Mexico City Emos

Great Pod!

emos make me puke

No one ,NO ONE, should we hurt (or hated) by others for how they dress, feel, or act.

I'd be lying if I said emos don't annoy the hell out of me also. Give 95% of those kids a few more years and see if they still retain that lifestyle. Just a bunch of kids wanting attention, individuality, and to be part of a sort of club or exclusive group.

Ugh... those girls' bangs...

It's interesting to watch this video and then read the responses thus far, i admit when it got to the marching for tolerance segment i had a moment of "wait...really?" but then again why not? they are reacting as many other rejected and attacked group have. Sure most of them might grow out of it in a few years, but how many people now in their 20's or older retain the image or lifestyle we had at 15, 16 or 17 years old?

free expression without oppression.

Hating someone for what they feel and what they look like is, at best, asinine. When was the last time a whole way of life was threatened by intolerant views? Oh yeah, it was the Holocaust.

Prove you are resourceful, entertaining, a social innovator, and I will appreciate somebody who embodies those qualities. Seriously, though, you've got about two chances to prove that you are never going to be that.

BOO EMO"S...poop

So did they do anything wrong in the first place? Can't say that I understand the emo culture BUT i don't think violence is the way to respond....

who cares what a bunch of kids does with their time anyway? why does difference= it's okay to harass? my lil sis is emo, or was. i thought it was dumb but I didn't harass her about it or beat her up. i just continued to love her and she seems to be growing out of it. we all like stupid stuff when we're young, that's the whole point of being young, to figure out who we are through experimentation.

Hay alguien con Current quien habla espanol? It looks like the audio sync is way off.

I think this is less about being "Emo" and more about Mexicans and their disingenuous sense of style. Mexicans where I am from tend to dress like they are on their way to a shitty night club or an audition for a Mexican game show. It just seems like they try way to hard.

When visiting Mexico 9 years ago the cops stole all my money along with my friends and shattered his shin w/ police batons for no reason.
So it seems the violence there isn't just towards emo culture vultures but towards anyone who looks different.

I'm surprised that someone on this site would use the word emo, its not even the correct slang for fuxs sake, try hipsters, or scenesters, or we could bring back the word beatnick, but seriously, emos? what are you, a highschool jock?

And why the hell do negative people have to run their mouths about their ignorance? Its funny, most of the people who say they hate "emos" are usely pretty big tools themselves, wearing their abercrombie or aropostle with their big white sunglasses, watching vh1, flipping their hair in the front, etc etc, just generally being total sheep. Then they notice someone who's following a different set of trends, and in hopes to fit in even more they open their mouths and run them till the damn cows come home, never really seeing that they are really no different. At least the "emos" aren't afraid of being riddiculed and tortured by you insecure people, and they didnt choose the easy "preppy" kid path...but don't get me wrong, I'm all for originality, and following any trend to fit in with any group is pathetic, I'm just saying I would much prefer to hang out with "emos" than than the people who hate them, mostly "preps"...I really can't stand ambiguous labels though and I'm already sick of this thread...

I think I read an article in a magazine about this. It's just so weird to me how people get angry and violent over the stupidest things. Why would you honestly want to hurt a couple of teenagers because of the way they look and the music they listen to? It's pathetic really. People always have to find something to be angry about.

The emo fashion (as opposed to the 80s music sub-genre "pioneered" by Husker Du and Rites of Spring) is the modern-day hair metal. Like your parents with their perms and mullets, these kids will look back 20 years from now and ask themselves "What the HELL was I thinking?"

this is interesting! but, in general, i wonder what their musical influences are and how this caught on...

I'm sorry why would you purposely cut you hair to look stupid...WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL KILL YOU FOR IT? It's one thing in the US where people will just laugh at you and keep walking.

In Chile they are called "pokemones." They emulate Pokemon, and have make out sessions in public. Just a random factlet.

