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Right now, no one knows if any of these clown sighting have any basis in reality or if they are simply phantoms made up by the imaginative minds children, and in many cases their parents and the police as well. Just like in the Salem witch trials <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials</ref>, you can't always take for gospel truth every word and every story a child tells you. Maybe it's time we as a society start approaching some of these stories and reports with just a grain of skepticism. That if it sounds unreal, we have a right to doubt it's veracity and not be accused of "blaming the victim". That is not to say that the police should not reasonably investigate every complaint and possible threat and act with due diligence. But there is a line between act and react, just as with the case of the police officer in Arkansas being suspended for dressing as a clown, which is neither a laps in judgement nor a currently prohibited behavior. When we as a society and as individuals start overreacting to things which common sense should be telling us are make-believe, we are all in trouble and we are all just simply a bunch of clowns. | Right now, no one knows if any of these clown sighting have any basis in reality or if they are simply phantoms made up by the imaginative minds of children, and in many cases their parents and the police as well. Just like in the Salem witch trials <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials</ref>, you can't always take for gospel truth every word and every story a child tells you. Maybe it's time we as a society start approaching some of these stories and reports with just a grain of skepticism. That if it sounds unreal, we have a right to doubt it's veracity and not be accused of "blaming the victim". That is not to say that the police should not reasonably investigate every complaint and possible threat and act with due diligence. But there is a line between act and react, just as with the case of the police officer in Arkansas being suspended for dressing as a clown, which is neither a laps in judgement nor a currently prohibited behavior. When we as a society and as individuals start overreacting to things which common sense should be telling us are make-believe, we are all in trouble and we are all just simply a bunch of clowns. | ||
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References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/lagrangepolicedept/posts/1388028421224814?match=Y2xvd25z
- ↑ Another Creepy Clown Incident Reported in Ohio
- ↑ Creepy clown' epidemic comes to Upstate NY, several sightings reported
- ↑ 'Scary clown' epidemic reaches Oregon
- ↑ No laughing matter: Clown sightings have police on alert in Kentucky
- ↑ A clown appears to be trying to lure kids into woods in South Carolina
- ↑ Mystery clowns bring fear to South Carolina town
- ↑ Clowns terrorize children as they make their way to school
- ↑ Creepy clown Facebook page threat forces school district lock-down
- ↑ Police: officer suspended for dressing up as a clown
- ↑ Coulrophobia (Wikipedia)
- ↑ Lilith (Wikipedia)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials