Booing Mexico

Like most all Americans, I was greatly offended when the audience booed Miss USA. at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico City. This was not an isolated incident. Three years ago fans chanted “Osama! Osama!” during a soccer match with the United States.

Mexicans have offered several explanations and excuses for the inhospitable behavior. Mexicans, it seems, don’t like the USA. One Mexican citizen said that kind of rude behavior is very un-Mexican and learned from Americans. Anger at America’s treatment of illegal immigrants is another excuse given.

Well Mexico, if that is your story and you are sticking to it, then I have some advice for you. First if you don’t like America’s treatment of illegal immigrants, then do something about it – like trying to improve the horrid conditions of poverty that cause those people to leave Mexico and enter the United States at great riskto their personal safety.

Secondly, no one forced Mexicans to learn bad behavior from the USA. If Mexican citizens are accepting of American culture, that is Mexico’s problem, not ours. Do something about it other than impotently booing a lone, young girl.

Lastly, if Mexico doesn’t like America and does not desire it’s influence, then do not encourage the American flag waving Donald Trump to bring his Miss World pageant to Mexico. Do not plead for the NFL to bring American football Mexican cities. Do not beg Americans to spend millions of dollars annually at Mexican resorts.

Mexico, maybe you should be booing yourself, and if you want to reject Americans and their culture, first fix your own house then reject our American dollars.