# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/61 "2009-06-18T21:31:15Z")
This thread is not at all what I was hoping it would be - the title lured me in with promises of completely insane mind-control and/or pedophilia, and instead I got generic-brand stupid racist. FWIW, there’s plenty of shitty parents in just about every race and ethnicity. There’s also plenty of born in the US Americans who have tan skin and speak Spanish. And, presumably, some of them may not control their kids in public (maybe 'cuz the actual Mexicans are?) ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/62 "2009-06-18T21:31:25Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Why does the phrase “I’m not racist…” or “I don’t mean to sound racist…” **always** precede something racist? For the same reason the phrase “No offense, but…” always precedes an offensive statement. Ed ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/63 "2009-06-18T21:32:48Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > I love Eskimos. What a back-handed compliment. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/64 "2009-06-18T21:34:32Z")
**TLDR/VCO3,** is that youuuuuu? ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/65 "2009-06-18T21:34:47Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > What a back-handed compliment. Not sure at all, I really love them. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/66 "2009-06-18T21:36:06Z")
[Come on guys.](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Image:Successful_troll2.jpg) Seriously? ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/67 "2009-06-18T21:36:14Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > T instead I got generic-brand stupid racist. I take offense to that, I’m definitely “name” brand. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/68 "2009-06-18T21:38:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Tatooine, on the other hand, is a real place. I’ve been there. The MexiJews were well behaved. ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/69 "2009-06-18T21:49:04Z")
> [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](#): > > [Come on guys.](http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Image:Successful_troll2.jpg) Seriously? I’m not a troll. This is a serious rant. Maybe I should have been more PC and said “I hate it when “ANY” Parent doesn’t control their kids”. But today my lunch was ruined by kids (who by the way where Mexican) and their parents. And, it reminded me of other similar insistences. I don’t believe that all Mexicans are this way. But “PC” or not, in my observations of disruptive kids, Mexican parents are the worst at controlling them. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/70 "2009-06-18T21:54:39Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > Whites,Blacks,Browns,Yellows,Greens,Vulcans,Tatooinians,Jews,Serbs,Indians(far east and native american) and the list goes on… Like ‘I’m not racist, but…’ this is one of those things I always notice racists doing. bringing ‘green’ and ‘purple’ people into the equation. It’s always like ‘I don’t care if you’re black, white or purple – I just don’t think people from different races should marry!’ ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/71 "2009-06-18T21:56:16Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > I’m not a troll. This is a serious rant. > > Maybe I should have been more PC and said “I hate it when “ANY” Parent doesn’t control their kids”. But today my lunch was ruined by kids (who by the way where Mexican) and their parents. And, it reminded me of other similar insistences. > > I don’t believe that all Mexicans are this way. But “PC” or not, in my observations of disruptive kids, Mexican parents are the worst at controlling them. Then you’re an idiot with poor selection bias. Still though - nicely done with the classic “I’m not a racist but…” Bravo. In the event that you’re actually serious, :dubious:, you really should have known better. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/72 "2009-06-18T21:56:27Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > But I really think that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Pythagorist! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/73 "2009-06-18T22:00:34Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > I’m not a troll. This is a serious rant. > > Maybe I should have been more PC and said “I hate it when “ANY” Parent doesn’t control their kids”. But today my lunch was ruined by kids (who by the way where Mexican) and their parents. And, it reminded me of other similar insistences. > > I don’t believe that all Mexicans are this way. But “PC” or not, in my observations of disruptive kids, Mexican parents are the worst at controlling them. Gosh, you’re really stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/74 "2009-06-18T22:05:19Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Wrong. > > All of you. > > It’s “them Jews”. > > It’s them Jews that’s doin’ it. I’m Jewish and this week I’m just in charge of world zinc prices. Maybe next week I’ll be able to do something about those dang kids, remind me. ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/75 "2009-06-18T22:05:39Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > Gosh, you’re really stupid. Why because I made an observation? Or because I chose to rant about it? ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/76 "2009-06-18T22:10:30Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > Why because I made an observation? Or because I chose to rant about it? I’d say the overwhelmingly absurd and racist assumption had more to do with it. Nice briefcase, though. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/77 "2009-06-18T22:15:30Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I’m Jewish and this week I’m just in charge of world zinc prices. Maybe next week I’ll be able to do something about those dang kids, remind me. I had kid-control duty a couple weeks ago. Too bad **jackofsevens** didn’t post this before they rotated me to the team in charge of keeping Rev. Wright from talking to Obama. ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/78 "2009-06-18T22:16:19Z")
> [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](#): > > Nice briefcase, though. Briefcase? ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/79 "2009-06-18T22:19:18Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > Why because I made an observation? Or because I chose to rant about it? Why are you really stupid? I haven’t the first idea. Maybe your mom drank a lot while she was pregnant with you? But you do say such stupid, stupid things. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/80 "2009-06-18T22:20:47Z")
> [@jackofsevens](#): > > Briefcase? Dude, lemme give you some advice: You’re out of your league here in The Pit. I suggest just posting in threads, instead of starting them. You may also want to venture to different parts of this message board. May I suggest posting some **[depressing songs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=518628)**? Or maybe some **[songs that make you wanna jam](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=520694)**? Or if poker is your thing, you can tell us what you think of Phil Ivey winning his _seventh_ (!!!) **[WSOP](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=519488)** bracelet. [/Shameless Self Promotion] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209.md?page=5)