Pro-Zionist Billboard in Arcata Torn Down Overnight
Acrata’s new “CALL ME A ZIONIST…” billboard was found vandalized Saturday Morning, leaving torn remnants at the location. [Photo by Ryan Hutson]
After a new billboard along Highway 101 at the southern edge of Arcata reading, “CALL ME A ZIONIST. IT ONLY MAKES ME PROUDER” stirred controversy, the sign was shredded Friday night or early Saturday mourning, leaving a blank wooden background where the controversial political message had been.
The billboard’s placement was in part the result of efforts by Tamar Krigel, an Arcata resident of Israeli descent, according to the Jewish News of Northern California (JN). Krigel told JN that after last spring’s Cal Poly Humboldt student protests—where demonstrators called for a ceasefire in Gaza and supported the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement—she felt compelled to bring a pro-Israel message to the area.
Since the billboard had been set up, strong objections to its message circulated on social media, matched by an equal or greater approval of the billboard expressed by supporters.
At this time, it is unknown who removed the billboard slogan, and why. Arcata Police Department advised that the matter was being assessed by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, which was unavailable for comment.
The pro Zionism billboard sponsored by Code Blue and White is seen here, the day it was first put up, was removed overnight by unknown vandals. [Photo by Ryan Hutson]
Lasting only 4 days, the short-lived pro Israel advertisement drew immediate ire from college town residents and student activists, which saw intense student protests last spring in opposition to Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Following the billboard’s installation, activists and dissenting community members showed up to the Arcata City Council meeting on Tuesday, February 4th, lobbying the Arcata City Council (ACC) to have the billboard removed.
In addition, not one, but two petitions to have it removed had been circulated. The first petition, set up via open petition.org was removed by the platform shortly after going live, according to anonymous activists who initiated the petition titled, “Take Down the Zionism Billboard on Hwy 101” but did not last long.
Two petitions were launched in an attempt to remove the billboards through a formal process, but ultimately, neither were needed.
That failed petition was quickly supplanted by a second petition via Change.org. that had only gained 72 signatures by the time the billboard was ripped down today. The petition called on community members to denounce the billboard’s statement: “Its genocidal messaging does not reflect the values of this community, and is likely stationed there as a petty response to the pro Palestinian movement and protests which recently took place at our local university.”
We reached out for comment to members of the Arcata City Council and pro Gaza activists but, with short notice on a Saturday, did not receive a response before publishing. We also reached out to Tamar Krigel who succeeded in bringing the billboard to the area. She declined to comment.
Earlier: Crowdfunded Pro-Zionist Billboard Rises in Arcata, Critics Say It’s Provocative
Update: New Pro-Israel Billboard Replaces Vandalized Sign on Highway 101
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Totally predictable…
Indeed. The true bigots crept out under cover of darkness and destroyed someone else’s property. I would put it back and catch the vandals when they returned.
Maybe threatening Palestinians and anti-genocide activists with a big FU billboard wasn’t the “unifying” message those who put it up thought it would be.
Or maybe they put up the billboard so it would be torn down and they vould claim to be the real victims and not the 100,000+ people the Zionists have murdered in Gaza.
And by claiming victim again, you know, the billboard that illegally went down, my God! It must be anti semetic. The Palestinians are semetic, too. Anybody who gives a shit about crimes against humanity- and the Jews should know all about this- that somehow Israel is exempt and via Zionists with the continuing and unforgettable stain happening now. I don’t see anywhere in the Torah, The Bible and the Qu-ran where the same God says He’s ok with this. Judgement Day is coming for all of the above who think power and money is going to save them from the reckoning.
Uh, have you read the Torah/Bible or Koran? There’s a hell of a lot of endorsement of genocide in there. That’s how extremists on all sides justify their violence.
Yes I have read them. The redeaming values of The Torah, The Bible, the Qu-ran is that the whole Creator of everything reaches out to us. He keeps trying- He made it simple for us. Listen to what Abraham, Jesus and Mohammed peace be with them all. No, God is not ok with genocide.
I agree with you there are redeeming elements to all the holy texts, and I wish more people saw the type of Creator that you do. The unfortunate fact is that all those texts portray God as both perfectly loving, forgiving, and benevolent while also commanding people to wipe out entire nations from existence, chop off limbs or execute people for minor crimes, etc. Extremists pick out those parts and leave behind the loving and forgiving parts.
