{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-jimmy-mathis-show.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fstop-calling-vandalism-art-owr4agVg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Stop Calling Vandalism “Art”","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8700259c-0199-4c2b-a7fa-9558d9b16645/32fd62d6-39da-4021-b2b1-9b03955fea9b/jimmy-20mathis-20show-20graffiti-20art.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"This episode says what politicians won’t.\nGraffiti is not art. It is vandalism—and it is destroying cities from the ground up.\nAfter living in the city for years and watching it firsthand, this episode dismantles the lie that tagging is “culture” or “expression.” Homes, small businesses, and entire neighborhoods are being damaged while city leaders refuse to enforce the law. Buildings are repeatedly tagged, insurance costs skyrocket, storefronts shut down, banks close, and residents are told to accept chaos as normal.\nThis is not abstract policy talk. This is real life: stolen cars, broken windows, locked shelves at pharmacies, boarded-up businesses, and communities in decline. Quality of life matters—and when it collapses, everything else follows.\nThere is no confusion here. Murals are art. Tagging someone else’s property is a crime. Period.\nIf someone tags your home or business, should they be arrested? That’s the question driving this episode—and the answer isn’t complicated.\nNo spin. No political cover. No excuses.\nEnforce the law. Protect property. Restore order.\nThe Jimmy Mathis Show — Indoctrinating Common Sense.\n"}