Mexican Emos 'under attack'

The comments on that original post are AMAZING:

El Mods vs. La Rockers!

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/mob-emo-bashings...

*SIGH* .
Why can't we all just...get along?

Well, this ''Emo'' phenomenon seems nothing more than just a step back in evolution, this trend is noting more than an 80's reoccurance, and quite frankly it's stupid and silly, and this fad is psychotically driven by ''Music'' and the propogation of an ''Emo'' message in the fashion and music industries based on sadness, depression, death and suicide all under the guise of ''Love'' but the ''Emo Kid'' is far from it, hence his malencholy depressed like appearance, it's a cry for something they've lost. Emotions just get in the way.......

i agree with mobius

as much as i dislike this whole trying to be emo bullshit... to beat the crap outta u solely for that reason is even more stupid than what you stand for

emos out there.... learn to love and appreciate life, and be happy

godn damn it! lol

that's machismo for you.

isn't an emo a large flightless bird?

the same thing happened with punks in the 70's, deathrockers and glam posers in the 80's, etc. they are kids being kids. and noone really knows what 'emo' is. most people can't even discern between what is 'emo,' 'indie/metal,' or 'electro-glam.' they are just KIDS.

these people are just annoyed at the sideways fringe haircuts and trendy piercings because they are counter-cultural...and everyone is looking for an excuse to be violent against those who can't protect themselves (mob mentality).

Weird!

wright on, pressrecord. I was thinking the same thing!

The other thing about the situation is that its taking place in Mexico where piercing and other things associated with the emo look is a new phenomenon. In the US and Europe we see a Emo kid and we say, "I remember those days," were in Mexico the whole machismo and gay-fearing mentality kicks in. And in a mob/gang mentality it can spread just as bad as nigger bashing in the south back in the day. It all just adds to tolerance and awareness.

they are just doing what we're all thinking (tongue and cheek you overstimulated people)

but i do hate emo: the music.
and the look.
and the attitude.
and the combination of look and attitude and the music.

all things in moderation, even hate (again with the tongue and cheek).

i eat emo kids for breakfast...bunch a whiny p*****s

I find it deeply disturbing that people are uniting in a witch hunt against the trend of kids that's only harm will be when they grow up and look back at photo's saying "What the hell was I thinking?"

It just goes to show how much further as a species we need to go.

Silently-sarah....

Yes mam, I agree....

rabidlemur, thats an emu.

mobius, well thought out. i may not have thought of that myself, but gee golly i agree with you 110%!

Wow, if only they could use their ability to organize and take a stand on something that matters rather than acting like nazis.

lol, emos

Perhaps they're just receiving some well needed discipline. (lighten up it's a joke)

ribidlemur, no, that's Emu. Good to know your aware they exist though, not enough people do.

Pity the poor emo's. I was just in Guadalajara, Jalisco over the Christmas holiday and every time I saw them, they were always hanging out at the big, fancy malls where all the rich, white (of European descent) people shop. I was of course taking public transportation unlike the emos in their brand new cars. I don't condone the violence against the emos but this is more about the poor majority fighting back against the rich minority.

I've just heard some news on the radio, a youth has killed another teenager, just bcause she was a goth.

REALLY, this HAS to stop.

people should be thankful for emos and anyone else who looks/acts different from the norm, they help make our world a beautifully varied place.

Hey morons every generation has to upstage the last one.If it wasn't for the rock n roll generation of the 1950's or the jazz generation of the 1930's imagine how boring this world would be. Just leave the emo's alone because it's not going away.

okay that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Emo is just a fad. It's not fashion, it's not music, and it's definitly not a way of life. No one should be hurt over something as stupid as that.
This is just as stupid as the Matthew Shepard thing. They beat up some poor kid for no reason at all. I hate how people can be cruel to someone just because they are different. Grrr! fighting is stupid and annoying.

diversity is cool, i think anyone not tolerant to these people should first learn about their culture. Y'all are just looking in from the outside, like many americano do, why don't you just all expand you mind and then be critics.
I love their style, very "different", maybe that is why many folks are jealous of them.
Hope many other diverse groups, fashion, or culture arise to challenge the "normal".
hehehehe, tah ta!!!
a big hug to all!

