One other regularly displayed form of blaming users involved
one oranotherreferencetothe “Mexicanidiosyncrasy”, aterm
which isoftenusedbylocalstoalludetothestereotypeofthe
Mexicanloungingaroundacactus,traditionalist,defiant and
reckless.Somepeopleattributethisstereotypeonlytopoorand
low-schooledpeoplewholiveinruralareas.Extensionists,large-
scale farmersandhealthprofessionalsregularlyusethisframe
when blamingsmallholdersandfarm-workers.Forexamplea
large-scalefarmerstated: “Wehavetofaceouridiosyncrasy.(..)
People contaminatebythrowingawaythewrappingofprocessed
food [hereferredtoplasticinthestreets]becauseformerlythey