Is McDonald’s worried about coulrophobia?

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It will be an uphill battle for McDonald’s as it uses a sporty, animated Ronald McDonald to promote active lifestyles. There’s the anti-fast-food contingent, which will look cynically on the initiative. And then there’s a group that may be smaller but is rabid and may quite possibly be insane: the anti-clown community. Check out the welcome message on ihateclowns.com: “There are people in this world who dress up and act like clowns; I don’t like these people.

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