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The Story Behind All Those Nazi / Clown Memes

Behind the Bastards

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The World Is Clown World

A straight pride parade was held in Boston and was organized by a coalition of fascists outright neo-Nazis. Several attendees at the parade were photographed dressed as clowns, two men wore honchlear costumes complete with green face paint. Oddly enough, the counter protested this event also included clowns. Online anti-fascist started flooding Twitter and other social media apps with pictures and footage of large groups of clowns,. tagging the footage as part of the straight pride parade. It wasn't, of course. This was just unrelated clown footage. But that's where things sit now. We've gone from activists dressing as clowns to marching in clown costumes to counter serious uniform neo-Nazi demonstrators willingly

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