(2017-09-16) Juggalos Have Become The Darlings Of The Left And The New Face Of Antiracist Activism

Juggalos have become the darlings of the left and the new face of anti-racist (Right-Wing) activism

*They hate elites, the rich, Confederates and racists. They mask their faces in paint, worship the hardcore hip-hop artists Insane Clown Posse and have a top priority: defending their family and their honor.

They are the Juggalos, and they’re coming en masse to march Saturday on Washington.*

A galvanizing moment for Juggalos came when the FBI classified the group as a gang in 2011. While the FBI classification sounds absurd, the consequences are very real

Their classification as a gang creates a kinship with marginalized groups targeted by law enforcement, whether by race, religion or politics.

Nathan Rabin: 6 Things Juggalo Culture Teaches Us About Donald Trump

I have been studying the uneducated white underclass for the past seven years from a rather unusual vantage point: I have been researching Insane Clown Posse and its notorious, overwhelmingly white, poor, and uneducated Juggalo fanbase for a pair of books: 2013's You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me and 2016's 7 Days In Ohio: Trump, The Gathering Of The Juggalos And The Summer Everything Went Insane.

here are six things I learned about Trump's appeal from many years in the field alongside Juggalos.

People Tend To Interpret Bluntness As Candor And Eloquence As Dishonesty

Insane Clown Posse communicates like the part-time wrestlers they are.

People Are Attracted To Extremes

Extreme times call for extreme measures, and Trump really drove home the idea that we were living in end times

Giving A Group A Name Gives Them A Sense Of Purpose

Criticism Means Nothing

If an entire industry (BigMedia) isn't legitimate, as Trump has argued of the media, then its criticisms by definition are not legitimate either

Juggalos have similarly discovered that the media continuously anoints Insane Clown Posse the world's worst group, and Juggalos the worst fans. These claims often come out of a toxic brew of laziness and the cynical conviction that articles making fun of Juggalos are going to get hits from people who enjoy the empty, addictive feeling of looking down on other people on the internet.

It's Easy To Shame People Into Hating You

It's tough to imagine even a single soul being persuaded by such judgmental condescension, but it's super-easy to imagine people being shamed for backing Trump repaying that shame in hatred and counter-judgment.

Trump Was Elected Because Of His Criticism

Going to Insane Clown Posse's notorious yearly festival of arts and culture, the Gathering of the Juggalos, is a middle finger directed to police and the FBI, sobriety, clothes, musical snobbery, snobbery in general, Pitchfork, propriety, the mainstream, respectable people, maturity, adulthood, and anything resembling taste and decorum. Supporting Trump is an even bigger "Fuck you" to an even broader cross-section of human endeavor.

Sept'2015: Insane Clown Posse Win Appeal in FBI Gang Lawsuit

Insane Clown Posse scored a major victory in their efforts to remove their "Juggalos" fanbase from the FBI's list of organized gangs as a federal appeals court ordered that a Michigan court hear the case. ICP's lawsuit against the FBI, filed with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, was initially dismissed from a district court in January 2014, citing failure to prove "injuries suffered." But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati ultimately overturned that decision Thursday. No resolution yet.