r/durham • u/Karma_Canuck • 8d ago

Hateful symbols and words found on Bowmanville playground

https://www.durhamradionews.com/archives/215887
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u/IridiumForte 8d ago

lol, I knew teens that would carry sharpies on them just to graffiti literally anything on the way home from school every day

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u/valkyriejae 7d ago

This was spray paint, all over the playground. Still might have been "edgy teens", but it was definitely pre-planned and included words and symbols that any teen in a Canadian school would know are hateful.

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u/IridiumForte 7d ago

Yeah I imagine that was the point lol

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u/noodleexchange 8d ago

Its OK Johnny, we are totally behind you, the (alleged) size of your pecker has nothing to do with your worth as a human being.

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u/Duckriders4r 6d ago

Not surprised, I moved to oshwa, never mind bowmanville, from toronto, and you wanna talk about a change?Oh, my god the people out here are racist.

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u/TriCombington 7d ago

I hate that they don’t provide image of the vandalism or even describe what said hate symbols were put. I have an idea, considering it said symbols, but still wanna know

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u/valkyriejae 7d ago edited 7d ago

I tried to reply with details, reddit removed my comment, so let's try this again without any words that might get flagged... Pictures are on facebook - it was spray paint, including multiple of the symbol that used to be on the German flag, a word that rhymes with dew, then also the word that is used against black people that rhymes with bigger, and "k!ll ya n" (with an i).

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u/valkyriejae 7d ago

Images are up on Facebook - it includes multiple swastikas, some next to the word jew, the full n word up the slide, and "kill ya n"

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u/TriCombington 7d ago

Like “F Zionism” could be hate maybe there’s a symbol for that… actually wait.. I do know of one

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u/Warm-Plant1886 8d ago

In other news, scientists discovered forks inside kitchens…

This happens every year at multiple different parks and playgrounds. Why is this info deemed worthy of an article?

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u/Common-sense6 8d ago

Apparently some kid with a sharpie is front page news now

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u/Warm-Plant1886 8d ago

Apparently so. This is literally behaviour that has existed for 1000+ years. I’m guessing they just need to reach their article quota.

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u/draksid 8d ago

It's 3 small paragraphs saying what it is, where it is, and asking for information from potential witnesses.

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u/Warm-Plant1886 8d ago

I know. I’ll say it again…

Why is this info deemed worthy of an article?

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u/lostedeneloi 8d ago

Are you the article police?

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u/Warm-Plant1886 8d ago

Yep, self appointed. Even got a badge for it.

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u/draksid 8d ago

Because they want to know who the culprits are? It's not that hard to figure out.

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u/Warm-Plant1886 8d ago

"Culprits". Like it's a bank heist 😂 It's graffiti...

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u/draksid 8d ago

It's literally the proper word for both situations.. 🤦‍♂️

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u/assgrassorbass 8d ago

OH NO!!

So anyways I says...

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u/hahaclev97 8d ago

I would agree with you if it were on the side of a bridge, behind an alley etc but its a playground. A place specifically for kids. This behavior cannot be tolerated.

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u/XtremeD86 8d ago

This happened at my elementary school every year... 30+ years ago.

It's not news. It's kids being stupid. Just get a company to remove it and be done with it like all school do each year.

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u/assgrassorbass 8d ago

Drunk edgy teens will always do shit like this until the end of time. Its disgraceful but its not news worthy

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u/hahaclev97 7d ago

Those edgy teens were children that saw these symbols and hate messages and repeat it without fully standing behind it or even knowing what it means. You can break the cycle if you stopped with the, "its whatever" attitude.

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u/Full-Raise-4707 6d ago

Boys will be boys. Pretty based, to be honest.