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  • The Tears of a (Real) Clown: All the Insane Clown Hysteria is Giving us a Bad Name

    Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post|Nov 3, 2016

    Listen, punks. You think you can slap on some makeup, pick up an ax and take down a profession? You think one rubber nose and a few prank phone calls can co-opt an art form? You think malice can triumph over joy in these colossal clown wars? Bobo don’t think so. Sure, you’ve had your little fun - scampering across social media, delighting local news producers with reports of scary clowns threatening schools and targeting children. But on Tuesday, Halloween will be over and you’ll probably crawl back into your shadowy bunkers and 11th-...