Melbourne’s iconic, if not run down, Nylex Clock has become the latest landmark in the Victorian capital to be targeted by dumbfuck Nazis and their deeply shitty graffiti tags.
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The iconic clock, which rests atop old silo buildings in the inner-city suburbs of Cremorne, has reportedly been targeted by Nazi vandals at some point over the past little while, with several swastikas and other Nazi references painted on the very upper edge of the silo building itself.
3AW reported the Nazi graffiti earlier this morning, with a caller suggesting that the offending symbols had been up there for “four or five days now.”
However social media evidence suggests the symbols have been present on the building for at least 6 weeks, with the earliest appearance of the present in an Instagram photo from September 9th.
In total, around 8 large swastikas are said to be visible on the building directly beneath the Nylex clock. Instances of the Nazi number 1488 are also reportedly visible on the building.
Despite the tags being present for well over a month, building owners Caydon Property Group – who are pushing ahead with a highly controversial plan to raze the silos and develop a high-end retail and hotel building on the site – are only just now moving to cover up and remove them.
Speaking to The Age, Caydon representatives stated that they were “aware of and disgusted that vandals have graffitied parts of the Nylex site with swastikas.” They issued a promise to remove the tags as soon as possible.
It’s been said probably millions of times by now but in the strongest terms possible we must repeat:
Nazi scum fuck off.
