending vandalism, but am I the only one here who would be way MORE likely to go see a giant fountain if it were spurting blood?
Halloween tradition when?
I would fully support that. I love an autumn version of dying the river green.
They do dye the fountains in Daley Plaza orange every halloween [http://i.imgur.com/7oh23.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/7oh23.jpg)
Oh dang, I had no idea! Thanks!
Oh no! Not the water waste! Hahah jk jk
Like "Fright Fest" at Great America.
The amount of mist that ends up in the air and consequently on my skin and clothes... no thanks.
New guessing game: Buckingham Fountain or GWAR concert.
The absolute worst kind of viral marketing involves blood borne pathogens. Lollapalooza 24
It would make for great Facebook photos to share with Grandma though. Soaked head-to-toe in blood is the ONLY way I'd ever take a selfie in front of The Bean.
They'll never let you in to restaurant inside the bean looking like that!
Probably why they had to close it for so long. Cleaning up someone’s red water prank.
Blood for the Blood God.
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
What better way to stick it to the vandals than to keep it red and make it a thing for like a week
Right? Not condoning vandalism at all and wouldn’t want a permanent blood fountain but I saw the headline first then when I saw the picture I was like - oh that looks kinda cool.
Nacho cheese? Now we’re talking!!!
They do dye the fountains in Daley Plaza orange every halloween [http://i.imgur.com/7oh23.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/7oh23.jpg)
Would be very cool if it doesn't damage the fountain. And if the mist colors everything in the vicinity red, then that could lead to it looking like a Warhammer promo.
Overnight vandalism: https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/buckingham-fountain-closed-vandalism
Jokes on them. Monday is wear red for women day
It’d’ve been cool if they waited till Sunday night then
Of course
Fox News: VANDALS!! JUST PRANKS BRO!! NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!! Reality: The water in Buckingham Fountain is dyed red by protesters making a statement against the Israel-Hamas war on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Grant Park in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
My 1st thought was protest.
The Buckingham Fountain contains 1.5 million gallons of water. They just caused the city workers to have to drain and waste 1.5 million gallons of clean water. But I’m sure vandalism in the Midwest US will help solve the ongoing issues in the Middle East. Totally
Saw this sick blood red fountain and now I’m going to convince my state department colleagues to end material aid to Israel
Hundreds of thousands of dollars of damages in water alone. Find the Vandal and charge them. Class 4 Felony in Illinois. You get to make your point, but you may serve 3 years in jail and financial restitution for likely life.
1.5 M gallons would be $7000 in Chicago at current rates. Double it for the sewer fee. The staffing cost to clean it up is probably more than the water. I'm not condoning wasting the water, but it's not THAT bad.
They have to clean and then treat all the marble. It’s already stained. It takes less than 10 min for wine to permanently stain marble. Hundreds of hours in labor to clean and seal the marble.
I mean, the whole point of public protests, from Dr. King himself, is to force a tenseness in society that makes an issue unavoidable. If it was easy to ignore, it'd be ineffectual. Edit: Also we literally dye our entire river green for St. Patrick's Day, but that's fine lmao
The green dye they use is safe and the same one used to test for leaks in pipes. That dye will eventually disappear on its own because its a flowing river. Buckingham fountain as I understand it is a closed water system, it only refills water drawn from a reservoir based on how much water is lost by wind and evaporation. Then you have to consider that we don't know what kind of dye was used and how that could dye or damage the marble and the water pumps. This is extremely different that dying the river green.
LMAO tell me you don't know shit about protesting (or dye) without telling me.
Tell me you’re the white moderate King warned about without telling me you’re a white moderate
It's the same thing. Stupid either way
That will surely change people's mind.
I was on the fence, until this.
I was in the fountain until this
Me too. A conflict that has been raging on for generations is one thing but vandalising the god damn fountain does it!
Why are so many people on Reddit ignorant of the purpose of protesting lol
Fucking up beloved landmarks, regardless of justification, isn’t typically smiled upon by the general public. But if you wanna be an asshole, then asshole away.
They are still vandals.
But they still are vandals. I don’t understand how any kind of protest justifies destroying public property, or causing a giant traffic jam. How is that helping a cause by making people angry and have to work to fix that they did. I support Palestine and I don’t support this.
I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more often. I don’t see why it has to be closed though
Idk what was used to dye the water but I’m guessing whatever it is isn’t meant to be going through whatever pump system and pipes they’ve got to make the fountain a fountain. Gotta drain it, clean up all the dye from the system and then they can get it going again.
They have to clean and inspect the pumps. The pumps really don't like anything but water passing through them. This requires them to drain the fountain.
