anti-emo riots in mexico..[views:3605][posts:19]_______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:29am - ellesarusrex ""] [URL='see what my haircuts are doing to the world...']http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/anti-emo-riots.html?mbid=wir_newsltr [img] Riot police have taken to the streets of several cities in Mexico to ... defend emo kids? A series of attacks on dyed-hair, eye-makeup-wearing emo kids began in early March when several hundred people went on an emo-beating rampage in Querétaro, a town of 1.5 million about 160 miles north of Mexico City. The next week, shaggy-haired emo teenagers were harassed again by punks and rockabillys in the capital, prompting police protection and a segment on the TV news. Most recently, a Mexican newspaper reported that metal heads and gangsters have warned Tijuana's emo kids to stay away from the town's fair next month. But the so-called emos are organizing, too. Last week, they demonstrated against the violence, pictured above, and Wednesday some met with police in Mexico City. "They're organizing to defend their right to be emo," wrote Daniel Hernandez of LA Weekly on his personal blog, which has provided stellar coverage of the whole affair. Music-based subcultures have permeated Mexico's major cities for decades, fueled by constant migration from rural cities. But only in the past year have emos begun to make their presence felt in the streets. In response, many of the established so-called tribus urbanas like punks and metalheads are responding with violence. The emo-punk battles are reminiscent of earlier subculture fights among various factions, like the Hell's Angels fighting hippies at the Altamont Music Festival or the Mods taking on the Rockers. But while videos of Mexican teenagers with pompadours advancing on equally baby-faced emo rockers seem like scenes from a south-of-the-border version of John Waters' Crybaby, there are ugly undercurrents to the story. First, by some accounts, the emo subculture is identified with homosexuality in Mexico. As Mexico City youth worker Victor Mendoza told Time.com: "At the core of this is the homophobic issue. The other arguments are just window dressing for that." Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican and an editor at OC Weekly, said that the sexual ambiguities cultivated by emo fashion helped set the group up for targeting by more macho groups. "What do you do when you are confronted with a question mark about sexuality in Mexico?" Arellano said. "You beat it up." Forum posts show similar sentiments. One person wrote on a government youth-website forum, "detesto a los emosexuales," which translates as "I hate emosexuals." Emosexual is an obvious play on homosexual, especially in Spanish, where the H is silent. Many of the attacks have been planned, or at least fomented, on violently anti-emo websites like Movimiento Anti Emosexual, which features videos of physical violence sprinkled liberally with anti-gay sentiment. Last.fm's Anti Emo Death Squad group has almost 4,000 members. But Arellano said he thought the riots could have a positive impact here in the US. "It's a great clusterfuck for the American mind's idea of Mexico," Arellano said. "This teaches the rest of the world that Mexico is not just a bunch of cactuses and sombreros." Photo: Mexican emo kids gather in response to anti-emo violence by metalheads and punk rockers. bennyhillifier |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:33am - the_reverend ""] this is wicked old news? |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:34am - RichHorror ""] Old news is old. I think I actually read about this on RTTP. Forever ago. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:34am - ellesarusrex ""] i dont know lol i just got linked to it all 2 minutes ago and its hilarious |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:38am - the_reverend ""] you should try this new site that I've been on for a few weeks now. http://www.rttp.us |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:39am - RichHorror ""] lolomgwtf |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:52am - the_reverend ""] richardo, will you please tell MSD to MSPaint "y so srus?" + smiles on the first picture? I need my fill of astronaut bread. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 2:44am - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] [img] EL LULZ |
| _______________________________ [Aug 19,2008 9:10am - slymo ""] does anyone else think the idea of the Mexican army marching in like Nazis is really funny? |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 10:20am - monster_island ""] even the hari krishna want to kick emo ass |
| __________________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 10:26am - Conservationist ""] This news item cannot be posted enough. Beat the emos, beat the emos, beat the emos and bury their pathetic, self-pitying remains in shallow graves in forgotten areas. This is......war! |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 11:37am - GoatCatalyst ""] Persecute them! VIVA INTOLERANCE |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:54pm - Hungtableed ""] ellesarusrex said: [img] And crowds like this, my fellow worshipers, is why god created the machine gun. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:57pm - lbpvd ""] live and let live |
| ________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 12:58pm - aril ""] didn't this happen like 2 years ago? or is it just one longass constant battle with emo kids down there? |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 1:04pm - metal_church101 ""] Next, those emosexuals will march on washington. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 1:11pm - metal_church101 ""] [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 2:05pm - Conservationist ""] Hungtableed said: ellesarusrex said: [img] And crowds like this, my fellow worshipers, is why god created the machine gun. And the cluster munition! |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 19,2008 2:27pm - ouchdrummer ""] old or not, thier hair is a timelessly silly tradition. breathtaking... |
| ______________________________ [Aug 19,2008 3:33pm - Yeti ""] ellesarusrex said:[img] i would give anything to see a brawl between these fruitcakes and a crowd of equal size consisting of "metal" people and spiked bracers. |