# Mexicans control your damn kids while in public! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 18, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209 "2009-06-18T19:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/21 "2009-06-18T20:16:02Z")
Why is this thread right on top of “Pennsylvania rednecks beat illegal Mexican immigrant”? Now I want to move to Texas and throw lemon wedges. I’m Swiss, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/22 "2009-06-18T20:16:54Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > Who controls them in private? That would be “The Jews”. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/23 "2009-06-18T20:17:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t mean to sound racist, but the capital of Delaware is Dover. But that is racist. “Dover” is about as white/Anglo-Saxon a name as you can get - why are they trying to exclude minorities? And if you don’t believe me, just take a trip to Delaware some time. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/24 "2009-06-18T20:18:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I don’t mean to sound racist, but the capital of Delaware is Dover. That’s offensive to my people. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/25 "2009-06-18T20:21:59Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > But that is racist. “Dover” is about as white/Anglo-Saxon a name as you can get - why are they trying to exclude minorities? No shit - where do you think “the white cliffs of Dover” came from? Shame, **Miller** , shame. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/26 "2009-06-18T20:23:12Z")
I’ve seen it both ways. Growing up in New Mexico I saw Mexican kids who had little to no discipline from an authority figure, but I also saw Mexican parents who would whip their kids if they acted like that. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/27 "2009-06-18T20:24:55Z")
Who else came in expecting to find a thread about Mexicans using mind control powers on American children (in public)? I’m kind of glad that’s not the case. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/28 "2009-06-18T20:27:29Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Who else came in expecting to find a thread about Mexicans using mind control powers on American children (in public)? I’m kind of glad that’s not the case. I’m not. I think it would be awesome if my kids could make me some kick-ass carne asada burritos when I got home from a hard day’s work. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/29 "2009-06-18T20:27:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A simulpost! I blame the Samoans. They’re always trying to scapegoat the Jews. “Man, those Samoans are a surly bunch.” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/30 "2009-06-18T20:29:31Z")
I was hoping this thread was about how Mexicans use mind control on other people’s kids while they’re in public. A little comma goes a long way! ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/31 "2009-06-18T20:30:28Z")
Now wait a minute… Is it that the Mexicans can only control children that are in public, or is it that the Mexicans need to be in public to use their child control powers? This may be a critical distinction. ---
**Author:** ![jackofsevens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jackofsevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackofsevens)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/32 "2009-06-18T20:30:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > For lurking a long time, you sure didn’t learn much. > > For a first-time post, you sure made a stupid choice. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/33 "2009-06-18T20:33:14Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > Do Mexicans not care about their kids? Do they have a lot kids so they can afford to lose a few? Dude, I think the code word you were looking for is “Canadians.” And, why are those Canadians such lousy tippers anyway? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/34 "2009-06-18T20:33:28Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Who else came in expecting to find a thread about Mexicans using mind control powers on American children (in public)? I’m kind of glad that’s not the case. Well, then our plan is working _perfectly_. Amigo. ---
**Author:** ![jackofsevens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jackofsevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackofsevens)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/35 "2009-06-18T20:34:22Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I was hoping this thread was about how Mexicans use mind control on other people’s kids while they’re in public. > > A little comma goes a long way! Well, if they could control other peoples kids, maybe they would control their own. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/36 "2009-06-18T20:37:27Z")
> [@Boyo Jim](#): > > The Jews of course. > [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > The Jews. > > ETA: Motherfuck! > [@msmith537](#): > > That would be “The Jews”. damn it ---
**Author:** ![jackofsevens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jackofsevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackofsevens)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/37 "2009-06-18T20:48:22Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > **jackofsevens** , you should worry less about _sounding_ racist, and more about _being_ racist. I don’t mean to sound like a racist but, Ah fuck it. If being pissed off that Mexicans wont control kids in public makes me a racist, then I guess I’m a racist. Of course I don’t like it when the following don’t control their kids either: Whites,Blacks,Browns,Yellows,Greens,Vulcans,Tatooinians,Jews,Serbs,Indians(far east and native american) and the list goes on… ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/38 "2009-06-18T20:53:13Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > That would be “The Jews”. Slander! We may control the Mexicans, true, but the Tanzanians control us. And the Tanzanians, as everyone knows, answer to left-handed Swedish lesbians with cerebral palsey, and _they_, in turn, are puppets of the International Jellybean Cartel. And jellybeans were brought back into popularity by Ronald Reagan, who used to be an actor before he was president. Yes, that’s right, Hollywood _does_ run the world! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/39 "2009-06-18T20:53:19Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > No shit - where do you think “the white cliffs of Dover” came from? Shame, **Miller** , shame. Look, I know it’s not “PC” to say it, but you know and I know that Minnesota has a total area of 86,943 square miles. I’m just the only one around here with the guts to say what we’re all thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/40 "2009-06-18T20:53:42Z")
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