# The Clown Show is coming to town **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 16, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785 "2017-08-16T12:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/21 "2017-08-16T20:41:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > … > Neo-Nazi loudmouth Christopher Cantwell, _after_ finding out that the cops are looking for him: > [https://youtu.be/lyeTj002DCo](https://youtu.be/lyeTj002DCo) I only made it 1-1/2 minutes in before I had to turn that blubbering cry-baby off. What a piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/22 "2017-08-16T21:35:47Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > … > And good luck with them finding any actual “Marxists” to be “anti,” because the last time I saw one of those was long about 1975. What if everyone got a cheap suit and giant moustache, like Groucho Marx? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/23 "2017-08-16T21:37:02Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I agree about the shame and humiliation. It’s just hard to get tempers down once people have started dying. This. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/24 "2017-08-16T21:39:12Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Laying in bed this morning and thought; > > I’d like to get well ahead of them, then when they’re about a block away, step on a soap box and using my outdoor voice; > > "Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages! Get ready for America’s favorite family fun activity! DOX THE NAZI! As our nazi marchers grow closer, please bring out your cameras and be sure to get really good pictures of all of their faces. Share these on social media and with the news media! See these human scum get fired from their jobs, shunned and humiliated by their family and friends! A fun and patriotic activity that will have you and your friends laughing for years to come! > > Now folks, as they approach, remember, no violence. Don’t threaten them, don’t throw things, don’t hit them. Just take lots and lots of pictures of these idiots and be sure to share them with the public! > > LET’S ALL PLAY DOX THE NAZI!!!" I like that. Document them, put them all over the internet, share them wit the cops, and then sit back and watch the arrest warrants and job losses that follow. Mmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/25 "2017-08-16T21:40:22Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I only made it 1-1/2 minutes in before I had to turn that blubbering cry-baby off. What a piece of shit. That is the master race? That is the great warrior of the Eternal Struggle? Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/26 "2017-08-16T21:54:30Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I saw **Clown Show**. My first thought was that this would involve a Presidential Motorcade. Dressing as der Blubber might be the best clown to cosplay. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/27 "2017-08-16T22:32:13Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > That is the master race? That is the great warrior of the Eternal Struggle? Pathetic. I am reminded of this panel from _Preacher_: [QUOTE=Jesse Custer, to an inbred hick Klansman] Why is it that the greatest champions of the white race are always the worst examples? _You!_ _Where the fuck is your chin?_ [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/28 "2017-08-16T22:54:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Neo-Nazi loudmouth Christopher Cantwell, _before_ finding out that the cops are looking for him: > [https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg?t=1148](https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg?t=1148) > > Neo-Nazi loudmouth Christopher Cantwell, _after_ finding out that the cops are looking for him: > [https://youtu.be/lyeTj002DCo](https://youtu.be/lyeTj002DCo) Awww… who’s a precious nazi snowflake? You are Chrissy! Yes you are, you blubbering fascist ass-wipe. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/29 "2017-08-16T23:11:25Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Alright now, clowning the Nazi would actually work. Ridicule not violence. But, let’s get real. People don’t want to clown they want to fight. It’s more exciting. I hate clowns. But you may be onto something here. Have protesters show up to neo-nazi rallies dressed as clowns. In fact, no need for a full on clown suit. Just a red foam nose on every protester. The occasional water squirting flower and buckets full of confetti. That and an antifa [clown cavalry](https://www.windstarembroidery.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=1262). ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/30 "2017-08-16T23:13:50Z")
Ehh, I dunno. Clowns and humiliation tactics might send a message that we don’t take their views seriously, but that’s sort of a double edged sword, in that it may also express that we don’t take the threat they pose seriously. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/31 "2017-08-16T23:26:54Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Ehh, I dunno. Clowns and humiliation tactics might send a message that we don’t take their views seriously, but that’s sort of a double edged sword, in that it may also express that we don’t take the threat they pose seriously. The main goal would be to reduce the macho appeal of being one of these dickless wonders - the reason we’re seeing them at all is that the Nazi in Chief emboldened them and made them think they were cool; we need to decoolify them by reminding people that they are a batch of little freaks who should be ashamed of themselves. There _is_ a risk that they’ll get angry at the shaming and attack, though. So it would best if the manbabies were outnumered five to one or so before you gave them the kazoo. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/32 "2017-08-16T23:34:08Z")
