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Sara C Nelson— Huffington Post UK

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As supporters of the Confederate flag made their way to a Ku Klux Klan rally in South Carolina this weekend, one man decided to make his opposition to their cause known.

Sousaphonist Matt Buck produced his instrument (similar to a walking tuba) as the group made its way to join the protest, which was called by the KKK over the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds a week earlier.

In footage shot and uploaded to YouTube by Diana Martin, Buck can be heard performing the tune played by Family Guy character Stewie where he gets paid to follow obese people around with a tuba. He also blasted out a few bars of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries.

Matt Buck trailed the march with his tuba

Buck told the Charleston City Paper: “I didn’t really know how to show my opposition, so that was my way of doing it.

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“My goal was to embarrass them and I think I did a little bit.”

Camerawoman Martin can be heard remarking: “Stupid is as stupid does” as the marchers - whose official affiliation is unknown - pass her by.

The North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights of the KKK scheduled the rally and were given permission to congregate on the opposite side of the building from where the flag flew on a 30-foot pole for the past 15 years.

The camerawoman can be heard remarking 'Stupid is as stupid does' as the marchers pass her by

A Florida group affiliated with the New Black Panther Party was given permission to hold a rally on the side where a monument to Confederate soldiers still stands. The rallies overlapped, and tensions escalated.

The Department of Public Safety estimated the crowd, including both groups and spectators, at roughly 2,000 people at its peak. Five people were arrested for assault and battery, disorderly conduct or breach of peace.

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A Ku Klux Klan member shouts racial slurs to African Americans at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan members stage a demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Ku Klux Klan member takes part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Ku Klux Klan member takes part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan members depart the state capitol building under police escort following a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Protesters shout at a Ku Klux Klan member at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Ku Klux Klan member shouts racial slurs to African Americans at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan members take part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Ku Klux Klan flies during a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Police try to separate protesters and Ku Klux Klan members during a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan members give the Nazi salute during a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Neo Nazis (National Socialist Movement) take part in a Ku Klux Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Police restrain a protester as Ku Klux Klan members depart the state capitol building after a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Neo Nazi stomps on an Israeli flag after ripping it up at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Counter protesters and Ku Klux Klan members argue at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan members take part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Neo Nazi (National Socialist Movement) member speaks with a South Carolina state policeman at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan members take part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Ku Klux Klan supporters depart the state capitol building following a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A member of the Ku Klux Klan gives a Nazi salute as the Klan members fly the Confederate flag during a demonstration at the state capitol building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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Protesters try to chase Ku Klux Klan members as they depart the state capitol building after a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Ku Klux Klan supporter carries the Confederate flag during a demonstration at the state capitol building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A Confederate flag supporter weeps during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A man holds a Confederate flag during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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People chant 'Black Power' during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A man holds a black power salute during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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People chant 'Black Power' during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A man holds a Confederate flag during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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People attend a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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A man holds a Confederate flag on the state house grounds on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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