Well, the first delusion I see in this post is that God is a man. Of course all of those books are deeply misogynistic; it is old news.
I have no clue how anyone can disagree with this. No God worth worshipping advocates for genocide. Pretty sure genocide gives one a one way pass to hell
It’s mostly in the Old Testaments and Torah. The Quran has very little reference of violence -and the violence references usually only refer to when stories of past wars are recounted or telling Muslims how to deal with corrupt Muslims-. The Old Testament has a God that basically hates humanity and is willing to kill everyone and anyone but prophets and angels convince God not to. Then God essentially has an ego death and becomes the merciful god that is seen in the New Testament. The Torah has the most vengeful and mean-spirited God, but also does not really advocate for annihilation of others. The The Quran also has a few lines that refer to violence, but they are referring to specific incidences in history (the verse is telling a recounting of something that happened) or they are referring to Muslims fighting against idolatry/Muslims who say they are Muslim but don’t follow Islam tenet/other Muslims who oppress other Muslims and/or when defending oneself from prosecution.
Anyone who says the three main religion’s holy books advocate for violence against others is vastly misinterpreting the holy book’s message. I’ve yet to read or learn of a holy book that advocates for the death of others. Most holy books are just about recounting “historical” stories and giving instructions on how to live a pious life.
I don’t think that historical documentation is the same as endorsing.
Jumpy monkey
did they give you a banana when you tore down the billboard.
I hope the banana was grown in Israel where the banana farms cultivated by communal farms established 150 plus years ago by the indigenous Jews.
So Zionists can murder infants and grow banana?
I can see why you are so proud to be part of the Master Race that you need a billboard to proclaim it.
I wouldn’t put it past them to have torn it down themselves. Seen Zionists caught on camera spraying antisemitic graffiti and “reporting” it later.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFYOlV8tqql/
Sounds like wild speculation…
What makes you allege such a thing…???
What do you have to substantiate your accusation…???
Maybe it was simply removed for lack of proper prompt payment…???
Yes, the bigots who put up this sign should be shipped off to Israel where they are among their racist friends.
Racism will not be tolerated here.
So, you want to ship everyone out of the country you disagree with. You’re an un-American fascist.
LOL typical response from a leftist NPC.
In case you dont remember, AMERICAN CITIZENS are bound to AMERICA. New citizens swear an oath to shed previous allegiances for AMERICA.
Those of you entirely beholden to a foreign power are in violation of that oath, and are quite possibly, traitors.
Yes we agree! Zionism is about replacing the people who are there. Zionism is about self deportation. Kinda like the grandchildren of deported Mexicans going to Spain and demanding land, and bombing Barcelona. There is an obvious irony that this lady spent $40 grand on the billboard way up here instead of airplane tickets and a condo.
They were just saying racists should be shipped somewhere where they can’t spread their ignorance and bigotry. I’m surprised you’re okay with racists. Now I’m starting to think you’re racist (only a racist could ever okay with defending racists).
Where would you ship your version of a racist? Don’t try to think as it confuses you.
They were stealing Palestinian homes, which is most def a form of terror. So that’s kinda’ like spreading hometheft and homelessness, and not good vibes. Can’t just move them. Put them in isolation, and they get weird and even more righteous in their views.Put them next to someone and in three days their trying to sell that person a story about how even tho they’ve only been in town a couple days, they now own the house a whole family is living in and has for generations so the fam has to kick it down the road… Or at the very least they’ll start erecting billboards.
It will on Super Bowl Sunday. End Racism was removed from the end zones.
Racism has always been tolerated here; which planet do you live on?
Doesn’t mean it should be tolerated. Status quo (tolerance) does not always make for a just, enlightened, and equitable society.
Electrify the sign.
from the liver to the knee
It’s already a third rail!
Tearing down billboards in that sensitive area has been a northern Humboldt tradition for several decades. I was bemoaning our apparent loss of that merry band of activists when I saw a post directing people to this coverage.
All the billboards should come down. 60, 70, 80 years ago there was a purpose. But that was a long time ago.