Those antifa cavalry horses are actually sticks to help drive the point home. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/33 "2017-08-16T23:36:55Z")
Play [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HV1B2CpAaQ) really loud as they approach and scream ‘Look at the clowns!’ and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/34 "2017-08-16T23:39:51Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Neo-Nazi loudmouth Christopher Cantwell, _before_ finding out that the cops are looking for him: > [https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg?t=1148](https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg?t=1148) > > Neo-Nazi loudmouth Christopher Cantwell, _after_ finding out that the cops are looking for him: > [https://youtu.be/lyeTj002DCo](https://youtu.be/lyeTj002DCo) OK, I’m not understanding why Goober “I Got Guns” Shit-Pyle would record himself blubbering like a fool and post it to the Internet? Was this meant to go to someone directly, but it got leaked or something? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/35 "2017-08-16T23:43:51Z")
Eh, hoping it shows ‘remorse’ I would guess, for the purposes of his trial and sentencing. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/36 "2017-08-16T23:51:06Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > The main goal would be to reduce the macho appeal of being one of these dickless wonders - the reason we’re seeing them at all is that the Nazi in Chief emboldened them and made them think they were cool; we need to decoolify them by reminding people that they are a batch of little freaks who should be ashamed of themselves. That second video I linked should help a bit with that – that sniveling little punk is about as un-cool as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/37 "2017-08-17T01:13:04Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > The only thing better than a tuba would be kazoos - and anyone can play a kazoo. Imagine the hate-mongers facing a crowd of peaceful people playing Ride of the Valkyries on kazoo … badly. I’d suggest Fucik’s Entrance of the Gladiators as the next tune on the massed kazoo playlist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/38 "2017-08-17T01:23:36Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > OK, I’m not understanding why Goober “I Got Guns” Shit-Pyle would record himself blubbering like a fool and post it to the Internet? Was this meant to go to someone directly, but it got leaked or something? Apparently it was a “P-p-p-lease don’t hurt me!” message to the police in particular and the public in general. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/39 "2017-08-17T03:21:16Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Alright now, clowning the Nazi would actually work. Ridicule not violence. But, let’s get real. People don’t want to clown they want to fight. It’s more exciting. SOME people want to fight, it’s true. Yet there are plenty of pacifists, peaceniks, conscientious objectors, flower children, etc. out there; I am one but far from alone. (Isn’t it interesting how all those terms related to non-violent resistance are associated with leftist political views? Wonder why that is.) . ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785/40 "2017-08-17T04:30:25Z")
Would we be talking about playing tubas and kazoos if this were ISIS organizing in American cities, with ethnic cleansing on their lips, driving cars into crowds of people, chanting '“Christians won’t replace us,” talking about how caucasians are pigs that have destroyed this country? If you’re a black person, a Jewish person, a Muslim person, a gay person, a Latino, a white person with a soul, etc.-- how are these Nazi/KKK/white supremacist terrorists any less of a direct threat than ISIS? They’re actually here, in our cities; organized; armed, willing to fight, die, and kill; and becoming more bold with every passing day under a Trump presidency. Oh, I get it, we’re Americans, these people are American citizens, we and they have rights and freedoms and we’re supposed to be polite. But just what if there were American-born ISIS activists organizing in cities around the country right now-- saying the exact same things these Nazi fucks are saying, but about whites and Christians? At what point does physically stopping these shitbird terrorists from acting and growing become acceptable? What happens when the president of the United States emboldens domestic terrorists who are currently organizing _against American citizens?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clown-show-is-coming-to-town/793785.md?page=3)