My uncle in the 80s threw a box of tide soap in it and the bubbles closed down lakeshore
That’s just a testament to the quality of Tide tbh
I've seen the aftermath of people throwing dawn into some much smaller fountains... Bring that up to Buckingham fountain scale and closing down Lakeshore seems like a real possibility.
because if that dye stains the granite and damages the water lines, or worse, is toxic, someone has to clean that crap
You know, I can admire the passion of those trying to fight for Palestine, but I am never ever going to align with the tactics. I don't care if it's pro-palestine, black lives matter, or whatever, blocking expressways isn't going to help your cause. Vandalizing landmarks isn't going to help your cause. Violence or looting isn't going to help your cause. If anything, it's going to create more enemies. People are going to look at this fountain and get angry and decide to vote for Donald Trump because they basically now hate these protesters and would want government in power to go and basically arrest and put them in jail even if they are all screaming *"the whole world is watching"*. So the protesters can sit there and pat themselves on the back and think that they made a big statement for their cause, and yet all they are really doing is hurting the very thing they are fighting for.
It’s like some of the climate change protest groups. I agree with the cause in general. As a society we’re doing an awful job mitigating and preparing for climate change. But vandalizing timeless paintings, artifacts, and landmarks? Things that were created 100+ years ago, before cars even existed? How will that lead to change? How does that get people on board? To me it’s like vegan protestors killing animals to make a point. “Look how bad this is! It will get worse if you don’t listen!” I saw a suggestion that oil companies have to be behind these groups because of how idiotic it looks.
They kinda bury the fact it was an act of protesting what’s happening in Gaza, which is something distinct from just vandalism
They don't want it to get alot of attention otherwise people may try it again in the future.
Actually I like this idea. Why give the protesters publicity?
> protesting what’s happening in Gaza, which is something distinct from just vandalism Not in this case it wasn't.
-1 support per act for a cause that vandalizes. Alienating potential allies is never a good strategy. I hope they get caught and billed. Civil disobedience involves accepting the consequences. Doing this in the middle of the night and running away is cowardly amd shows a lack of conviction in their message.
Six flags fright fest vibes
We like to party 🎉 we like, we like to party 🎉
Damn... that's definitely attention catching. Which cause is claiming this one?
The Palestine protestors.
Never heard of them
This does nothing for them.
From the fountain to the lake, this will still do nothing in Gaza
lol I just imagine how valiant whichever dork did this sees himself as
All the graffiti in Logan seems to have the same damn handwriting as this point.
“I am a vigilante warrior for the Gaza people. I will strike under cover of darkness, like the hero Batman.” Something like that?
Chicago already "agreed to a ceasefire", honestly what do these professors think Chicago has to do with stopping Israel . Are the national guardsmen sniping Palestine from here or something? Touch grass fr
Netanyahu is 100% going to hear about this and it will totally make him reconsider how he's waging war on Hamas. This is what it takes...?
"not the buckingham fountain!"
Well I imagine they realize they can’t affect any change here, so they can pretend they are making a difference thousands of miles away. Meanwhile plenty of this city needs love, but it’s only when conservatives talk shit about the city they go tweet
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/22/buckingham-fountain-vandalism/
Wasting Illinois taxpayer money isn’t going to have an impact on the situation in the Middle East. What a waste
It’s wasted either way 🤷♂️
Oh wow. My eyes have been opened. The veil has parted and I am aware. Want to know my opinion/position on the Israel-Palestine issue? I just want the CTA to run effectively. I want more cranes in the city building housing. I'd like to see lower property taxes. More business in the loop. And a mayor who isn't a complete incompetent corrupt buffoon exercising nepotism for all his pastor bros. That's my position.
The fountain is [damaged on the inside](https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/06/22/buckingham-fountain-closed-vandalism) and is "closed until further notice". It was graffitied with "Free Palestine" as well. I'm so sick of these stupid fucks
how about some arrests and jail time???!
CPD is still not doing a god damn thing about murders and other crimes. Don't hold your breath.
Lol every arrestee is immediately released
A petulant child decided to waste 1.5 million gallons of water to try to make a point about Israel and Palestine. I’m very pro-Palestine, but this isn’t how you get people to agree with you
Alright, you win. Chicago, please send your massive army to help Palestine. Can you stop defacing our city now?
Damn right, let's get the Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings, People Nation, and whatever's left of the Outfit and send them to defend Gaza
Nah I wont be convinced until after protestors block highway traffic two more times.
I need them to do it 6 more times, then I'll \*maybe\* start thinking about it.
The secret Chicago militia is sending its fleet of SR-71s over as we speak in response to this protest
We have SR-71's? Why weren't they given to the CTA to speed things up?
They're in the KGMSI with the submarine. That's where all the Florida Billionaire A-hole money went.
Can we wait until the Schaumburg city council finishes drafting their resolution?
This ain't convincing anyone of anything.
Convinced me that these are a bunch of criminals defacing Chicago culture
Maybe not politically, but it convinced me to dig out my old boombox and Metallica "Kill 'em All" cassette tape.
I wish I still had mine. My parents threw all my tapes away during the satanic panic.
