Continuing in our This Is America series, in which we analyze the perplexing and, arguably, alarming state of American youth pop culture, particularly of the urban variety, I present to you a mass twerking event (MTE) that erupted in the Miami area during Spring Break.
Three young women begin the festivities by shaking their posteriors in front of a city bus for unclear reasons. Perhaps sniffing out the pheromones in the air, they are then joined by scores of other young ladies.
It appears to be a modern twist on some form of primal mating ritual.
A fight breaks out, which briefly interrupts the footage, and then we return once more to the twerking crowd, this time much larger, consisting of literally dozens, perhaps hundreds, of young women gyrating on the streets.
It's enough to drive an anthropologist wild.
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Sadly, this is nothing new. A few decades ago while I was living in the San Francisco bay area, it was announced that the SFPD would be looking the other way during the gay pride parade. They would not be writing citations or arresting anyone for any sort of lewd conduct including, but not limited to people engaging in anal sex, circle jerks, phisting, etc. etc. etc. This was going on in broad daylight year after year. The locals would have to gather up their children and leave while this was going on.
I live out in the country now so the closest thing I see to this kind of behavior is the mating dance of Blue Herons which is significantly more enjoyable and entertaining.
What was once a republic, has now become an idiocracy.