On the calles of San Miguel, the organized chaos that is Mexico offers up many a visual delight. One such occasion was when we were rolling down San Antonio and we spied what had to be the poster boys for Mundo Nacos. With their freshly dyed crew cut hair cutting through the wind, they spied the world from the back of an ATV. The world was their oyster, be it a badly unoriginal one. But it was their fantasy and they were living it to the hilt. No questions asked, they were nacos and they were proud.

About this time, while we were hosing them down with our camera total paparazzi-style, I heard several discouraging words slung in their general direction. Though it was extreme-playa hating, it struck me as something a little deeper. These guys were completely harmless, dreaming their fresa dreams of high drama, extreme fashion, and desires that were over-priced enough to keep a peasant like me out of their face. Or mostly out of their clubs so we cannot come steal their Barbies. Which is fine by me, because from the Eminem hair to the Machinno shirts to the girls who loved it, I am very intrinsically into other things. But why should I care about them, or they about me? The fact is most people don’t, only those who suffer from fantasy bigotry.

What I mean by fantasy is the ideal life you would love to lead on your own terms. Though these fantasies differ from the suburban white kid fantasy of being a Detroit gang-banger to the transvestite who wants to be more fabulous than Jane Mansfield, they are all valid ideas of what the perfection of their life can be. That is why I feel we should never hurl insults at anyone who is only guilty of trying to gain what they consider inner happiness, because if everyone was trying to do it like you, think of how unoriginal you would be. Even more unoriginal than the “nacos” you are hurling epitaphs at. There is nothing sadder than someone who suffers from fantasy bigotry, unless that is their fantasy. If someone is not hurting anyone else, they should be able to enjoy those things that make them feel good.

That being said, march on naco soldier, march shaved arm in shaved arm, let your fresa flag wave. Just make sure your fantasy is real.