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 Quer??taro, 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.
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I love that line....dope.
It's totally true. I asked my girlfriend about that and she said something about his level of melodrama being similar to a lot of Ranchero music.
That's the first thing that came to mind when I read that shit.
Aaawww, but I feel bad for the poor emo kids. They don't stand a chance. They will have to evolve into some new shit, that no one has ever seen before, in order to survive.
Oh, they will continue to cry....TEARS OF BLOOD-RAGE!
Also, I want to meet some Mexican Rockabillys. I didn't see any in Merida. I'll have to make my way over to la ciudad.
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But the pic above is a flashback to El Chopo flea market in Mexico City. Mexi-emos as far as the eye can see.
I think the dude towards the lower left corner is a spy. He doesn't look so emo to me.
Metalhead and Rockabillys vs Emos-------HE FUCKIN LARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's what I'm saying! The fact that they care enough to have beef and make real world moves on it is kind of inspiring. I just wish they'd have a West Side Story-esque dance-off or something instead of thumping for real.
Beating on emos is a bad look. Are they going to take on the computer geeks and the AV club next? Talk about soft targets.
Also, do you think this will result in some emo kid finally taking shit into his own hands in a Columbine style?
last i thought, just cause you're "emotional" doesn't mean you can't be physically strong or good at scrapping.
Wow.
True, and a computer geek could be a tae kwon do black belt for all I know. Emos as I understand them, however, don't seem to be looking for trouble of the physical variety. I'm sure some of them can hold their own, but I don't think that, in general, they're an aggressive lot.
They could be going after racist skinheads (if there were guys like that in Mexico) and make a more important point, but then they'd have a real fight on their hands. Not knowing all the details and history of this, I would assume that the metalheads and rockabillys don't really want it.
Who's to say???maybe they're getting like they know they want it?
Who's to say indeed. I'm only speculating. Again, I'm busy in Jersey so my ethnographic studies on these cats will have to wait.
no shit...I saw some dude step to Freakazoid from The Freak Show (bboy crew) and he got smashed. That kid is emo as fuck but he's not one to fuck with.
ohh and the second "strike" if you will was i could tell the dj was cd spinnin. for shame...
whats up with the haircut which your hair covers one of your eyes? This cannot be very practical/functional?
anyways, this story is too funny
emoglobin.
sorry. couldn't resist.
Wouldn't you lose depth perception? Everything would appear flat.
This would not help you in a fist fight, at all.
dude looks like an elf. a wood sprite.
that abstract circus style of bboying is weird as shit. for the most part its an awesome example of flexibility and strength... funk however it is not.... at least all the times ive seen it. but given the expanded spectrum of hip hop now... its natural i suppose.
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