I’ve heard “Entry of the Gladiators” got associated with clowns because it’s circus code; they’d play it when there were technical problems to let clowns know they should go out and distract folks from all the serious stuff going on. This is obviously not about politics at all.

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And I hate how it’s a no lose game for them. Even if you’re not committing energy to push back against transphobia, homophobia, antisemitism, anti-Blackness, etc, because you kinda have to, they’re still leaching your emotional resources with clowning. Every bit you lose is energy you could put into fighting their assault on voting, on the planet, on a prosperous future.

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