Emos are an odd breed, their skin tight jeans, their emotional sensitivity, and their taste in high pitched girly pop-punk music. Oh, and no te olivides the converse. Every emo kid is rocking the converse sneakers. But normal kids and emos have been able to coexist fine in Gringolandia. Unfortunately, los jovenes in Mexico are not having it. They started their own fight against the angst-ridden emos in their neighborhood, hunting them down at their hangout spots and beating their asses like our mamis did with their chancletas. It’s even spreading in Chile tambien - over there, emos are called PokEMOns. But as much as we want to…uh…sort of laugh (un poquito) at this weird anti-emo movement, we believe violence is never the answer. Whether you’re pro-emo or anti-emo, those chavos got feelings too! On a side note, somebody please tell My Chemical Romance to stay out of Mexico…

Photo via TIME magazine