Such bigots, not liking pride in genocide ? There are different definitions of Zionism for different people, yes. But in knowing the person who put this up (Tamar) , they meant the worst possible interpretation of Zionism: Ie a state that explicitly preferences Jewish people over non-Jews. She’s called for the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Gaza strip multiple times, explicitly saying they should kill everyone, “men, women, and children.”
I’m glad the wind blew it off.
Excellent idea.
Golly. You turn your head and speak nonsense when all you need to do is be quiet long enough to pay attention and listen.
Yet the photos of it while it was up will remain on and be circulated on the internet forever.
Progress, not perfection, my dear.
yep. never forget how ugly and ridiculous zionists are.
Good work folks. That’s the spirit. As Rutger Hauer said to Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
Honestly lasted longer than I expected
I guess tolerance and inclusion only extends to those who think the way I approve of.
My thoughts exactly!
That’s been the attitude of those who try to brand criticism of Israel’s policies as “anti-semitism” — intolerance breeds intolerance.
We’re so deep into this cycle in this country right now that I wonder how we’ll ever get out.
Especially with a federal administration that seems to relish exacerbating it.
The prior Mouthbreathing Administration funded it. Dontchaknow?
So the f’elon party?
Thank you for providing a real time example of what I am talking about.
Not everything needs to be a fight.
LL’s correct though. The ancient carcass of the Democratic party was afraid to find a spine with the likes of AIPAC, or even confirm what every American could see with there own eyes. Political power trump’s moral fiber. Look at the ADL’s brave stance against Musk’s Seig Hiel. They’re ready to call any criticism of the psychopath criminal Netanyahu anti semitic, but happy to go along with the ethnic cleansing of 2 million people to give Trump real estate, celebrated with a Nazi salute by a white South African.
Yes, the leadership across the political spectrum is selfish and short sighted.
Is suggest it’s because they’ve all learned that they can just keep their followers mindlessly enraged at the “other” and never have to deliver anything of significance that might require some personal sacrifice.
Because we all chose tribalism and bickering, “political leadership” has become a leisure sport for the gilded class to pursue their vanity in.
The country is just fine. Don’t even imagine that Humboldt politics are anything more than a mosquito fart in a tornado. The hard left mindset spins in the minds of maybe 20% of the country. Maybe???
Humboldt politics are fine, just the typical small town stuff.
It’s the national politics that are far from fine. And the fact that someone who routinely brings incendiary commentary is so quick to pretend that “it’s just them” is exactly what I’m talking about.
More worried about assigning teams and assigning blame than anything else. It’s a sad state of affairs.
People get bored, Dude.
Maybe we just had cheaper billboard real estate up here? Why didn’t she put the billboard up in Gaza? Teach those children who’s boss.
10% max…
[Edit: I missed this when you posted it. I allow free speech except when it comes from a place that seems dangerous and full of hate. Blaming Zionism for all terrorism fits that definition.–Kym]
Is Humboldt County grass roots media really independent?
https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1888080368441704598
That’s half a billion dollars from USAID through as small building one block off of the Arcata plaza.
“Zionism is the mother of all terrorism” is exactly the kind of mindless antisemitic statement that Zionists use to justify calling all criticism of Israel antisemitic. Stop making their arguments for them. Terrorism has existed since humans realized we could use terror as a weapon of war, you blaming that on an ideology that arose in the late 19th century?
Did you forget about thousands murdered in New York on 9-11?
I dare you to listen to this navyman’s story:
https:// rumble.com/v5yrhcz-candace-owens-uss-liberty.html
I dare you to read my comment before responding with an irrelevant conspiracy theory.
A half billion CIA Op suppressing free press around the world instead manipulating foreign internal politics, Color Revolutions, but we don’t see lefties marching on Internews Networks to drive them out of town
Zionist thought goes back into the late 1800’s. It’s when major Jewish Intellect’s put together the taking if the whole land, due to them by God of the Torah Don’t forget the middle East was being sliced up again by the winners of world war 2. Oil in the middle East? Saudi Arabia is a whore, Luke Egypt when in comes to selling out to the bigger whores. And they claim being Allah”s faithful. Money, money, take take it all , alllllllllll.allllll.all.
KymKemp is definitely independent
Try going into a bar and demanding tolerance and inclusion after insulting everyone!
