# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/161 "2009-06-19T16:25:42Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > …McSoylent Green is PEOPLE! It’s BLACK PEOPLE! That explains why the stuff is so juicy and extra-crispy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/162 "2009-06-19T16:40:23Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > That explains why the stuff is so juicy and extra-crispy. Also explains why I can’t get enough. Cannabalism is all well and good for amateurs, but Ethnocannabalism is what the cool kids are doing this summer. ---
**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 19, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/163 "2009-06-19T16:57:47Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > That explains why the stuff is so juicy and extra-crispy. I find it a little too grape-and-mentholated for _my_ tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/164 "2009-06-19T18:17:31Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > Also explains why I can’t get enough. Cannabalism is all well and good for amateurs, but Ethnocannabalism is what the cool kids are doing this summer. Ethnocannibalism… I like it. It’s genocide, but it’s Green! Kinds like recycling your least favorite race. ---
**Author:** ![Sacrilegium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sacrilegium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sacrilegium)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/165 "2009-06-19T18:37:47Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > …Hey, and why do black people always go to McDonalds!? Well, they _would_ go to Popeyes, but they [run out of chicken](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw). Ain’t much else a person can do. ---
**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 19, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/166 "2009-06-19T19:25:51Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It’s a little ironic that someone would make such a wide generalization about the people of Texas in a thread with an OP that is being damned for making wide generalizations about Mexicans. And I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard people on this board generalize about “rednecks” and “white trash.” How are you two not making exactly the same point? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/167 "2009-06-19T20:25:58Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Pythagorist! :mad: Theorist! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/168 "2009-06-19T20:34:52Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Theorist! :eek: To Gizmo with both of you! ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/169 "2009-06-19T21:03:19Z")
If it were only the kids. What most bothers me about Mexicans is that they are fat, loud, slobs who raise a racket, leave a mess behind and don’t even tip. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/170 "2009-06-19T23:32:23Z")
> [@Enfant Terrible](#): > > Also explains why I can’t get enough. Cannabalism is all well and good for amateurs, but Ethnocannabalism is what the cool kids are doing this summer. The word “cannibal” is offensive and demeaning to my people, we of the Anthropophagi. ---
**Author:** ![Maia\_s\_Well](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Maia\_s\_Well](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maia_s_Well)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/171 "2009-06-20T05:41:10Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > The word “cannibal” is offensive and demeaning to my people, we of the Anthropophagi. Can I convert? I love humans. I could just eat them up. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/172 "2009-06-20T06:54:15Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Seriously? This is a whoosh, right? Negative. There are a _lot_ of non-Mexican Latinos here. I am aware that Mexicans are still the dominant immigration group, but I simply said that sometimes it _seems_ like I rarely meet Mexicans compared to Latinos of other nationalities which is entirely true. Confirmation bias at work? Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/173 "2009-06-20T07:33:30Z")
> [@Maia\_s\_Well](#): > > Can I convert? I love humans. I could just eat them up. Yes, you can be Anthropophagus-American. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/174 "2009-06-20T09:46:17Z")
Am I the only one who feels kinda sorry for the OP? He reads more like my Grandpa who doesn’t know any better than someone who is actively promoting racism. Sure, his post is racist. Sure it means he has some racist thoughts. But those are things he needs to strive to get rid of. I am firmly convinced that all people has had a bigoted thought in their life. It’s how you respond to that thought that is important. Anyways, Jack, admit that what you said was racist. Tell people you are sorry for having a racist thought, and ask for forgiveness. And maybe get your username changed. You don’t have to be “permanently labeled as a racist.” But don’t be racist in your new identity. Heck, stay away from all race-related subjects until you are sure you can handle it. AS for me, I’m granting forgiveness even if you don’t ask. Mostly because I won’t remember your name in like a week, but also because I think it is the right thing to do, and would want others to forgive me of a gross error in judgment. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/175 "2009-06-20T09:55:39Z")
Thankfully, your grandpa probably doesn’t know how to use the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/176 "2009-06-20T17:14:30Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > I’m afraid I have to call bullshit on this one. Nobody goes to Kansas City, Missouri as a tourist. I know people who did. Something to do with changing planes nearby, maybe? Thing is, they were in the US as tourists and they spent a night in Kansas City, Missouri, so if I remember my English correctly, that makes them people who went to Kansas City, Missouri, as tourists. Two of them even, plus everybody else in their organized group (whom I haven’t met). ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/177 "2009-06-20T21:44:06Z")
Not to hijack the thread, but I will admit that my time spent living in Mexico was unpleasant as best. That had a lot to do with my job, but while that may have been a factor, another part of it was the populace. No kiddin’ I told my few relatives in Mexico that I would NEVER return there unless one of them died or was in the hospital. I mean it, too. If I never set foot in Mexico again I’ll consider it good luck. It may not be fair or rational, but Mexico to me is just a miserable place filled with miserable people. I really NEVER EVER want to go there again. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/178 "2009-06-20T22:27:29Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Anyways, Jack, admit that what you said was racist. Tell people you are sorry for having a racist thought, and ask for forgiveness. And maybe get your username changed. You don’t have to be “permanently labeled as a racist.” But don’t be racist in your new identity. Heck, stay away from all race-related subjects until you are sure you can handle it. That wouldn’t work – all of his old posts would automatically change to his old name. It would be better for him to own up to the fact that he said some asshole things, and well, not be an asshole in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/179 "2009-06-20T23:16:35Z")
Just the other day me and my damn kid were at the grocery store, when, without warning, he grabs a bottle of Cerveza Modelo, opens it with his teeth, and yells “¡Hola amor! ¡Chichis magnífico!” at a passing woman before pissing on the floor. Now I know why. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209/180 "2009-06-21T01:58:57Z")
What’s funny is that some interesting conversations could be had on topics like this if they were started by people who put some thought into it. I mean, X group certainly does _seem_ to exibit behavior Y more often than anyone else. Mexicans might even hold less control over their kids in public than other groups do; I thought I noticed this for awhile a few years back, but I haven’t seen it in a long time, so maybe those instances were coincidence. The problem is the OP just wanted to rant about Mexicans. “I’m not racist, but…” Check. Seems to suggest this behavior is intrinsic to being Mexican, and applies to all of them. Check. Does not offer any counter-examples. Check. Copious unironic use of CAPS and exclamation points! Check. And last but not least, an insult to finish things off. Check. The scorn is a bit much because, why would you take this guy seriously? He didn’t take the topic seriously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexicans-control-your-damn-kids-while-in-public/500209.md?page=10)