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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPro-Trump Rally Set to Clash with Juggalo March in Washington, D.C. in September
The Mother of All Rallies is coming to Washington, D.C. on September 16th. The Pro-Trump group bills itself as The Woodstock of American Rallies on its official website, with the aim of sending a message to congress the media and the world that we stand united to defend American culture & values. Over 7,000 people follow the rallys Facebook page. It should be quite the gathering.
Theres only one problem: there will already be another kind of gathering in town.
Also scheduled to storm the National Mall that day is the Juggalo March, a collective of I.C.P. fans seeking equal treatment, which we first reported on here last summer. The Juggalo March aims to bring national attention to the ongoing discrimination and profiling that Juggalos continue to be subjected to following the groups inclusion in the U.S. Department of Justices 2011 National Gang Task Force report. Which is a ludicrous classification, to be sure: while we may enjoy making fun of ICP and their fans, theyre not inherently bad people.
Weve previously gone on record as saying the Juggalo March might be in poor taste; millions of Americans have been fighting for the privilege of being treated equally for centuries, based on circumstances entirely out of their control, and it seems insensitive and tone deaf in this time of civil rights upheaval for Juggalos to claim the same level of unfair treatment based on a lifestyle theyve chosen for themselves and one based around fandom of a band, no less.
http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/08/14/pro-trump-rally-set-to-clash-with-juggalo-march-in-washington-d-c-in-september/
Theres only one problem: there will already be another kind of gathering in town.
Also scheduled to storm the National Mall that day is the Juggalo March, a collective of I.C.P. fans seeking equal treatment, which we first reported on here last summer. The Juggalo March aims to bring national attention to the ongoing discrimination and profiling that Juggalos continue to be subjected to following the groups inclusion in the U.S. Department of Justices 2011 National Gang Task Force report. Which is a ludicrous classification, to be sure: while we may enjoy making fun of ICP and their fans, theyre not inherently bad people.
Weve previously gone on record as saying the Juggalo March might be in poor taste; millions of Americans have been fighting for the privilege of being treated equally for centuries, based on circumstances entirely out of their control, and it seems insensitive and tone deaf in this time of civil rights upheaval for Juggalos to claim the same level of unfair treatment based on a lifestyle theyve chosen for themselves and one based around fandom of a band, no less.
http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/08/14/pro-trump-rally-set-to-clash-with-juggalo-march-in-washington-d-c-in-september/
Oooh.... ooh... who had Juggalos V. Nazis? This should be good!
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Pro-Trump Rally Set to Clash with Juggalo March in Washington, D.C. in September (Original Post)
Initech
Aug 2017
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lapfog_1
(29,222 posts)1. What could go wrong?
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)2. Insane Clowns
The Trumps will feel right at home
Azathoth
(4,611 posts)3. Freak clowns marching... and Juggalos will be there too
Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)4. Oh, my.
Juggalos v. Muggalos
I want to be there and don't want to be there all at the same time.