You know, it's really disappointing that there are people that hate their fellow human beings, and I hate people like that.

Seriously though, this just seems completely stupid and insane that anyone could hate a style/music/attitude/fad this much to actually beat someone up over it.

"emo" is a threat against evil - kids are being misled into thinking that just wearing chuck's and skinny jeans and having a manicured haircut is dark - it isn't - it is BS . thing is - i was up at Petco the other day wanting to buy a spike studded collar for my pit and they had all been shoplifted - actually , the rack where the collars used to be is now protected by a security bar , requiring a key , and someone had actually pried it open - while shoplifting collars qualifies as entry level evil , that initial evil is defeated when the only time the shoplifter wears the collar ( as a choker or wrist band ) is when they're at starbucks or the mall bragging about how cool they are to be wearing a lifted piece instead of buying it at hot-topic - as if not buying it at hot-topic is cool , and evil - it is not - and the next pencil necked emo poser i see with a collar on big enough to fit my pit puppy is gonna get jacked - now that , that is evil - gotta keep it real .

HOly shit Balls....this is comedic in a way. but hard to understand the stupid reasons why theses emo kids and the people bashing on them are still doing it. fighting over style the planets running wild looking for the answers that will make it worth a while till death do us all apart from the living walking dead.

this is so sad ppl cant even express them selfs anymore ... what has thew world come to!@#$^&*

Ok first off im one that personlly dislike Emos it not they wear or look its just the way of life they seem to live. So i distance myself from them.But to hear this is just sad its a horrible way to express you feelings to someone. :(

Wow, I'm not emo at all but thats just wrong.... Alot of my friends are some-what emo but not fully. This should be concidered genocide if somone gets killed.... It's just wrong

Its weird...Its like emo is a whole new demographic. Its like gay bashing. But I guess it makes sense. I've seen many anti-emo people on the internet and in everyday life and I guess when people start hating an entire group of people simply because they are a part of that group eventually things like this are going to happen. It's ignorant and its wrong and its so sad that people still think like this.

WoW, that's alot of dislike, no wait.. I was trying to make it sound less harsh, that's alot of "HATE" people, I guess some people can't express themselves.

i've been paying close attention to the threads on this. and it is not the emo that the Mexican culture despises.

elgraba has it correct. the situation is more of a class differential. the emos spend money on hair highlights, fancy clothes, and a lot of other rubbish while the upturn in the cost of corn on the world market has led the poor in mexico (which is more than 50% of the population) to do without many staples of their regular diet.

to label this as a genocide severely underscores the cultures that have been victimized by genocide. you need to take a history lesson. 6 million Jews is genocide, half a million Sudanese dead is a genocide. one dead emo on the street is a homicide. sad, ignorant and unnecessary to be sure, but it is not a genocide.

emo is not new (flock of seagulls?), neither is the distaste for things that are different.

emo still sucks, but people are people (especially when they are harmless teenagers).

they are just giving those kids something else to go home and cry about, and cut themselves over...

emo: how else could nerdy wimpy skinny guys get chicks? all you need to do is get tight jeans, pierce your lip, cover half of your face and all of a sudden, you're hot! and, how else could fat chicks look cute? all you have to do is get a white belt, dye your hair black, cover half of your face, and voila! you're hotter from an angle!