Ahh yes liberals. They believe in freedom of speech until you say something they disagree with then they play victim, throw tantrums and try to silence and intimidate you.
Why can’t you imagine that most jews are liberal? Most Republicans are sickened by j6rs. They just didn’t have the balls to do something about it.
Wrong.
But at least they don’t engage in genocide and insist it’s God’s will. Maybe the billboard should have said ” Proud to be a Zionist land grabbing murderer”.
No. Instead of killing terrorists they promote the godless killing uf unborns which is actually genocide.
Everyday, twice on Sunday…and I keep it as godless and goddess as possible. Get those loogey- looking groups of cells outta here
Once again… most abortion care is to save a woman’s life and avoid sepsis after a miscarriage
Most people killed in Gaza were to save the lives of jews who Hamas has stated must be wiped from the face of the earth. Any way you try to justify it, abortion is cold blooded murder, just like the Hamas attack on Israel. The facts are clear. The pro Palestinian protesters are willing to vandalize and commit virtually any crime. They aren’t in any way pro peace.
So far it’s about 10 adults and 10 child Palestinians for each Israeli killed. That’s assuming Israeli casualties have even reached 4,000.
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Wrong, only a very small percentage of abortions are life saving related. Most abortions are just plain unwanted pregnancies.
Yeah, NO! Abortions, however you look at them at NOT ‘genocide’!
Unborn humans, unless only of one ethnicity, etc., do not qualify with any of the descriptions below.
From the moderate, Britannica dictionary:
‘genocide, the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race. The term, derived from the Greek genos (“race,” “tribe,” or “nation”) and the Latin cide (“killing”), was coined by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-born jurist who served as an adviser to the U.S. Department of War during World War II‘
https://www.britannica.com/topic/genocide
Margaret Sanger founded planned parenthood to “cull” the black population. That sounds like genocide to me .?
this is from the planned parenthood website:
“Sanger also believed in eugenics — an inherently racist and ableist ideology that labeled
certain people unfit to have children. Eugenics is the theory that society can be improved
through planned breeding for “desirable traits” like intelligence and industriousness.
Margaret Sanger was so intent on her mission to advocate for birth control that she chose
to align herself with ideologies and organizations that were explicitly ableist and white
supremacist. In doing so, she undermined reproductive freedom and caused irreparable
damage to the health and lives of generations of Black people, Latino people, Indigenous
people, immigrants, people with disabilities, people with low incomes, and many others.”
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/cc/2e/cc2e84f2-126f-41a5-a24b-43e093c47b2c/210414-sanger-opposition-claims-p01.pdf
A quote from Sanger: “ We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population. “
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/html-attachments/3fff28a62fa27bd08725850b007cb68e__hearing_summary/20HouseState0211AttachF.pdf
more quotes at the Colorado.gov website too much to post here and not relevant to the article, but I felt you might want to educate yourself.
Thanks. I plan to look into that.
As we know, organizations are often formed with various objectives, then they become better or worse (often the latter) from the initial aspirations.
In the case of Planned Parenthood it has been a vital organization, serving the needs of many, without consequential regard to race or even economic status. So, without regard to history, my earlier comment stands.
So pony up the money to put your point of view on a billboard.
Maybe that is what didn’t happen as promised…
One rip off leads to another…
nope lets not financially compete to mar the landscape with big ugly antagonistic billboards.
But didn’t they murder over a thousand innocent women and children at a festival in October? I may have gotten that wrong but that doesn’t sound like a very nice thing to do, Genocide?
Not really
https://youtu.be/iWoP3EZM6A0?si=iweC-Z1ju_Yak0V8
None of this happened in a vacuum. The festival was an IDF aged audience, at a strange place to permit a festival in hindsight. The balance of the casualties were settler families and IDF, who fought and killed a couple thousand Hamas.
You can see in the footage the perpetrators of October 7 essentially broke out of a prison to stage the attack.
When Trump stands next to Netanyahu and says he want to relocate the 2 million people in Gaza and make a resort you have to wonder what was the plan all along.
