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According to dictionary.com, a clown is:

“A comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and make-up and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.”

Doesn't that sound like the very definition of our post [sic] modern cause célèbre sans "ironic" intent?

Take it home Krusty ...