The modern version of Yippie

The Insane Clown Posse or Juggalos   Every rebellious generation hashem.  These are the kids who just wanna have fun and sort out the politics later. The anarchist wing of the libertarian left.

In 2011, the FBI classified the Juggalos as a gang, right along with more infamous gangs like the Bloods and Crips and MS-13. That classification has had a real impact on the lives of ICP fans, as they’ve reportedly lost custody battles, had their attempts to enlist in the military rebuffed and even been fired from their jobs by virtue of their association with an official, FBI-recognized gang.

In a year of white working-class grievances, the Juggalos make for an especially curious test case, too. Hailing largely from the Midwest and South, Juggalos have a significant amount of demographic overlap with the less-educated whites who have been scrutinized as a distinct and powerful voting bloc in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. But most of their political statements up until now have been found in ICP’s song lyrics, like the band’s anti-Confederacy anthem “Fuck Your Rebel Flag” and the movement's insistence that everyone, regardless of race, sexuality or age, can be a Juggalo. “We made the name ‘Juggalo’ to represent all of us: men, women, black, white, brown, yellow, fat as fuck, skinny as a broomstick, gay, straight, bi, trans, young, old and folded and loopy, rich, poor,” Kevin Gill, a Juggalo and speaker at the rally, yelled into the mic, as cries of “Whoop whoop” and several expletive-laden choruses rippled through the crowd. They may have made up a motley and underwhelming crowd on Saturday, but their mobilization represents a particularly bizarre iteration of what so many pundits lament is sorely missing on the left: a nexus between white working-class demographics and a stated, passionate commitment to inclusion, diversity and civil liberties.