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Idaho Klan History and 'You Guys Are Fucking White' Crowd Work

from Skin Pocket · #92

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2 min

Tim describes northern Idaho's white supremacist history including a failed KKK stronghold in Hayden Lake, then recounts a crowd-work bit where 15% of a Spokane audience cheered when he called them white.

In this bit4 moments
  • 10:33Klan chose Hayden Lake, Idaho because locals were sympathetic to their views, not because they were driven out by opposition.
  • 11:01Tim notes that even self-identified Nazis come to comedy shows because sometimes you want to put on your dancing shoes.
  • 11:24About 15% of the room cheered and affirmed "you're damn right, we're white," which disturbed Tim even in a large audience.
  • 11:48Local media were discussing the North Idaho governor's race and a candidate named Little Rich Little or something similar.
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Hayden Lake, IdahoSpokaneNorth Idaho governor's race

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