=D

as far as this being a class thing...that's wrong. kids into emo fashion and music come from all ilks. plus, anyone who subscribes to the stereotype that they're all sad and cut themselves and gay and listen to screamo obviously doesn't know a thing about postpunk subculture. really though...

btw, flock of seagulls wasn't emo. johnny cash was proto-emo. elliot smith was proto-emo. fugazi was proto-emo. joy division and the smiths were proto-emo. THE BEATLES were proto-emo! the mixture of all obscure garage hardcore/punk bands and clothing style are all part of the real emo subculture which were brought together through shows.

but, somehow, it's been demonized by a select few who are actually 'glam' and 'posers' (those who are mainstream 'emo' wannabes) who take their myspace pictures like a religion, shop at hot topic, and dress the part even though they have no clue or even like emo-punk. now, it's simply become a fad for nerdy kids to have a community. we should just let them.

former emo kid,

xlonelyboy16x

esto es pura mierda

see, therre's two of them in apparently ONE day. Too idiotic and sad to make the comemtary for these poor people there.


malathion, why do you seem to think emos do that? NO WAY am I labeled, but I know MANY emos herre in Middlesbrough, there's NOTHING wrong with the ones I know, they pay for the cloths and everything. If they did'nt, it's hardly as if they need a beating you phsyco. NEVER have I even seen the MANY of them with a collar either, emos don't do that, that's GOTH statement....or just some dirty sex maniacs.

but I love pit bulls, but you're probebly one of those who'd use it to look 'hard', I'm guessing.

Main point, don't judge like that, ok?

yes it is a class thing former emo child. just because it wasn't for you, doesn't mean it isn't for them.

not that class is the only factor, but in this situation it's HUGE. (think Boston Tea Party)

emo still sucks.

" make the commentary for these poor people " ? what ? sorry steadward , i didn't know i was supposed to fall in line - but i bet even the actual victims of these hideous attacks wouldn't like being called "poor" . and steadward , i'll go ahead and admit that i lied - i don't even own a pit - i have 2 yorkies . furthermore , steadward , my rant was in that category of humor called "sarcasm" - i made it all up - seriously - 4 real , it was all just a little story i improvised , i promise - trust me - i pinky swear - scouts honor ( etc. ) .

let them be..............

After a few days of deep thought about this story I have arrived at this conclusion:

lol, emos....

I love the photograph of the emo's at the top of the page - the two young people look artistic and beautiful, and their eye make-up is outstanding. I also love their sexual ambiguity. I say thank goodness for their creativity, individuality, courage, and eccentricity! I think emo's are brave to want standout from the herd and express themselves as artistic canvasses.

IT IS NOT A CLASS ISSUE!

what's happening in mexico and other parts of the world is HOMOPHOBIA/XENOPHOBIA disguised as some sort of bigger cultural issue to somehow justify it! can't you all see that it's GAY BASHING? all those who are annoyed by 'emos' all say the same thing about them! "pussies" "wimps" "fags" "freaks" ...

class issue. psh. it's bigotry and don't try to hide it by making it out as some worthy cause!

Meh, I'm not impressed by people that go out of their way to dress like a freak, they're just begging for attention. I wouldn't walk up and beat the shit out of them for it though. Their lazy ass parents probably need a good thrashin' though. Seriously, WTF is up with people now? I watched some lady at my work get yelled at by her son and that woman went running like he was the boss. I wanted to beat the kids ass for her...

Liberal_Extinction I personally fail to see the point you are trying to make here. The link between the behaviour of the child shouting at his mother and some young people who prefer to dress a little differently is very very tenuous. Almost nonsensical.

Attacking people because they choose to dress a little differently, or even taking away from their right to do that is much more peculiar than even deciding to listen to dreary music and wear dark clothes and makeup. The emo way of life certainly isnt for me but I'm glad large numbers of people go against the grain in a world that is slowly headed towards cultural homogenisation.

People who attack those who chose alternative lifestyles and forms of expression are usually themselves repressed (i'm not suggesting this about anyone on here) but it is often the result of a lack of choices in their own life about how they decide to be. They have to conform and those who dont conform like they do anger them deep down in some way.

I'm seeing a vague connection here about communities of people who are different from the mainstream where they live. Perhaps I dont feel the same pressures in my life now as I did when I was younger. I live in central London where all forms of expression are visible and tolerated. I grew up in Liverpool which I'm afraid doesn't have the same culture and up there kids who chose an emo way of life would have had a hard time too.