Clowns kick KKK Asses

[Qutzupalotl]

(From Sept. 3, 2007)

Here’s an excellent example of pwnage: when the white supremacist group VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK tried to host a hate rally in Knoxville, Tennessee, they were foiled by … clowns!

Unfortunately for the 100th ARA (Anti Racist Action) clown block came and handed them their asses by making them appear like the asses they were.

Alex Linder the founder of VNN and the lead organizer of the rally kicked off events by rushing the clowns in a fit of rage, and was promptly arrested by 4 Knoxville police officers who dropped him to the ground when he resisted and dragged him off past the red shiny shoes of the clowns.

“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.

“White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily.

more at link:
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/03/clowns-kicked-kkk-asses/

[xchrom]

1. ...

:woohoo:

[annabanana]

2. brilliant!

BEST response to them possible.

[Occulus]

32. I should add that handy SPLC map up here near the top

Find out where these hate groups are. They're probably closer than you think.

SPLC Hate Group Map

[classof56]

83. Thanks for posting this.

Just checked it out and indeed, they are closer than I'd care them to be, not to mention more than I'd thought. Ugh!

Blessings.

[1monster]

103. Ohmygod! There are two of them in my small town!! Sigh.

[TheEuclideanOne]

105. I hate to scare you, but there are probably a whole lot more hate groups in your neighborhood

I noticed that they did not include any of the Republican organizations in their list.

[1monster]

107. Yes, but I am aware of the Republicans. They are not completely irredeemable. They did

refuse to send Randall Terry to Congress when he handpicked our district in order to run for Congress.

He was overwhelmingly defeated.

[Curtland1015]

3. Effing AWESOME.

Bravo clowns!

[RandomThoughts]

4. That is so awesome.

Dispel the fear and hate. with laughter and light.

[hootinholler]

5. There's a you tube of a different rally they went to.

These guys are teh bomb!

-Hoot

[EFerrari]

6. LOL! Perfect.

:rofl:

[Uzybone]

7. wonderful

[peacetalksforall]

8. Bravo!!!!!!!. Stellar!!!!!!!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. Beautiful.

*nosehonk*

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I am so rec'ing this.

[GrantDem]

11. LMAO

Very nice :)

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Some of the comments are disgusting, however.

Not surprised, though.

[csziggy]

26. Bust some of the comments are brilliant

Sammy
September 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm

“Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them–and by laughing at them destroy them?

For your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon–laughter. Power, Money, Persuasion, Supplication, Persecution–these can lift at a colossal humbug,–push it a little– crowd it a little–weaken it a little, century by century: but only Laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast.

Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand.”

-Mark Twain

[Union Yes]

13. I think I see Stinky in that pic!

:rofl:

[azmouse]

14. That should be the way every community handles the KKK!

I love it!

[left is right]

30. this is a good way to handle the KKK

nothing works quite as well as ridicule. Lacking any ability to be funny, however, I always thought it would be effective to have churches working together to throw a massive public picnic on rally day on the other side of town with free food, face painting, softball games, etc would also be effective. I never got to test that theory

[Seldona]

15. Great group.

I wouldn't mind joining them at their rallies. That was awesome!

[G_j]

16. well done!

... Rwingers certainly aren't capable of thinking with this kind of creatively and humor.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

17. The only way to deal with clowns

is MORE CLOWNS and LOTS OF LOVE!!

Bad clowns are notoriously short on humor, but, I think that's because they're just ::: sigh ::: looking for love ........................

[Strong Atheist]

97. You might enjoy this:

http://www.frumpy.com/frumpy/archives.html

[Tangerine LaBamba]

98. Where did you find THIS?

I've read just the first week, and I'm hooked. Totally hooked.

And delighted.

Thank you SO much!!!!

:yourock:

[Strong Atheist]

101. It is better when you can actually see them ( in the books), and

Barry Ween, Boy Genius is MUCH, MUCH better than Frumpy (by book four, it takes a bit to get started..). The problem is, Barry Ween is X-rated for language (not for pictures, strangely enough).

http://www.frumpy.com/


I love comics and scifi and fantasy and games, so I found it through the comic shop...

[livvy]

100. Those are really funny! I love Frumpy! n/t

[MineralMan]

18. Pranking at its very best.

I salute them.

[malaise]

19. Freaking hilarious

K & R

[MrMickeysMom]

20. Man, send in the fucking clowns!

I can't think of a more brilliant move than that!

:applause: :+ :applause: :+ :applause: :+ :applause: :+ :applause: :+ :applause: :+ :applause: :+ :applause: :+

[Historic NY]

21. Seriously see through gowns. Where's their fashion sense?

[AsahinaKimi]

22. I would love to see this on Video...

Totally brilliant.. awesome.
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[IDemo]

23. -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGOdH1js1co

[dmr]

57. Loved the sign "KKKowards" n/t

The hate leaves me speechless.

