r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ogaarush • 4d ago

Mexican 'cowboy' stopped armed robbery

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u/AmpleWarning 4d ago

They can get as upset as they want. Doesn't make it any less true.

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u/Woody2shoez 3d ago

Well you this entire thread is an echo chamber of misinformation. Vaqueros came from Spain with cattle to the Americas in the 1400s.

The origin of the cowboy is European

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u/NullnVoid669 3d ago

You know what the Spanish that lived in the Americas are called? Mexicans. Leaving out some nuance that's ultimately irrelevant, because there is nothing exactly like what we think of as vaqueros or cowboys in Europe.

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u/cheeseygarlicbread 2d ago

Thats not true. The Spanish that bred with the aztecs, mayans and other natives became Mexicans. A Spainaird doesn’t automatically become Mexican when in the Americas. WTF

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u/NullnVoid669 2d ago

They do when the country becomes Mexico. Also said I was leaving out some nuance.