And you have no sense of humor whatsoever.
My Lord but you must be an absolute riot at parties.
M.E.Ch.A. IS mainstream...in US colleges.
I know the differences between PACs such as M.E.Ch.A., NCLR, and MALDEF, and racist bigots like La Voz De Aztlan.
I don't particularly agree with a majority of the policies spoused by NCLR, MALDEF, and MEChA, but they are no more outside the mainstream of Chicano politics than the National Urban League is outside the mainstream of African-American politics.
The problem with you is that there ARE two discernible sides, and you want to make them one by lumping everyone under a blanket woven by the words and actions of the lowest common denominator.
And that is YOUR problem, not mine.
The difference between the lowest common denominator and the, ahem, highest denominator in this case is about the width of a human hair. One calls itself "The Race" but makes little attempt at distancing itself from other more radical Hispanic groups. The other radical groups like MECha make no bones about their plans of a new country to be carved out of America called Aztlan and you laugh it off as some silly college lark, not to be taken seriously. Then there is another radical outfit that has the same objectives as MECha but in your view is somehow the only radical one.
Apparently NCLR agrees with you because they don't seem to mind what MECha stands for either. All this and you pretend to believe that there is some huge difference in the philosophies of these seditious groups and that it is wrong to lump them all together. The contortions you go through to spin a fallacy is simply amazing.