[PA Democrat]

75. Holy shit, that speaker at the end of the video said KKK members who are on the Knoxville police

provided him with information a murder case which the KKK is using to push their agenda of hate.

While I'm not surprised that there would be cops who are members of the KKK, it sends chills down my spine to hear it publicly acknowledged.

[TlalocW]

24. I did something similar with Fred Phelps several years back

I was relatively new in town so I didn't know anyone else who would be willing to come out with me.

http://colddaypontooning.blogspot.com/2007/04/fun-with-fred-phelps.html

This was much better. It's amazing what clowns can do in large groups.

TlalocW

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

37. Kudos on the flaming torches!

Juggling and the weird smile--what a great combination to unnerve the Phelps troglodytes.

[barbtries]

78. great blog post

thanks for sharing, and for doing your part to overcome hate with love.

[ColbertWatcher]

25. From 2007!? This is the first I've heard of it! Thank you for posting! k+r, n/t

[Sultana]

27. LOL, fucking BRILLIANT!

:headbang: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :headbang:

[left is right]

28. Heros in clown white face make-up

and white tutus

[proteus_lives]

29. Good for them!

These are one group of clown that don't scare the crap out of me.

[Confusious]

31. F-U-C-K-I-N-G awsome!

[BlooInBloo]

33. lolz!

[mix]

34. k&r

:rofl:

[donheld]

35. Isn't it it rich

Please send in the clowns.

[burning rain]

36. Oh. My. GOD.

Hilarious. And evidently effective, too.

[Boxerfan]

38. I saw some AWSOME footage of clown protestors across the pond-Germany?

They were protesting yearly shipments of nuclear waste I believe. very well organized & knew exactly what to do even when the water cannons came out. I'm glad someone took the idea over here & ran with it...

Now I notice the photo says 2007- It took 2 years for us to hear about this?. Love that liberal media(Sc)

[ConsAreLiars]

59. I saw that also. on either LinkTV or FSTV.

The viewing was time-shifted so I was unable to grab the name of the doc, but I loved the scene where they raided and enjoyed tea time at some temporary police facility. They did their action and left for the next encounter, and the cops were cool: no clubs, tasers, or mace canisters were activated, and no one was beaten to the ground, hog-tied and tossed into a bus reserved for mass arrests.

The fact is that "arrests" for similar actions here are common, and all (nearly? - show me where I missed the exception) would later be determined to be illegal, and that then none of those guilty of those actually illegal acts, false arrest (again, show me one exception if you disagree) would never be punished, says a lot about where fascism now thrives.

[Stinky The Clown]

39. o/~ Be a clown ..... be a clown ...... all the world ....... loves a clown ...... o/~

Be A Clown! <--- NOT a rickroll, I promise)

[blondeatlast]

40. Oh, SA-weet! I am so tickled by this; ya gotta love it! nt

[Hutzpa]

41. wow! Bravo! Heil to the clowns n/t

[crickets]

42. Fantastic! -nt

[imdjh]

43. LOL! That's the way to do it folks. More speech. (ACLU mantra) nt

[bigjohn16]

44. Here's a link to more pictures of the event.

http://picasaweb.google.com/trimtab2.0/CoupClutzClowns?#">Coup Clutz Clowns

[onestepforward]

45. Loved it! Made my day! n/t

[WillyT]

46. HUGE K & R !!!

:applause::kick::applause:

:rofl:

[comrade snarky]

47. Oh that is wonderful!

White Flour! :toast:

Ridicule is the best way too deal with losers like these.

[BooBluePotion]

48. I'm usually scared shitless at the sight of clowns

But this is Effing awesome. I've had my laugh medicine for the night.

[Strong Atheist]

96. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[BooBluePotion]

110. Thank You SA

There's no Bluer place on Earth!

[Strong Atheist]

112. It is a fun place, most of the time. For the rest, "ignore" is your

friend...

[Warren DeMontague]

49. *

:spray:

[flvegan]

50. Clowns kicking "clowns" asses. Awesome.

I'd love to be a part of that.

[SeattleGirl]

51. "Flour Power!"

:rofl:

[Forkboy]

52. This may be the coolest thing I've read all week!

:rofl:

[Sheltiemama]

53. I live in Knoxville!

I remember this. It was great.

[AllenVanAllen]

54. Oh, this is good!

What a brilliant way to fight hatred.
I can hear the skinheads now, "Clowns why did have to be clowns?"

[PBass]

55. Old story, I remember when it happened, but well worth repeating for the message

about the value of ridicule in a heated political situation.

MOCK THEM, use their own dumb ideas against them, it works!!!

[armyowalgreens]

56. haha that's awesome.

Where do I sign up?

