[Misuzu]

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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 ~censored~ 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.

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[xaintzdan]

-.- nth wrong wif emo i guess... its just a fashion and style.... well i hope things will get well soon in mexico... gambateh

[basketcase]

I say that they should be emo or homosexual if they want. Why would i care about how another person lives as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

[kpoeira]

i dislike emos, so i think i wont comment on this one XD

[oniichan..sama]

wow is this actually a real story....You got this from a reliable source....wait, who am I to doubt your information network. Anyway.
Beating up Emo's just because their emo is not very good it's like beating up homo's just because they like men.... wait why don't people ever beat up women for liking other women...wait , don't answer that I think I can understand the thoughts of the ignorant masses kukuku.
Anyway hope they solve this problem soon.

[NeoDarklight]

Quote: Originally Posted by basketcase

I say that they should be emo or homosexual if they want. Why would i care about how another person lives as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

95% of all mexcans are devout Catholics. It's a BIG deal over there.

[wat3v3r]

Down with the emo's >.> Lolz meh xD

[Zyro]

emosexual lol~ XD

i suppose some emos need protect since not all of them are mad ^^"

...i better get my flatmate to read this(,cuz she look exactly like an emo, but she say she isn't) *smirk*

[multy]

A choice of living...

As long as no emo hitting on me or emoing around my presence... I could care less...

[DjSpider]

You have no idea what happens with emos here (in my country)... They finally got the attention they wanted and it gets out of control... Well what can I say... Bloodshed, emo deaths (what emos want)... so nothing really that bad in Mexico... so let them "play"...

[Kasumiku]

seriously speaking, i think this 'emo-ism' is another sign of social decay we are experiencing in developed country. I see dozens of emo people everyday and it does gets into my nerves sometimes when they emo infront of me

[DjSpider]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kasumiku

seriously speaking, i think this 'emo-ism' is another sign of social decay we are experiencing in developed country. I see dozens of emo people everyday and it does gets into my nerves sometimes when they emo infront of me

You are right... Suicidal people wanted to be known as something else than idiots... so they thought long and hard... and created the emo trend...

The bad part is that people started to adopt this trend and now it's a huge fashion for most under 16 kids that don't get along with their parents... they started to think like suicidal people... everybody hates me... everybody would be better with out me and so on...

Unfortunately we can not stop this trend anymore... all we can do is avoid such people or support them if they start emoing in front of us...
Maybe in the future they will invent something to put a stop to all of these trends, but until then we must support it or the countries might risk a huge civil war... or who knows... maybe even a world war...

[xaintzdan]

but sometimes emo rock is kinda cool >.<

[Kasumiku]

wouldn't supporting them means something like 'yes, you are a failure, now please go die and accomplish your goal as an emoist'? . Oh yes, to be frank, if i were a gangster or mafia, ill just beat up those emo people. I find it pretty justifying to do such an act since they are bringing in a trend that will annihilate society and themselves

[Shaitan051]

Emos are annoying therefore they must be hurt. Simple. Hells, I want to smack them just for their hairstyle.

Oh, and don't even think of comparing emos to goths. Despite what the general populace seems to think we are two very different subcultures.