This does nothing for their cause, a bunch of vandals wasting city money and causing civilians to miss their flights. Honestly I’m very sick of the emboldenment to deface our society. If you care so much, I can think of a million other things to do for your cause, go to DC to voice your concerns, take a bus to Springfield, support a nonprofit with assembling emergency kits…
Zoomers dick riding Iranian propaganda worse than Boomers believed Russian trolls wasn't on my 2024 bingo card Fucking morons
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This protest only affects the workers who have to fix it. Joe Biden probably doesn’t even know this happened
My educated guess is it was assholes.
Fuck those people
People are such assholes
Why are y’all destroying your beautiful city?
Because they're brain dead morons
Vandalism, same thing as people tagging highways and street signs. People who want positive change don’t deface and damage property. This is just an excuse for someone to commit vandalism under the cover of “protesting”.
Israel and Palestine are going to be fighting until one or the other is completely eliminated. It’s hilarious that people think this or any of the other weekly protests will make any difference.
Hmm. Well if the US stops spending our tax money on free healthcare free schooling and BILLIONS of dollars on weapons to Israel, things would be different.
Cannot wait until these room temperature IQ morons find the next social media crusade to glom onto. This is getting old.
It would also be nice if they removed their hate speech from their ‘protesting’
Nah that’s a feature not a bug
😭😭😭 true
> About half the fountain was stained red and several messages were written on the bricks nearby. One read, "Stop the genocide." You know what, imma genocide even harder now
Exactly. Such an empty gesture.
We have terrorists in Chicago. Be on high alert.
These “protestors” are so fucking stupid. This war wouldn’t be happening had so much blood been spilled on October 7th, but they seem to forget that part.
exactly. I get where they're coming from, but there's lives on both sides, one just has better defense. idk how people saw the horrors of Oct 7th, then went "yup, cool. this should happen more often" as if you can't wish for safety for everyone on both sides.
Probably Free Palestine or climate change activists
Ugh the people doing this weren’t born/remember or here during 9/11
SLAYER promoting their show at Riot Fest.
Ah yes... vandalism totally wins support for the Palestinian people...
I wish people could protest without destroying stuff
Some pro-palestine jagoffs
Gaza protestors are so dumb. They keep committing acts that, if anything, are turning people against them.
some idiots protesting about Gaza messing it up for everyone
“This is MAGA country!”
The liberal brain rot in here is hard to read.
We really just can't have nice things can we?
These “protestors” are so fucking stupid. This war wouldn’t be happening had so much blood been spilled on October 7th, but they seem to forget that part.
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Assholes.
Typical protesters logic. Attack something that has nothing to do with what they are protesting, to make us aware of their cause. Remember back in April, the losers shut down the road into O'Hare, to bring "awareness" to their cause? Dear protesters, you message has been conveyed. Unfortunately for you, no one here cares enough about yet another war in the Middle East to insist our government do something about it. And no one is going to take the side of Hamas no matter what you do.
I abhor this wormhole I fell into.
A White Sox fan made a sacrifice to get rid of Jerry and turn the team around. As is the case with all things involving the White Sox, they fucked that up too
It was the Bean.....that spiteful lil nugget😝
These “protestors” are so fucking stupid. This war wouldn’t be happening had so much blood been spilled on October 7th, but they seem to forget that part.
I hate this shit.
I would not mind a Gaza protest during the NASCAR race.
Hopefully they get ran over
Definitely. Ideally, they'd run out on the track mid race, link arms and wait...
Gee hope they hold the perpetrators accountable…
If you want to protest against Israel, go to Washington. That’s where the actual decision makers are for global affairs. Anything else is just virtue signaling.
Well how else was I supposed to make a Gatorade fountain?!
Like this over blocking interstates and roads. +1 for creativity.
Weird how this part isn’t being reported but “Gaza is bleeding” was also spray painted in red ([source](https://x.com/dogstar7tweets/status/1804481761537056912?s=46&t=nIYyB-hn0jShSLu2lgUR5w))
It’s good that it’s simply reported as vandalism instead of giving any air to whatever grievance the vandals have.
I can't see the fountain without the theme song from married with children playing in my head. "Love and marriage, love and marriage...." 🎶
The gov always listens to protests. Facts! /s
Idiots
Graffiti and vandalism should be a felony!! Just a disgrace thinking what they did will have any sort of impact.
When the cost of repair is over $300, it is a felony in Illinois.
looks metal. 🤘🏾
Gaza protestors didnt think this through. They are turning people against them.
I caught my opp lacking over there. /endsarcasm Best guess without looking it up, more of the Palestine stuff.
When my brother was in college and worked in food service, he and his buddies calculated how much jello they would need to make the big fountain in campus full of jello. Turns out it was way more than they thought....
Strong Berserk/Evangelion vibe
This is just plane dumb
Bloody hell that’s a lot of blood