Obsidian_Winter

I love making posts like these that get people Telly thinking about things perhaps they otherwise would not. I love seeing the community coming together. Its important we maker sure at the end of the day were there for each other.

Sigh....i said right in my post we were all equal as human beings..... Scroll up. But yes i respect and hold higher some who takes the high ground of tolerance then the low ground of hate. This is why its called high ground and low ground. Also i never said to hate the haters, just don't stop to their level. Be above that.

This. Exactly. As someone in the military he has peers that work with him and have a lot of the same background. When Westboro Baptist Church protests and disgraces and fallen Soldiers funeral and it pisses im off, yeah other people may be pissed too but he can go to his military peers and seek support because chances are they will understand exactly what he's feeling. Same goes for Bronies. If someone is giving you hell at school or at work or you get outed and get teased, you can come here to your brony peers and seek advice, bitch, moan, vent whatever because usually most of us would undersand. The whole point of this is to get those bronie out there who are bullied and those who are trolled and hated on to realize they shouldn't listen to them. They should listen to those who understand them, support them and are like them. Sorry for any grammer issues. Doing this on my phone is a Bitch. Swype isn't being kind.....

So I was reading throught he forums as I do a lot now(yes this is another Obsidian Winter Post) and I kept hearing about peer pressure, people being made to give up the fandom because their peers harassed them to the point it was intolerable, etc etc etc. We all have faced it at one time or another and now as Bronies, this is yet another thing for people to tease us about. Obviously not everyone does this, but when it does happen, usually its by people whom are called our 'peers' The dictionary describes a Peer as: Peers: a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status. Frankly, I would take a stab and say the people who hate on us, who attack out of no where, who make some of us cry, feel worthless, ashamed that we like something that only promotes the finest quilities in people and in ourself...are NOT our peers. They are NOT our equals. They have sunk below that. I know it sounds elitist but is it not true? We call "sinking to someone's level" when we do bad things to people who do bad things to us. And their social status, obviously if they can;t Tolerate and love, we are not on the same social guidelines at all. Yes, I am stating the obvious. THose of us that DO NOT sink to their level, thos eo fus that continue on proudly despite the haters...YES we are BETTER then they are. Not as life forms or by race, greed, orientation, religion, nonme of that. But by principal alone. Anytime we refuse to give in to Trolls, Haters, those that tell us we need to die or our child molesters or 'aren't real men' or 'need to grow up', we have risen above them. To be a Brony to me is all about practicing what the show teaches, loving the community, contributing to the community and so on. WE are each others peers. In a way, its like how communities of old delt with theit own when they stepped out of line and didn't practice the guidelines of their community. So the next time you do something and a troll or hater makes fun of you for it....the next time you are looking at your art on your ipad and some cruel person hurts your feelings so bad you just want to delete it all, leave the community, go home and cry, remember who exactly your peers are. What would your fellow Bronies think? WWBD wristbands! heh....j\k..... No but seriously....when you stand up for a friend, when you do the right thing, when you respect the aspects of Honesty, Generosity, Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter and the Magic that holds it all together, ask yourself which peer group you should really be listening to. Food for thought. Faithfully, Obsidian Winter