I understand perfectly what you want to say.All of this is inevitable. It said that people tend to be very intolerant of those who do not fit into the normal canons dictated by the society, so you just need you to do even just a lifestyle different from the others to be targeted. There are those who conforms to the mass to protect himself and those who remain what he/she is, with all that goes with it, unfortunately. I do not know, now, what can I say to you, because I am living the same thing. For the moment I don't call myself anything ... nor Brony or otherwise... I'm just a person who finds this show and I consider it nice, including characters .. stop. And maybe that's okay.In the end everyone lives a passion in his own way. I think you should only do what makes you feel safe, without necessarily repress what you like. For example, you may wear the shirts only in specific situations and not everywhere...or something like that.Unfortunately we live in a bad world, believe it or not. Your concerns are more than fair.