What with Republicans mud wrestling over leadership positions on the basis of who can tell the biggest lie with the straightest face, the following re-post seems timely—
“The message from us is, ‘You look silly,’ ” a coordinator told the local news channel. “We’re dressed like clowns, and you’re the ones that look funny.”
By undercutting the gravitas white supremacists are trying to accrue, humorous counterprotests may blunt the events’ usefulness for recruitment. Brawling with bandanna-clad antifas may seem romantic to some disaffected young men, but being mocked by clowns? Probably not so much.”
www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/how-to-make-fun-of-nazis.html