Fred Reed clears up misconceptions about Mexico. From Reed at fredoneverything.org:
Being as I am a creature of little judgement and less discrimination, I have friends both woke and White Nationalist. These being hypergolic, I have to keep them separated so they don’t leave each other’s body parts on my rug. Like most Americans, both have odd and, usually, badly inaccurate notions of Mexico, the White Nationalists being wrong as a matter of doctrine. and the woke because of mild lunacy. On the eccentric principle that perhaps people should know a bit about a neighboring country, I offer the following somewhat chaotic thoughts.
I should note that I have lived in Mexico for over twenty years with Violeta, my Mexican wife, a half-hour south of Guadalajara in west central Mexico. We speak Spanish in the home. I being a retired news weasel (most recently for the Washington Times) and she a weaselette, or maybe weaseless, by inclination, we follow the news both national and international, and travel often in Mexico. In short, we have a pretty good handle on the country.
The Mexico we live in bears faint resemblance to descriptions an American sites. No, I do not support open borders, which are a bad idea. Yet, since the immigrants are unlikely to go away, an idea of what they are and of what they are able might be of use.
Let me begin by asking readers a few questions, which we will answer shortly.
What is the rate of literacy in Mexico?
What is the total number of births per woman?
What proportion of the population speaks Spanish?
What proportion of the Congress are women?
How many of the two Presidential candidates are women?
Let’s clear up some common misunderstandings found on racially truculent sites, I have repeatedly seen it said that Mexicans throw trash and garbage everywhere. In Mexico they do not, as anyone could tell by Googling several Mexican cities, clicking on images and looking for the trash. I have been to more Mexican cities than a congressman has brain cells (OK, that would be about three cities but I have been to dozens and no trash.
I got some sandals there made from old tires that lasted almost 20 years with only summer use.
I did go into the wrong bar where a porno came on and some ladies of the night showed up but I left there after only a few minutes.
We tried to hide our liquor bottles after bickering the price down but we got taxed at the border as they looked through our bags. (sad trombone)
Mama always said you should learn how to habla and not that Deutschland stuff.
I should have listened.
Communism is like a box of turds, you always know what you’re going to get.