Genocide and manifest destiny
Settler families were not the ones killed on Oct 7, unless you’re considering all Israeli families to be settler families. According to the UN, international law, and the Palestinian Authority, settlers are those who are illegally residing in the West Bank, which is not where the Oct 7 attack was. Most of the Israeli communities attacked on Oct 7 were leftist border communities, which is partly why the far right government abandoned them and decided to wage a campaign of genocidal revenge instead of immediately negotiating for the release of hostages.
“IDF aged” meaning what exactly? It was an adult-aged electronic music desert fest not unlike EDC or something held in the US or elsewhere in the world, often in “strange” places. Have you never been to a desert party in your college age years? They aren’t exactly held in your backyard. This was a large sponsored holiday event.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-flee-rocket-and-gunfire-at-all-night-desert-nature-party-dozens-missing/
Let’s not forget the gang rapes of women concert goers.
I’m sorry but if it had been someone in my family that was gang raped, your only safety is that the PD get to you before I do.
All those folks partying next to the concentration camp were IDF or had served in IDF. No evidence at all of any rapes on 10/7 either. Mainstream news is not your friend.
That is blatantly wrong. “A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7.
Relying on video footage, photographs, GPS data from mobile phones and interviews with more than 150 people, including witnesses, medical personnel, soldiers and rape counselors, The Times identified at least seven locations where Israeli women and girls appear to have been sexually assaulted or mutilated.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html See the UN’s report here also. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15621.doc.htm
It wasn’t just the women that were sexually assaulted. Many of the men were as well. This coming from a organization that kills gay people for being gay. In Iran they throw people off a multi-story building because they are gay. In parts of the middle east is a woman reports being raped they imprison her for adultery if the person raping her was not her husband. Yea Isreal is the bad guy here.
It is absolutely possible to be the victim in one circumstance and the victimizer in another. I think Israel and Hamas fall into both those categories.
I respectfully disagree, and provide this link for the reasons why. There are links within this one to further articles which challenge the narrative you support.
Israel still can’t find any 7 October rape victims, prosecutor admits
That’s certainly a good piece of evidence. And it does make me question. Here’s a good starting to point to get an idea of the variety of accusations of sexual assault. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violence_in_the_October_7_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel
Thanks for that link, Kym. I appreciate your willingness to question. Have to admit to being surprised that such a comprehensive and critical accounting is posted on Wikileaks.
The charges of “Beheaded Babies” and “Systemic Rape” are what The Electronic Intifada calls “atrocity propaganda.” These Big Lies, were fabricated to create support for Israel’s 17 month and ongoing Genocide of Palestinians–50,000 dead (not counting those rotting under rubble of bombed-out homes, schools, hospitals, tents; there could be as many as 200,000 dead according to UK respected medical journal The Lancet’s metrics.
You forgot to link your evidence.
Wow is all I have to say millennials without a cause, not only are you bordering on neo nazi rhetoric but presenting such a morally righteous and judgmental stance that I am just without words. I know that a lot of you live in a redwood encrusted bubble up there but we are still in the United States. The largest purveyor of genocide since hitler you know the madman whose views on the disgust and destruction of the Jews you have aligned with. The US has wiped out more Gazas than anyone since world war 2. That is why people are pushing back with Zionist propaganda because throughout history people have tripped over themselves to demonize the Jews. Is anyone at HSU protesting Russia, Pakistan, China etc for their current crimes against humanity ? I doubt it, better to go after the devil you know right. And that’s the problem most of these students have no concept of the history of these countries. of the day by day back and forth for 75 years there. The constant bombardment from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lybia, Iraq, Iran, and Palestine.The countless Israeli school children blown up on buses sniper attacks and rockets. The constant fear and violence. And let me put this out there I am anti war and anti genocide wanting peace and responsibility from both sides. Wanting civilian Palestinians to be protected. There is no denying that what happened there is wrong. But these extremist views and hate speech coming from one of the most liberal capitals of the country is disturbing and insane. Some of these students were born after 911 their entire life was in the span of Americas longest war. The most easily ignored war in history but like most of our conflicts since the late seventies it was against Islamic extremists. No one’s referencing any of that it’s only Israel right . To kill hundreds of thousands for political and petroleum gain is alright but not for the survival of a whole race of historically bullied peoples. And if you feel so strongly about this go to Gaza and stand in front of a tank, go tell the Jews what you think of them instead of so confidently cowering behind your child slave mine phone. I mean the people you are trying to protect will immediately murder you because newsflash they hate Americans just as much as Israelis. And if your a woman a little boy, trans, or a homosexual you will also be killed or raped. Oh wait sorry no rapes occurred I forgot. I think that the billboard was a little strange and out of place but I think that this communities response was much more offensive and racist. You re in a bubble that is #stopthegenocide but can’t even see the fascist undertones that come from trying to silence and vilify a minority group
It’s not even comparable, but would a trance dance MDMA music festival be a good idea right up next to Corcoran, or Susanville-High Desert? If those prisons were full of 2 million displaced angry people?
