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- hoghug, on 10/10/2007, -4/+193That's gotta be one of the more uplifting news stories I've read in a while. Talk about taking the wind outta some very bigoted sails... You can't get mad at these guys, it just fans the flames. Anger is their stock and trade. Mocking them and exposing them for the buffoons that they is definitely the way to go.
In the infamous words of Nelson Muntz... "HA-HA!" - Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -3/+164I'd pay tax dollars to get a benevolent clown army in my city!
- fatas, on 10/10/2007, -5/+112Nazi's out of Knoxville!
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Wife Power!
Knoxville rejects Nazis and Klan.
Saturday May 26th the VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK group attempted to host a hate rally to try to take advantage of the brutal murder of a white couple for media and recruitment purposes. http://www.volunteertv.com/special
Unfortunately for them 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. http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/7704982.html
“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.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, “ohhhhhh!” the clowns yelled “Tight Shower!” and held a solar shower in the air and all tried to crowd under to get clean as per the Klan’s directions.
At this point several of the Nazi’s and Klan members began clutching their hearts as if they were about to have a heart attack. Their beady eyes bulged, and the veins in their tiny narrow foreheads beat in rage. One last time they screamed “White Power!”
The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. “Ohhhhh…” the women clowns said. “Now we understand…”, “WIFE POWER!” they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting “WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!”
It was at this point that several observers reported seeing several Klan members heads exploding in rage and they stopped trying to explain to the clowns what they wanted.
Apparently the clowns fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the rally, they believed it was a clown rally and came in force to support their pointy hated brethren. To their dismay, despite their best jokes and stunts and pratfalls the Nazis and Klan refused to laugh, and indeed became enraged at the clowns misunderstanding and constant attempts to interpret the clowns instruction.
The clowns on the other hand had a great time and thought the Nazis were the funniest thing they had ever seen and the loud laughter of over 100 counter protesters greeted every attempt of the Nazis and Klan to get their message out, whatever that was.
Many of the local Knoxvillians that came to counter demonstrate had no illusions about why these out of state bad clowns with swastikas were doing in their town.
“KKK YOU CAN’T HIDE, WE CHARGE YOU WITH GENOCIDE!”
“GAY, STRAIGHT, BLACK, WHITE ONE STRUGGLE ONE FIGHT!”
“U.G.L.Y. KLAN YOU AIN’T GOT NO ALIBI, YOU UGLY, YOU UGLY”
Were just a few of the chants that the non clown counter protesters rained down upon the Nazis. The clowns interacted with the non clown protesters with glee and even participated in a chant or two, though apparently with no idea that the Nazis were indeed not clowns thinking it was just part of the show.
In the end the 20 or so sad VNNers left with their tails between their legs. At this point over 150 counter demonstraters were present. The clowns seeing how dejected and sad the Nazi’s looked began singing to cheer them up.
“hey hey hey hey, ho ho ho ho—good bye, good bye” everyone sang waving their arms in the air in unison.
After the VNNers left in their shiny SUVs to go back to Alabama and all the other states that they were from the clowns and counter demonstrators began to march out of the area chanting ‘WHOSE STREETS? OUR STREETS!”
But the cops stopped the clowns and counter protestors. “Hey, do you want an escort” an African-American police officer on a motorcycle asked. “Yes” a clown replied. “We are walking to Market Square in the center of town to celebrate.”
The police officers got in front of the now anti racist parade and blocked the entire road for the march through the heart of Knoxville. An event called imagination station was taking place and over 15,000 thousand students and their parents were in town that weekend. Many of them cheered as the clowns, Knoxvillians and counter protestors marched through the heart of Knoxville singing and laughing at the end of the Nazi’s first attempt at having a rally in Knoxville.
On June 16th the Stormfront Nazis are trying to have a second rally in Knoxville. Clowns, anarchist, activist and others are all invited to come and creatively and nonviolently help us confront these Nazis and give them an even bigger counter rally than the first. If you can come, or can help email.
knoxvilleantiracistaction@yahoo.com
or join our myspace at:
http://www.myspace.com/knoxvilleantiracistaction
Thanks to Three Rivers Earth First!, Mountain Justice Summer, Katuah Earth First!, Knoxville Anti Racist Action, Katuah Anti Racist Action and the clown block for utterly wrecking the failed attempt of the Nazis to get a foothold in Knoxville. In one day Three Rivers Earth First!ers posted over 1000 anti racist fliers all over Knoxville recruiting people to come, this is just one example of all the work and effort that went in to creatively and nonviolently rejecting the VNNers out of Knoxville.
Related Link: http://www.myspace.com/knoxvilleantiracistaction - mattfugitive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+77I would have used pirates and ninjas myself... but hey.. clowns work.
- ic3man, on 10/10/2007, -1/+69clOWNED?
- firebhaal, on 10/10/2007, -3/+56clwned!
- bwayne1, on 10/10/2007, -4/+53What a great reminder that the best way to win an argument with an irrationally ignorant person is to point and laugh. And laugh. And laugh. Gets 'em every time.
- ubuntuedgy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+49This further makes me hate the media. A clown army protests the KKK and we get ONE F'N PICTURE!? My God, man, this is one of those monumental human experiences. You couldn't make this stuff up (clowns/klan) and the media gives us one single picture!!!!
- robkarcam, on 10/10/2007, -3/+51that's a risky proposition... it's a well known fact that pirates and ninjas are mortal enemies.
- mishabear, on 10/10/2007, -4/+42or to bash the right wing or left wing or Bufalo Wings or the Red Wings or....
