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American Conservative\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> September 19, 2017<\/p>\n

Juggalo Blues: Their Beef with FBI No Laughing Matter<\/a><\/h1>\n

Attempt of Left to appropriate clowns’ cause in DC fell short.<\/h2>\n
By James Bovard<\/a><\/span> \u2022 September 19, 2017<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Despite being billed as a showdown of competing political protests and rallies, the only political action on the streets of Washington this past weekend were the raging clowns. They did not come to beat Nazis or chase Pro-Trumpers off the Mall, the way the mainstream media suggested on Friday. Instead, thousands of Juggalos\u2014ardent fans of the Insane Clown Posse (ICP) duo\u2014assembled near the Lincoln Memorial to protest their vilification by Uncle Sam. They came to defend their honor\u2014or at least try to get their record expunged.<\/p>\n

In 2011, a Federal Bureau of Investigation National Gang Threat Assessment labeled the Juggalos<\/a> as \u201ca loosely-organized hybrid gang, rapidly expanding into many U.S. communities\u201d and that \u201cmany Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and violence.\u201d \u00a0But there were only sporadic reports of Juggalo-related criminality at that time\u2014and nothing remotely comparable to notorious gangs such as MS-13 or the Crips and the Bloods.<\/p>\n

The FBI report noted that \u201csocial networking websites are a popular conveyance for Juggalo sub-culture to communicate and expand.\u201d This may be the real source of the feds\u2019 ire. It is understandable why the Juggalos would make law enforcement nervous. The band\u2019s logo is the Hatchetman. The band\u2019s lyrics radiate homicidal hatred towards rednecks, anyone displaying a Confederate flag<\/a>, and plenty of other targets. The pervasive profanity in ICP\u2019s lyrics make George Carlin sound like a choir boy.<\/p>\n

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Despite the hype of clown beatings in the streets, Juggalo protest turned out to be a family affair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Although the band initially scoffed at the situation, the FBI gang designation quickly produced catastrophic results for its followers who suffered \u201cjob losses, dismissal from military service, eviction, lost child custody, and constant harassment<\/a>\u201d thanks to the Hatchetman logo on their clothing, cars, or elsewhere. Shaggy 2 Dope, one of the band\u2019s two singers, complained last month:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWe have trouble booking tours now, because no one wants gang-related shit. And if you do book a tour, it\u2019s next to impossible to get people to insure it, because it\u2019s a gang rally.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2014, the Michigan branch of the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit to overturn the gang designation, noting<\/a> that \u201cthe Juggalos are fighting for the basic American right to freely express who they are,\u201d and that \u201cbranding hundreds of thousands of music fans as gang members based on the acts of a few individuals defies logic and violates our most cherished of constitutional rights.\u201d The case was initially dismissed by a judge, revived by an appeals court, slapped down again, and is currently back before an appeals court.<\/p>\n

ICP feels they and their fans are being unjustly censored. As Violent J (Joseph Bruce), half of the duo, told the Juggalos on Saturday with typical ICP subtlety: \u201cTaking away someone\u2019s opinion is no different than sewing a man\u2019s butthole shut.\u201d The Juggalos responded by shouting \u201cwhoop whoop!\u201d (a trademark for the band\u2019s supporters) and \u201cF**k that S**t!\u201d<\/p>\n

ICP got a bunch of ink last week because of its outcast, working class character and frenetic denunciations of racism and discrimination. They were all but called the anti-Alt-Right\u2019s answer to the \u2018deplorables.\u2019 A Mic.com headline noted<\/a>, \u201cJuggalos have become the darlings of the left and the new face of anti-racist activism.\u201d An excited Twitterati smacked their lips in anticipation of an Antifa-Juggalo tag team against the Trump supporters gathered for the \u201cmother of all\u201d free speech rallies. An Antifa crew showed up on Saturday with a banner emblazoned, \u201cGREAT LAKES ANTIFA.\u201d One team member held up a sign proclaiming \u201cNazi Lives Don\u2019t Matter\u201d (a tricky sentiment when Antifa sometimes equates Donald Trump supporters with Nazis). The group struck some menacing poses for photographers and then wandered off, perhaps to re-apply some face paint. But most of the Juggalo attendees I spoke with were either unaware or unsupportive of Antifa\u2019s antics in Berkeley or Boston.<\/p>\n

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Top: Juggalo activists make their way to Washington Monument on Saturday. Bottom: Antifa was doing quite a bit of mulling around with little to do, according to author Jim Bovard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Despite their tattoos, wacky hair styles, and violent slogans, the Juggalos at the rally were much friendlier than the typical attendees at a Washington formal dinner. As I was walking a mile from the event\u2019s nearest Metro stop I saw a burly, long-haired 20-something guy wearing an oversized shirt with the slogan, \u201cMerry Fuckin X-mas.\u201d I asked if he was heading to the Juggalo event and he responded warily that he was. Maybe my press pass raised his defenses. It turned out he was from the distant Virginia suburbs and that his brother lived in my old hometown. I said that the locale was originally known as \u201cHelltown\u201d and James replied, \u201cIt still is.\u201d I mentioned that I had worked in the 1970s <\/a>for the Virginia highway department heaving dead deer off the road and into the bushes <\/a>near where his brother now lived.<\/p>\n

My personal background was enough to get James to open up to me. He said he was not wearing face paint because he had heard that Virginia considered it a misdemeanor. He said he had been continually hassled by the police. Last year, he was driving home from his job when a cop lurking in his suburban neighborhood pulled him over. James asked why. \u201cI could see that he was scanning my car looking for the pretext for having pulled me over,\u201d James said. The cop eventually noticed that James had a small Hatchet Man metal logo dangling from his rearview mirror. James said that the state of Virginia prohibits anything hanging from rearview mirrors\u2014even though pine-scented air fresheners are understandably pervasive in much of the state. He told me about another time when he was handcuffed for no reason simply because he was suspected of gang affiliations.<\/p>\n

Some conservative media outlets, too, have portrayed Juggalos as leftists. Not this guy: He mentioned that he had a concealed carry permit in Virginia, but would never consider packing heat in Washington, D.C. He was a big supporter of the National Rifle Association and was aware of several of the recent firearm controversies. I asked if he considered himself somewhat of a libertarian. He replied, \u201cI am my own person. I have my own beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n

James typified the nonpolitical nature of Juggalos at the event. There were also plenty of non-Juggalos in attendance who wanted to defend free speech. Alyssa\u2014an intense 30-something woman from Muskegon, Michigan\u2014told me she was concerned about government abuses across the board, including mandatory vaccines, GMOs in the food, and chemicals in the air. She held a placard calling for \u201cEquality 4 All Muther F**kers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will the march clear Juggalos\u2019 names? Shaggy 2 Dope is not sanguine, explaining last month<\/a> that the march is \u201cnot to get our name off the gang list, because that\u2019s never gonna happen. It\u2019s just for us to stand up, and put our foot down, and say, \u2018Yo, we\u2019re not cool with being labeled this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

But the protest march has garnered a torrent of support for the Juggalos\u2019 cause in the media, and the feds might actually be pressured into stopping the defamation of music lovers. Regardless of the outcome, it is refreshing to see Americans converge on Washington to demand a reduction in federal idiocy.<\/p>\n

James Bovard is the author of <\/em>Lost Rights, <\/em>Attention Deficit Democracy, and <\/em>Public Policy Hooligan. He is also a <\/em>USA Today contributor. Follow him on Twitter @JimBovard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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