I pointed out the obvious that the music fest was not “Women and Children” it was young men and women, and yes, it was a strategic target for Hamas in that EVERYBODY except Hasidic Jews serve in the IDF for a few years after turning 18.
The Biden Administration* was leftist they and were funding the genocide.
Whatcha got now?
Yes, and
anerikkka can be terrible too. Stop being naive
This is why we shouldn’t support netanyahu/trump’s manifest destiny. Israelis en masse want netanyahu gone. Just like trump, he’s a war criminal that many of his own citizens tried to lawfully remove. Just like the syphilitic mango herpes dictator/ elons cockholster,he refuses to go tf away
Are you high?
Recent polls show that 80% of Jewish Israelis support this genocide, American funded mass slaughter or indigenous peoples on their land. Wake up to the real state of Israel. Just like the state of America. We deserve Trump. He represents the colonial mentality of our failing State in a very transparent manner. Get ready for the demise of both nations. It’s a coming!
how many Hassidic support this? Is there any jew other than an orthodox jew?
great
They curse, scream, flip people off and physically attack those who don’t share their views. Hypocrites!
This is the community we live in.
You got that right. You sound like you may be happier somewhere else among your Own” people? Ive never seen a positive comment about humboldt from you. Why would you live somewhere that makes you so miserable?
Hey, the J6 thing is settled. Get over it.
OMG, victim? Who in the history of national politics has ever whined victim any where remotely to the extent, in all of the galaxy, on all coexisting multiverse possible timelines?
This comment is so disconnected no amount of outloud read sarcastic tone can make it even comically plausible. Holy shit
Because we’re the ammosexuals? Yall are so pretzel-twist ?confused
Also…. Get real… like Jesus would own guns and vote republican
Well if you’re the son part of the Trinity of the Creator you can use whole planets, shift time, lightning bolts or whatever to get your point across.
Actually, probably yes. Read “Zealot” by Reza Azlon, an historical perspective on the political history in the Levant around Jesus of Nazareth’s time. The stories of the homeless kid from the sticks have been embellished over time, especially by Paul’s mystical fantasies created to try and popularize the religion in Southern Europe 300 years later.
J-Naz was likely more militant than he’s given credit for. He was elevated to leader of a rebellious sect after a certain Joseph was executed on the road into town. The group was famous for an attempt to kick the priests out of the temple for hosting a flea market of sorts, selling sacrificial tributes. These Jewish priests were an extension of kind of a “Coalition Authority” granted power by the occupying Romans. Not popular, but go against them and you get crucified as a warning to the rest of the population.
Jesus would probably be nauseated at the the amount of people who wear crosses as some kind of body adornment.
Vandalism is wrong, and the situation shouldn’t have been handled like this. But I’m glad it’s gone. It did nothing to promote meaningful dialogue or to bring about a peaceful solution.
On a side note: It would be great to see all the billboards come down.
The natural beauty is one of the best things about this region and is one of the things that supports brings the tourists that support our economy.
Why pollute the views with these eyesores?
Windmills too, pollute the views ?
I don’t think they are zionist, I think your Karen’s. And what religion doesn’t know the Bible says thou sall not kill. It doesn’t say it’s ok to kill if your jewish.
Depends on which part of the Bible you’re reading — many religious Zionists and Jewish nationalists believe God gave them the land with license to destroy anyone in the way.
Yes same for the Muslims of the region.
do you mean the Koran, or the old testament ?
Sure. You didn’t notice ANYTHING that HINTED at Zionism from the billboard message?
if he billboard was placed 20 miles in the ocean it could have had an extended stay.
