When the news broke last month that the “alt-right” America First Patriot Rally would occur on the same day, in the same place, as the Juggalo March on Washington, the Internet responded as it often does: with a torrent of memes.

Insane Clown Posse fans were shown battling, and easily defeating, Pepe the Frog. They were imagined into the mythology of Lord of the Rings. Their iconic face paint was splashed across the visages of Lenin, Engels, and Marx. No longer were they the Juggalos we mocked — they were the Struggalos we needed.

That one of the most ridiculed music fandoms could become progressive protagonists in a serious political battle does, admittedly, sound like the punch line to a bad joke. In a year that has so consistently challenged the boundary between satire and reality, Juggalos marching against white supremacy is easily up there with Mike Pence claiming Marco Rubio dared him to touch sensitive NASA equipment.