Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J Responds to Creepy Clown Phenomenon With Revealing Op-Ed

Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse speaks out against the "real clowns" in the U.S.

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As people continue to dress up in red wigs and smear the great name of clowns across the country, one famous clown would like you to know that these creepy clowns are the least of your worries.

Violent J, one-half of the "horror rap" duo Insane Clown Posse, penned an opinion article for TIME Magazine's website, in which he argued that the threatening fakesters wreaking havoc on peaceful towns everywhere are not the true threat to civil liberty. Instead, J levels a pretty damning critique of America's police state, and of society's skewed perception of danger.

"As ICP has discovered over the last decade, there’s a whole army of scary, terrifying and dangerous clowns out there in this country trying to suppress the rights of thousands of people to exercise the most basic part of the Declaration of Independence, which evokes the freedom to 'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' The only difference is these clowns don’t wear greasepaint," Violent J writes.

"These clowns threaten the very fabric on which our nation was supposedly founded upon—and for some fucking crazy-ass reason, they’re getting away with it. From keystone-cop clowns shooting unarmed citizens, to racist clowns burning down Islamic centers or clowns in the NSA spying on us through our cell phones and laptops, America has turned into something far more terrifying than Insane Clown Posse’s Dark Carnival," he says. "Even a scrub like me who dropped out of school in ninth grade can see what’s going on. Today’s reality is scarier than anything you’ll ever hear on one of our albums."

The Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2011 named the "Juggalos"—ICP's fanbase—in its National Gang Threat Assessment. He says the group's fans have been "targeted, profiled and blatantly discriminated on by law enforcement agencies across America," and adds that the duo have been working with the American Civil Liberty Union for four years "to prove to the U.S. Department of Justice that this completely ridiculous gang label slapped on Juggalos is literally destroying lives."

"Just know that, despite these sensationalized reports about 'killer clowns' wreaking mischief across the nation, there are real clowns out there killing ours and your very rights as an American citizen."

Keep fighting the good fight, J.

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