- fatas, on 10/10/2007, -4/+40Here is an image from the protest
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/7472/30002000000wifepowerrn8.jpg - samcrut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36What? You think clowns can't defend themselves? I've known some rodeo clowns that could bitchslap the white off a grand wizard. Not to mention that getting a boot to the head from steel toed clown shoe might be nigh fatal and very difficult to avoid.
- SigmaDraconis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36I heartily approve of all real-life trolls getting trolled.
- fantrl, on 10/10/2007, -5/+39In the story it says:
“Hey, do you want an escort” an African-American police officer on a motorcycle asked.
Shouldn't that read:
“Hey, do you want an escort” a police officer on a motorcycle asked.
Other than that, I really enjoyed the article, and it's great that people used humor to counter hate. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37Local man needs mirror, news at 11.
- inblue, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37pretty cool way to mock the kkk (by not taking them seriously). you really can't "learn" ignorant people anyways... especially when they are so angry at colors.
- anachronaut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29Sure, that's pretty horrible stuff. But are you seriously defending the KKK here? Seriously??!! Wow, are you actually naive enough to think they give a damn about the people who were murdered? Those people are simply political capital to the KKK, and they were there to spend it.
And you, my naive little friend, apparently bought their ***** hook, line, and sinker. Do those murdered people need justice and attention brought to their case? Absolutely they do (and all parties involved with the crime have already been indicted on 40 or more counts... I smell justice). What they don't need is a bunch of half-witted bigots preaching violence, hatred, and intolerance on their behalf. And that's exactly what the KKK was doing and always does.
Oh yeah, to address your claims (even though that was just a patently obvious attempt on your part at obfuscation of the real issue), here's something from the wikipedia article:
"This criticism [of the non-coverage by the media] was also fueled by erroneous reports of dismemberment, mutilations, and the duration of Christian's rapes allegedly committed by the suspects, especially in early reports. Most of the original reports were later denied by the District Attorney, along with misinformation reported from a federal deputy in the arresting state of Kentucky shortly after the suspects were apprehended."
Sounds to me like the "good old boys" network of the KKK was already in action even before this protest in Knoxville. - MrEguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28Hear, hear! Exactly. A great plan -- and well done!! It brought a very big smile to my face :-)
- scudshooter, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28There's enough clowns at the debates already.
- adoggz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29The poster of the comment above isn't alive anymore. He was killed by a ninja milliseconds after posting that comment.
- Paroparo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+30Looks like somebody needs a hug.
- LowRentDiggs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26I always wanted to do this at a Fred Phelps rally. Turn it into a total Fellini-esque circus
- jpfree, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26Caught by DotCache: http://dotcache.com/http://asheville.indymedia.org/article/107Clowns
- Fengpost, on 10/10/2007, -16/+39pwned!
- whorelock, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24How do we get these clowns to attend the future Presidential debates?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24Heres the picture of what was going on.
http://thescanlons.net/myspace_stuff/white_flour.jpg - evilregis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18I personally like the "WHOSE STREETS? OUR STREETS!" chant. I've heard it chanted here on a couple occasions at unwanted supremecists during Pride parades. Good on the clowns.
- anachronaut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Excuse me, I hadn't realized I was talking to the online propaganda arm of the Aryan Nation. Forget that stuff about "naive"... you're the full-blown package of half-witted bigot. What's more, I think we can just go right ahead and apply the label of "white trash, racist piece of *****" while we're at it.
I'm not sure why I can't reply to your post directly; it's probably because I reflexively hit that "thumbs down" button after I saw the stormfront link. I'm done replying to you, though... you make my skin crawl. Yuck. - bubba9999, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Quaxon, your comment is just as ugly as chronologics posts in this thread. You're presenting crimes of the past as an excuse to commit horrific crimes in the future. That's just plain ignorance.
There's no justification for this crime in any shape or form. The perpetrators deserve the harshest penalty they can get, and I hope they suffer for it. - QGYH2, on 10/10/2007, -14/+31Why? My sentence is a perfectly cromulent one, that embiggens the reader no doubt.
- alk509, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19I think you mean "I *couldn't* care less." If you could care less, then you would still care a little, see?
- shifty2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18send in.... the clowns
*honk* *honk* - zephc, on 10/10/2007, -5/+21Hot Shower! Hot Shower!
- darnit, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20Server pwned by... digg!?
- mentor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Hear, hear. It makes me happy to see that people are still capable of appropriate, proportionate and, moreover, useful responses. Making people think is the important thing.
- carl25, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16well kkk's slogan is white power isn't it ?
- dattaway, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15This was great! I wish clowns could save us from war, too.
- darnit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14I feel embiggens... but im faping in the other tab.
- ahhell, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18Oh NOES!!1!! The Christians are being persecuted again!!!
Karma's a bitch isn't it? - vornan19, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15who doesn't?
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15clpwnd
- Cymrubeats, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12I agree. They probably done more 'damage' to the racists by humiliating them this way than any dumb shouting match ever could.
- inblue, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13yeah, i kinda thought the same thing... sounds like the clowns had things Perfectly choreographed.
- rkritzer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13You, sir, have just won the Digg.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12It's like, once they became available in mild they became a bunch of pussies.
- sodoh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Disgraceful crime. However it isn't a hate crime and the KKK trying to use it as banner to protest under is just as sickening.
- DangerMouse9, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14So you're against the first amendment? As much as I hate to admit it, they have a right to demonstrate the same as you have a right to not show up or form your own group and demonstrate.
- bubba9999, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14You hang out with rodeo clowns?
- psyjoniz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11ya know, i'm sure not a single person here would disagree with that story being horrible. but this isn't about that story. those hatemonger ***** were USING is as a means to promote themselves and i find that absolutely disgusting. are you trying to promote them, too?
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