I think I know the source of the clown scare

It might not fit strictly the definition of “moral panic“, or maybe it does.  There is an epidemic clown sightings, creepy creepy clowns — reported by “the kids” all over America.

I understand the “clown scare” problem as stemming from a psychological projection out of current events.  What creepy clown is running around out there that “the kids” are being bombarded by in the news media in this, the year 2016?

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You know who looks like a total moron right now?  Ted Cruz.  Here is a guy who took a “brave principled stance”, risked and received boos at the Republican Convention by not endorsing him during his convention, obviously weighing his future political prospects against a possible Donald Trump implosion, and then at about the time Trump seemed to be riding high apparently reconsidered his political position and endorsed Trump, and now???

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