If a new subculture isn't pissing you off it's not doing its job.

those of you who commented on why don't they give up and not cut there hair and just mold back to normal.
forgot what being alive is.
is someone is going to kill me if i cut my hair.
i will die before i let them
scare me into submission

if the mexican punks and skin heads have find a purpose
in fighting a 70 pound girl 3 to one

then im shure the emo's can find there own way of fighting back with nobility...

its like the mods and punks of the 70's

Typical false dichotomy. Emos vs. Punks. Emo is the worse Identity Group ever! Then again, kids are easily programmed, they just run with it, give them a better alternative, be surfer, skateboarder, raver, artsy, whatever, but not lame and sad emo.

maybe if everyone was nicer to each other people wouldn't have to split into groups to feel like they belong, but instead people are way too interested in judging each other as a bolster for their lack of self esteem. if bullies weren't so pathetically lacking in self worth they wouldn't need to put other people down to feel good.

hey to each his own..

LOL, emos... Dumbasses going out of their way to look like douchebags are begging for attention, some of it's may be good, some of it may be bad. Don't want to be a spectacle then stop trying to make one out of yourself.

I visit family in Mexico City ever summer, and I suppose an ex "emo" kid. The thing is that in Mexico, masculinity is the norm. My uncles are the norm; mustaches, big, burly arms, beer all over the place, and an overall typical male attitude. So seeing an "emo" kid doesn't make sense to a lot of the cultture.
Of course, it's the teenagers who attack the other teenagers. I never got jumped, and I hope not to seeing as my hair has that slanted look a bit. Besides that, I hope I don't fit that stereotype. But hey, each to his own.

I do see this as a bit of a class issue too. All the kids who wore tight jeans and black band shirts that I encountered had a lot more money than say, my cousins.

So yeah, I guess I put a little insight from a Mexican-American ex-emo, if you could have even called me that.

oh big deal, people dont like Emo's! u have the right to have an opinion. So whatever ok, i dont like emo

I like emos even though I'm not one because they are rebels. Whatever happened to hippies who would see injustice and take action? These emos might be this generation's answer.
Kinda crazy what happened in Mexico City. I read the news 3 months ago, and this documentary really gave a detailed story.

emo girls just aren't hot enough for me to care .

The world is full of such utter ignorance. The despair I see, pessimistically, prevents me from accepting reality. Rebel fads protesting conformity, only strengthening its cause; through the destruction of individuality. In the current global shortage of individuals. I find myself cynical, hysterical, and unbearable, but also incapable of explaining the inescapable. I write this to the last few independent thinkers, the makers, and the takers. I wish not to influence your opinion, but only to broaden your horizon.

i think all the hate is homophobia rather than being angry over kids shopping at hot topic and listening to my chemical romance

I find it fascinating how much people care about the actions and behaviors of others. Why not just let those emo kids be depressed? Why does it bother you? I'd understand if they directly impacted your life in some negative way, but I don't see how it could be their fashion sense alone that sparks such anger and protest.

Coexist.

I hate to say it, but I laughed out loud at some parts in this pod. Especially when the men held up the babies in the end. It's absurd!

not that it makes it any better( it might actually be worse), but emos aren't beaten up because of their hair, their clothes nor the music they listen to (that just helps identify em, lol)

they are beaten up because of their world view, pessimistic and depressing

a huge contrast with the rest of the country

Regardless of how ridiculous they look (although I'm ashamed to say I strove to look like that in high school), I have to give them credit for actually coming together to speak out like that. Everyone deserves freedom of expression, and a person's lifestyle should be nobody's business but his or her own, as long as it's not hurting anyone else.

Adults and non-emos can criticize all they want, but at least those kids believe in something and are taking an active stance on it.

as much as i dislike the whole "emo" look, and attitude. its never neccesary to get violent. its just a phase that a bunch of young, confused teens are going through. half of them are probly gona end up regreting looking and acting that way, but hey, thats life.