If you are referring to the currently proposed offshore power generating windmills, they will be too far out to be visible from shore… 🙂
Exactly, I thought I said that clearly.
False
This is the same liberal logic that says it’s ok to dump your rubbish into the ocean. Because “can’t see it from my house” ??♂️
But, they do kill some seagulls for crab food!
Cancel culture
Money, of course. That one looks to be in a rancher’s pasture so he’s collecting rent.
That parcel and the others around it are owned by a particular cattle owner.
Yay
Kamala taught you something. +1 for her
Is that you Kamala?
It’s a Sky-Gods Battle !!!
This horrific pro-genocide propaganda piece was meant to be destroyed. Happy to read the Pro-Gen camp spent over $42K only to piss off Humboldt County citizenry for 4 days.
So much for the 1st Amendment.
So funny when anti-American special interests throw tantrums and beat up on each other. Just cast them all on a desert island and call it a day.
Good Riddance. Ehhh ?
Now these billboards people can play the victim. Brought to you by Tesla. Maker off the Swatikar.
I thought we learned from this hate happening years ago. Guess not, we’re doomed to repeat it…
You mean like when in Deuteronomy in which the Israelite God, Yahweh, commanded the Israelites to utterly destroy idolaters whose land they sought to reserve for the worship of their deity (Deut 7:2, 16, and 20:16–17)
According to Deuteronomy 7, God commands Israel to exterminate the indigenous population of Canaan. It’s still happening…centuries of this BS because of irrational belief in a holy ghost.
Remind us who the Nazis are again?
Y’all are
We all know that only liberals can have an opinion or make a statement. Those that have an opposing opinion or idea will be victims of vandalism such as this. What ever happened to free speech? Oh yea, it only applies to the liberals.
The billboard engaged in free speech. The popular public has raised their rebuttal. Seems like freedom of expression is working just fine.
The choice to make a statement consistent with what you feel, freedom of speech, was taken down by someone that didn’t like their ability to speak freely. If it was a pro liberal statement would you want it taken down because someone didn’t agree with you?
Well at least they left the CHAINSAWS at home
Ha ha! That was great! Those unknown people are still my heroes….
I was thinking the same. At least the vandals didn’t destroy the property of the sign company in the process.
The best news ever. Thank you to whoever did this. Free Palestine!
From the liver to the knee…..
Here’s a perfect example of the hypocritical and inclusive left…Arrests should be made for criminal trespass and destruction of property. Replace the sign and protect it with security volunteers.
i wish i still lived in a world where vegans were the most annoying radicals.
now the whole world is pissing it’s issues in our local scene
There’s a reason: location, location, location. Unless you take Old Arcata Rd or Samoa Blvd or maybe even South G, you MUST go past it when coming from Cal Poly. Why not have a giant dissenting billboard at the place that made news in the various university Pali protests? Right were they can’t avoid seeing the message unless they purposely travel a different route. Or cover their eyes.
However this isn’t the first billboard the same group has put up. One further south near L.A was replaced by UnityLab who put up several Free Gaza billboards across the country. One of them in West Virginia. Yeah…go figure.
This one may be gone, but it’s already viral online where it’ll reside until the end of the internet.
I wonder what will replace it?
Nice pedophile name you have there
You have a nice name for [edit-Kym]
You chose the name of an organization that most would consider pedophile in concept. And Boffin chose a name that is British slang for someone doing technical or scientific research and development. I think Boffin isn’t being insulting just pointing out reality. You on the other hand are.
Not anything by your group.
So great
I am not surprised. I am personally happy with the act. And, yes, I recognize the challenge to free speech that tearing the sign down poses. It is a good sign, so to speak, these days, to see that protests of many kinds are active. We need that if we are to salvage the best parts of our country’s work to push back on the forces of power, wealth and cultural destruction arrayed against the people’s interests.
After what Israel did to the Palestinians, I am challenged to have any sympathy for any one of them who does not condemn their government’s action…. like I condemn my country’s part in the GENOCIDE!
Let’s hope the woman/ messenger, who glamorized herself as worthy of a billboard (could have done it without her image, or such a provocative message) has second thoughts, to find a more productive way to engage the community.
