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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

I think this is unfair to clowns. Don't get me wrong, I am as guilty as you are. I too have called Sebastian a "clown," a "demented clown," "Bozo the Sad Clown Sean Hannity caricature," the "delusional leader of a broken down right wing clown show," an "emasculated rodeo clown narcissist," and various other clown slurs.

But the truth is, almost every clown I have ever encountered is just some person in make up and a red nose, trying to make children laugh with slapstick antics. I have never known a clown to lie to me. I've never heard a clown proudly announce that he does not have a duty to show empathy to other human beings. No actual clown I know has ever made up facts out of thin air in order to support a dubious argument, or erect an army of straw men to gleefully knock down, or thoroughly misrepresent what he and others said previously in order to farcically claim victory in an online debate. No clown I have encountered would ever say he cannot find the motivation to be concerned about the plight of historically oppressed groups so long as his tax burden is going down. Sebastian does all of these things pretty much every week.

Anyway, you can do what you want of course, but I am going to refrain from calling Sebastian a clown in the future. Because I think I owe that to the clowns.

TRANSLATION: "I have never watched Mr. Mercedes."