Graffiti is Art. It should be encouraged.

I'll take a hard pass on some random people spraying whatever bs crosses their mind on my stuff

My city has some very beautiful works of graffiti art. Encouraging artistic talent is good. But perhaps done legally if possible?

My city also has some malicious vandalism and tagging and graffiti that is not art...but instead for the purposes to protest, or distress the property owner, or mark a place in some way.

For a short time as a kid, I made the poor choice of some small coin sized graffiti using sharpies. Nothing offensive. I fully thought I might die any day and desperately wanted to leave a mark somewhere in the world, because I didn't think anyone would care at the time.

It still was vandalism, though it could be easily washed off with magic eraser or a rag with goo gone. Eventually I had the moral forethought that I was being selfish and needlessly desperate to be heard and channeling it the wrong way and not thinking of others and stopped. I also was a fan of political protests through graffiti at one point and eagerly studied that.

Finding ways to help voices to be heard, and people to be seen, and have opportunities and grow communities into better versions of themselves is important.

However I do think art on other people's property is as best practice to be done with the property owner's permission.

There are some places where it is. The owner of the property meets with local artists and they come to an agreement. A lot of very moving and beautiful tableaus have resulted from that type of collaboration.

But anonymous, random "tagging" is an entirely different scenario. If it’s being removed, it was done without the consent of the property owner, which makes it [b]vandalism[/b].

If you support the concept of personal property, you’re free to encourage graffiti on anything you [b]own[/b]. Many people would more than willing to provide you with all the "art" you can stand.

It the drab sixties, railway bridges and disused factories were full of bright colours.

Second to the equally drab twenty first century.

Yes, this is amongst the drab concrete along the Sussex sea front. It all needed livening up!

That's a Banksy from 2009...

https://banksy.newtfire.org/html/gallery_pages/graffiti/tesco_sandcastle.html

Don't lie.

If it’s on my property they’ll be paying damages.

Is that a Banksy?

Yes. And we can always repaint!