[orleans]

58. i remember this story--of course, who could forget it? it's great. n/t

[bowens43]

60. Fantastic!! Thanks for posting!! nt

[blackbart99]

61. You gotta love a good clown show

It needs to happen every time these assholes come out. I wonder.....Was Glenn Beck or
Brush Lintball there with the KKK morons? :evilgrin: :crazy:

[Maestro]

62. I, for one, have never been afraid of clowns.

Unlike the KKK, I found them quite amusing. This just furthers that belief. Hilarious!

[GinaMaria]

63. Good! They should be laughed at

they should slink back under the rocks they crawled from in shame. Send in the Clowns... best way to deal with Goose Stepping, sheet-wearing dorks on parade!

[progdonkey]

64. Well, that's cool and all...

But why post a two-year-old story?

[Qutzupalotl]

86. Cuz a lot of people hadn't seen it and this isn't LBN.

[Nay]

65. When I was a college kid in FL many yrs ago, a bunch of us went to

a KKK march and MOONED them as they walked down the street. That was pretty effective, too.

[Mad_Dem_X]

66. Fighting hatred with humor - I like that!

Bravo to the clowns! :applause:

[Rebubula]

67. There will always be assholes...

...and these freaking clowns showed us how to deal with them.

AWESOME job my Tennessee brethren.

[varelse]

68. Hilarious - Clowns vs Klowns

But I hope it's not step II of this process:

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

All we have to do is keep laughing, right?

[duhneece]

69. Genius

Creative and thoughtful. I so admire this kind of creativity; I get so angry and frustrated that I become ineffective, but I'm willing to learn!

[ejbr]

70. fuckin' awesome! n/t

[Peacetrain]

71. Showing them up for the stooges they are.. takes away all their power

of fear.. awesome

[Buzz Clik]

72. The haters don't do well when ridiculed. They run on hate, so they prefer to be hated.

This was awesome.

[Blue_Tires]

73. AWESOME!!!

[GETPLANING]

74. That puts a big smile on my face

Whoever thought this up deserves a Medal of Freedom

[duhneece]

76. How can we/I use this creative perspective to 'fight' the tea baggers?

How can we/I use this creative perspective to 'fight' those who oppose a public health care option? I would so prefer my response to be like these wonderful clowns than my usual tongue-tied, angry, frustrated response. I AM willing to adopt this point of view.

[Kadie]

77. !

K&R

[YOY]

79. As long as they weren't having sex.

Clowns aren't' allowed to have sex.

[Uncle Joe]

80. Beautiful, and brilliant!

:rofl: :applause:

Clowns rock!:yourock:

[redqueen]

81. Wow... that is so fantastic.

:D

Oh and I love this Twain quote, posted there by Sammy:

“Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them–and by laughing at them destroy them?

For your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon–laughter. Power, Money, Persuasion, Supplication, Persecution–these can lift at a colossal humbug,–push it a little– crowd it a little–weaken it a little, century by century: but only Laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast.

Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand.”

-Mark Twain

[Echo In Light]

82. Righteous

;) :thumbsup:

[Common Sense Party]

84. What are the Nazi people protesting or rallying about?

Some murder?

[Kalyke]

85. Hey! I live in Knoxville.

I didn't know about this.

Cute.

[NoSheep]

87. I love this! It makes me happy to see people fighting hatred with humor.

[Richd506]

88. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[sonias]

89. That is great counter messaging

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you - especially when you kick the KKK in the nuts.

I love it. The ARA were brilliant and prepared! It's a timeless kind of response.

:rofl:



Sonia

[NYC_SKP]

90. K & R! nt

[rvablue]

91. K&R!! This is brilliant! I hope it catches on nationally. The pairing of the clown outfits with the

play on words is just absolutely genius!!

"Huh? What? Oh yeah.....WIFE POWER! WHITE FLOUR! WHITE FLOWER!!" :rofl:

Just goes to show that mocking these bigoted freaks is a lot more powerful than screaming at them!

[happygoluckytoyou]

92. WHERE ARE THESE FOLKS WHEN PALIN IS GIVING A SPEECH...TOO FUNNY....

[TommyPaine]

93. Fight clowns with clowns!

That's the best tactic for dealing with racist idiots--expose them as the laughable twits they are. Mercilessly mock them until they're brought to tears or fits of rage. Just have a backup plan in case they're armed, though.

[myrna minx]

94. Wonderful. K&R n/t

[Strong Atheist]

95. Very well done!

Loved it! nt.

[backwoodsbob]

99. after a bad day at work

this story puts a smile on my face.

they should all get medals for that

[Critters2]

102. White flour! That is beautiful! nt

[proud patriot]

104. I love it

:bounce:

[pengillian101]

106. Best idea ever! K&R n/t

[Regret My New Name]

108. hehehe awesome...

WHITE FLOWER!!

[npk]

109. K & R n/t

[Kermitt Gribble]

111. “White Flour?” Sooooo awesome!!!! Go clowns!!!!