and you can eat and drink what ever the hell you want no matter who you are.
I have been in Mexico on Cinco de Mayo. It is not celebrated down there. Cinco de Mayo is a day like any other day in Mexico. They have a huge celebration and official holiday on September 16 which is their independence day. Cinco de Mayo was practically invented by an American beer distributor who needed to move his inventory of Mexican beer.
Taking Cinco de Mayo seriously, even for the most diehard of Mexicans, is silly. It was the shortest lived victory in the history of the world.
Perhaps tacos and tequila is more appropriate for Alamo Day, then?
I suddenly have the urge to play Cowboys and Mexicans. Oh, and I’ll be on the winning side.
I thought it was well known that grease cures squeals.
I guess I should be offended when somebody hands me a beer at next year’s July 4th barbeque.
I don’t see why they’re so upset. At our Cinco de Mayo celebration, we show the greatest respect as we set up our
blow-up Frito Bandito and Tecate bottle. The greatest
respect.
nobody is forcing them to drink, eat, or wear them.
Hey, if she wants a ban on Cinco de Mayo in the USA, I’m all for it. All it is is brainwashing our nation into accepting illegals specifically and eradicating our own heritage culture generally.
Next problem , please . . .
I suppose this offends them, too...
http://www.nbcwashington.com/the-scene/events/Cinco-de-Mayo-at-the-White-House-150189125.html
My advise is for them is to go back to Mexico and stay there to enjoy the full flavor of their rich culture. Then they won't have to suffer such indignation from gringos.
A much better way for all concerned is to approach Cinco de Mayo with the attitude of eating the world class Sonoran Mexican cuisine, not just tacos, which can most certainly be augmented with all the other great cuisines produced in Mexico.
Then drinking not just 100% blue agave tequila, but taste testing the difference between “Blanco”, “Reposado” (aged under a year), and “Añejo (aged 1-3 years) *without* polluting the magnificent drink with mixers. It is a Mexican national treasure (except for the mass produced swill made by US companies.)
And if you are not a liquor drinker, try some of the better Mexican beers. And if you want to sympathize with the plight of Mexicans, try and get a bottle of the bitter and unpleasant “pulque”, which was all they had to drink before beer. Hard to find, and you will never want to drink it again. Easy to see why they much prefer beer.
They don’t want me to eat tacos, but I want to eat tacos.
Looks like we’ve got a Mexican standoff.
Touchy touchy touchy. Why can’t they do something positive, like put on their own Cinco theme party with whatever symbolism they see fit and invite everybody? Surely that brave little bunch of Mexicans who routed the cheese-eaters would consider these complainers to be such pansies.
Mexican students should not put up with offensive gringo culture.
They should pack up and go back to Mexico where they will be more in tune with the culture.
I’m offended by the perpetually offended seeking to control others they deem inferior to themselves.
It’s particularly galling when foreigners seek to control the natives of a country that has graciously allowed them to study there, likely even subsidized to do so.
I’m sure there’s someplace in the world, where people don’t drink tequila, eat tacos and wear sombreros on Cinco de Mayo.
I suggest they go there.