Good! Glad to see somebody has the gusto anymore! There used to be a group called TIA ( Truth In Advertising) and they would go around altering offensive billboards by excellently pasting in words or covering words to change the message. They were extremely funny, professional-grade pranksters. Sometimes the new message would remain for months while people had to process the altered message. Hilarious and educational!! Wished that would happen here but Hey- urgency sometimes leads to less intellectual expression …and ripping that crap down is cool too. At least somebody did something and Thank You!
Tep, better to have no message then to have a message of hate, contention.
So Free Speech is limited to only You who agree with Your short lived & short sighted realities of ‘Palestine’? – For 3000 years plus that region was known as Judea…Check with Roman Empire documentation. Wake up. -C-
Ah yes the Romans! They used a type of “billboard” on the way in and out of town to get a-cross political messaging.
The Kingdom of Israel ceased to exist over 2,500 years ago — only Zionist zealots and idiots believe it provides continuity and justification for the modern day state of Israel which was created by military conquest driven by a deliberate campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing — but keep parroting the creation myths for the nation of Israel if it makes you feel better.
I think we’ve almost solved this issue just a few more comments and then we’ve got it.
Ha ha ha!!!
It is amazing how so many nowadays turn a blind to genocide, worse ,how so many actually cheer it on, or delight in watching babies, children, and civilians slaughtered relentlessly for more than a year, all televised and proudly claimed…
it’s down to the ‘or barbarism’ part
we are all Palestinians now
goddess help us all
And people wonder how trump got elected?? Clear cowards who lack courage and have to creep out under the cloak of darkness. Hey you dumb princesses, the more cowardly you behave, the more average Joe’s will turn to trump. Get a grip, wake up and smell the coffee.
I’d wager the cowards were wearing masks and hoodies. We’re at war Scott with leftist lunatics.
look in the mirror for the ‘lunatic…’
killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing
and still not safe eh?
You’ll never know when or where lunatic…
Time to Weird Up!
Your war against liberals includes carrying water for a rich SoCal lady?
You’re even more delusional.
I knew someone would beat me to it!! Good riddens! Religious Zionism don’t go round here, ya heard!
[Edit: nope] Problem solved.
I said this back at the time of the Hamas attack. Don’t choose a side and take them both out. My comment was censored! Oh well…it was a simple solution but brutal. And I am not complaining but interested in the fluidity of the line where comments get allowed or banned. Still the most liberal (accepting of different views) comments section right here so I’m grateful…
Went to bed at 3:30. Got up and ran to my mom’s to help her get ready for church. Got home started tackling shit. Just see this comment. There…that’s the fluidity of an extremely small website’s comment moderation.
I’m not religious and apolitical. The people that did this probably would tear down the billboard with just a photo of a US flag waving, without any text. Your viewpoint is the only one that matters is not how the world works.
???? To whomever tore it down!
“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”…
When it comes to a billboard that provacative…
“What goes up, must come down.”…
Oy vey!
“Two petitions were launched in an attempt to remove the billboards through a formal process, but ultimately, neither were needed.”
As it turns out, the billboard was subject to “
appeal”…Thank you for covering this. There has been lively discourse on NextDoor about the billboard.
A huge thank you to whoever tore it down. This is free speech in action. You can say whatever fucked up shit you want and we can respond
So destroying property is a valid response to speech you oppose. So what is next, key their car, brick through a window, punch a nazi? So can the nazi punch back? Tit-for-tat is what got them into the mess that the billboard was a reference to. Doing whatever the hell you feel like does not lead to a productive society.
What “productive” society are you referring to? This society produces nothing.
Good job “)
Put up another sign and protect this one from vandals.
I heard it was just really windy that night. We gonna arrest nature now?
Why do so many Americans have such stong opinions about things that they know nothing about. If you have not lived in the Levant, Do not speak Hebrew or Arabic, nor have a formal education in the history of the region, please do the entire world a favor by sitting the fuck down and shutting the fuck up.
The suppressors of free speech are at it again.
So much for free speech in the People’s Republic.
A 300 pound Episcopal American President foaming at the mouth with Zionism aims to crackdown on anti-Christian bias.
Got it.
good riddance.
That’s what she gets bringing her “prouder” to JeezCountry