Anti-Emo Brutality In Mexico: It May Get Worse

[Ruthful]

http://idolator.com/372899/anti+emo-...-may-get-worse

With more rioting and violence against "emos" expected at the upcoming City Fair in Tijuana, Mexico, the Mexican government is assisting in an ad campaign designed to curb the attacks, which began earlier this month. While it's being argued that the resentment toward this particular strain of youth culture is due to its corporate promotion and increasing media omnipresence, it's clear that the same homophobia that drove backlashes against disco and new wave is playing a large part. Why else would the abuse be aimed at the kids who enjoy the music, rather than the companies that hawk it? A brief timeline after the cut.

From Daniel Hernandez's blog, Intersections, which has extensively covered the incidents:

The spark came first in Queretaro on March 7. An estimated 800 young people poured into the city's Centro Historico hunting for emos to beat the crap out of. They found some. The next weekend it spread to Mexico City, where emos faced off against punks and rockabillies at the Glorieta de Insurgents, the epicenter of emo social space in the capital. There's also been reports of anti-emo violence in Durango, Colima, and elsewhere...
From another post by Hernandez:

In Queretaro on March 15, a week after the first anti-emo incident nationally, emos and others staged a silent march for peace and tolerance through Queretaro's centro. [On March 19th], emos and their supporters in Mexico City demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the municipal justice department. The action was organized by a Mexico City gay-rights organization, highlighting the contention of some that the anti-emo movement is homophobic, among other undercurrents. After the rally the emos marched to the metro under police protection and returned to their unofficial base, the Glorieta de Insurgentes, chanting "Emos! Emos! Emos!" On Tuesday, emos here met with representatives of the D.F. municipal government.

It's hard to believe that people may actually need to see the slogan "For the freedom of being young, live and let live" in 2008, but it looks like some can't help but blame the kid with the funny haircut for a perceived loss of national identity.

[ZoNeSeeK]

What exactly are people rioting about? Did the emos steal their limes?

[fernandito]

What exactly are people rioting about? Did the emos steal their limes?

No shit that's what they're pissed about! The fuck else are we supposed to put on our beer?*


*and everything else

[Mattrick]

I hate emo kids. At least now they have a reason to whine and complain.

[Unfound One]

My little sister is emo. I'll tell her about this and she'll laugh.
It's really quite sad.

[educatedlady]

I actually wrote about this in my "music blog". I think it is such a strange situation. It seems that people are being targeted more for their fashion than for the music they listen to which, if true, should not be labeled as anti-emo but rather anti-scene. Emo is the (mislabeled) type of music they choose to listen to and scene is the fashion/attitude associated. Many of the articles I've read mention that the "emo" kids are targeted because of the music they listen to but what I've read from the Anti-emo side has been about the fact that they "wear eye liner, dye their hair black and wear it across their eyes, and wear girl pants"...and what they've said that was music related was not really specific enough to say anything about. I think that there is a huge disconnect and that people are fighting about nothing really.

/end rant

[Ruki]

damn. jokes about beating up emo kids are less funny now. bastards

[Brice]

Ok, so now we have two groups that are traditionally social outcasts (punks and rockabillies) beating and generally fuckin' with another group of social outcasts. WTF?

[Wuducynn]

I'm confused, is there a movement against the much loved Sesame Street character that I'm not aware of?

[Letti]

Can anybody give me a little description about this Emo thing? I have heard about it but I don't get the point.

[Brice]

There really isn't one.

[Jean]

Can anybody give me a little description about this Emo thing? I have heard about it but I don't get the point.

yes please, I would like to know it too

also, if possible, dear friends - in your own words, not as a link to an article. An article can always be found, googled, whatever, but since it's you we're with here, I personally would love to hear what your view on that is

[Letti]

Can anybody give me a little description about this Emo thing? I have heard about it but I don't get the point.

yes please, I would like to know it too

also, if possible, dear friends - in your own words, not as a link to an article. An article can always be found, googled, whatever, but since it's you we're with here, I personally would love to hear what your view on that is

My dearest non-native speaker brother! *hug*

[Jean]

I first put "we" instead of "I" in the second paragraph of the previous post, then got afraid I was taking too much upon myself and changed it...

[Brice]

I'm sure there are others who could explain it far better than me, but musically it's sort of a spinoff of the punk and goth movements from what I know of it. Style/dress wise it's also similar to the goths. Think kids who wear nothing but black and mourn everything including the fact that they have nothing to mourn.

[Wuducynn]

[fernandito]

Think kids who wear nothing but black and mourn everything including the fact that they have nothing to mourn.

You pretty muched summed it up.

[Jean]

I'm sure there are others who could explain it far better than me, but musically it's sort of a spinoff of the punk and goth movements from what I know of it. Style/dress wise it's also similar to the goths. Think kids who wear nothing but black and mourn everything including the fact that they have nothing to mourn.

now we're getting somewhere

I know a lot of such people, only they don't dress in anything uniform, are no kids any longer and have nothing to do with music...

[Letti]

It might be an incredibly stupid question... but is it true that they cut themselves just to feel they are alive?

[Wuducynn]

It might be an incredibly stupid question... but is it true that they cut themselves just to feel they are alive?

I don't know about all of them, but I do.

[Brice]

It might be an incredibly stupid question... but is it true that they cut themselves just to feel they are alive?

alot of people do that, whether they would be considered emo or not.

[Wuducynn]

I just need the guy-liner and dye my hair black and I'll be all set. *cut* mmmmmmm time to go write some bad poetry involving death.

[Brice]

I'm sure there are others who could explain it far better than me, but musically it's sort of a spinoff of the punk and goth movements from what I know of it. Style/dress wise it's also similar to the goths. Think kids who wear nothing but black and mourn everything including the fact that they have nothing to mourn.

now we're getting somewhere

I know a lot of such people, only they don't dress in anything uniform, are no kids any longer and have nothing to do with music...

Now imagine if they formed their own subculture, bonded by music and fashion style and you'd understand I think.

[alinda]

Crazy stuff this. I can't understand why
people feel the need to hate anyone,
even if they're morose, and moody.
Especially young people who do not
really know who they are yet. Sad.

[Wuducynn]

Brice, fuck you.