Do European Countries have more tolerance for Bronies?

[cider float 2,539]

Since European Countries, Canada and Australia have more tolerable views on homosexuality than the US would they also be more accepting of brony culture?

 

 

[Daring_Do 552]

That's a good question. I wouldn't know, being American myself, but... I want to say "no". I could be wrong on this, but I get the impression that while they may talk a big game, those other countries still have their prejudices (at least in terms of race/religion). Besides, bronies aren't the same thing as homosexuals (despite what some might say!), and reasons for disliking bronies aren't the same thing as homophobia.

[Jonny Music 3,468]

As a Canadian (with a South-Eastern European background), I was a little bit scared if I was going to be accepted as a Brony. And to my surprise, it mostly went well (despite the few times were I had to defend myself and prove a few times to my best friends that I was not gay (because that is the truth)).

Edited May 29, 2015 by Jonny Music

[Xenomorphic 362]

My Father a 50 year old classic american stereotype with a sense of humor, Actually has on several occasions bought me some MLP stuff he even watched the show with me once. He truely is a really good dad inside his tough outside

[superdogz1999 551]

We still have these so called Brony stereotypes here in Australia. Just today a group of people laughed at me for liking MLP and using overused stereotypes at me. I got so angry at them. >

I was saying it as the only Brony in my home town.

Edited May 29, 2015 by superdogz1999

[Shanks 10,816]

I can see it as plausible in some countries as they tend to have more relaxed views about sexuality and gender roles but some European countries views in regards to certain issues about ethnic and religious tolerance aren't anywhere near as enlightened as a lot of people think they are. Europe has for the last 10 years or so had this major upsurge in right wing nationalist movements and some of these movements are highly racist and xenophobic especially toward Muslims. I can see them being more tolerant and possible less tolerant of bronies but I don't have enough information to determine it one way or another.

[Idris 241]

I'm mulling it over in my mind as an Englishman and.........

I'm thinking there is no difference.

People are either tolerant, apathetic or intolerant about different subjects. Some people are naturally biased to maybe one of those categories. The USA has a lot of genetics from Europe, so you are looking at the same dudes. I could move my thought onto 'culture', but intolerance tends to be one persons perspective against another's.

Looking at it as a one on one person attack, you wouldn't believe some of the crap that goes on here. It's just as crazy as anywhere else. Same jaw dropping headlines, same lunatics, same everything.

[JonasDarkmane 19,790]

I don't really know, it really varies after each country. I don't think people really mind here in Iceland though . 

[cider float 2,539]

I'm mulling it over in my mind as an Englishman and.........

I'm thinking there is no difference.

People are either tolerant, apathetic or intolerant about different subjects. Some people are naturally biased to maybe one of those categories. The USA has a lot of genetics from Europe, so you are looking at the same dudes. I could move my thought onto 'culture', but intolerance tends to be one persons perspective against another's.

Looking at it as a one on one person attack, you wouldn't believe some of the crap that goes on here. It's just as crazy as anywhere else. Same jaw dropping headlines, same lunatics, same everything.

Come on man genetics aren't really what defines a nation.

[Justin_Case001 4,908]

I wanna say...yes?  As an American, I've tended to get the impression that European countries are a bit more laid back, and perhaps more tolerant?  But I don't really know.  Perhaps it's just a grass-is-always-greener deal.

[Sweetie-Belle 180]

I honestly have no idea. I think so.. My brother and my mom were accepting of it when I told 'em a few years ago, but they forgot since then

[EmiliaBoneca 52]

I dont know, i could say i can response you for latin america but i would be lying, i dont even speak the same language than south americans (they speak spanish, i speak portuguese), what i can answer you is about a part of brazil (the part where i live) and they are probably cool with you if you are a man brony (im a girl so i dont think they even think bad on me if i tell them) i been called immature from my friends time to time, but i never saw a brony adult in my lifetime here or in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

[King Sejong 859]

   Tolerance in Europe varies from region, to culture and generation, you could be a brony in a tolerant nation, but that does not mean you can lower your guard, for there is always going to be some prejudice jerk, tolerance is at the heart of the individual, more than it is in the centre of a mob. Popular culture has faced friction before in Europe, when Pokemon became popular, schools across Europe banned them, because schools claimed Pokemon promoted dark magic, the same thing would happen when Harry Potter became popular too, however, the schools did not stop neither Pokemon nor Harry Potter from gaining fans in Europe, so tolerance in Europe is about the same as tolerance in America or Canada, I do have family in Canada, most north American immigrants came from Europe, so we have more in common that we acknowledge, so in the end if you wish to experience brony tolerance in Europe, find other bronies, friend them and be on your guard for someone less tolerant. 

[chirox the pony 1,336]

Well I didn't really have any issues with my mother or sister, my mother just doesn't care and my sister is familiar with bronies. My friends did find it quite funny, although surprisingly they didn't know that much about MLP, truth be told MLP isn't as popular in Europe as it is in the U.S, I knew next to nothing about it prior to FIM becoming popular. So no I don't think most people care because they don't know much about it. 

[Gestum 2,493]

As a swede I want to say yes, but I don't think that would be complete true. 

 

When you  judge these types of things, you have to judge individuals not nations. Believe it or not, but there's jerks in Europe too.

[Velcorn 279]

I have actually no idea since that would be generalizing so many people... It really depends on the people in your environment and it's probably different throughout countries, cities etc.

[cider float 2,539]

I supposed if it's not a part of the PC categories (race, sexuality etc.) than it's not as accepted even in those countries. But I would think other Western countries that aren't U.S. would be more  open minded.

[Mesme Rize 15,690]

As a german, who walks around 80% of the time with a brony shirt through the city, i would say yes. I never received any stupid comment from the site from anybody and nobody looked at me with a dubious glance, when i walked into my local NICI store, to get my MLP plushies.

 

So i guess europeans are very tolerable.

[aoEAF2FBvC0MIo2Q 3,674]

I suppose it would depend where you are. I would imagine eastern European counries like Hungary, Poland, Belarus and Russia to be less welcoming. I would imagine that the Nordic nations would be one of the most tolerant of the lot but again, it'll depend on who you're dealing with.

 

Heaven help you if you're in the Bible Belt.

[ARagY 1,152]

Europe isn't one culture/mindset. It depends on where you go. I've seen a lot of bronies from Russia, ex-soviet states, and former Yugoslavia and I've also seen an amount of intolerance that's higher than any Anglosphere community I've ever been to. In general I would say the tolerance is probably lower. In Germany, however, it seems like it's pretty tolerant. Sweden is also probably intolerant because you know, Sweden. If you don't get it then you should research what's going on there right now with their politics. Tolerance in the UK is probably the same as it is in the US, and Iceland, Denmark, etc. are probably all around the same respecting their population differences. France and Spain probably don't care enough/have enough people to really make a huge opinion about it. But then again, I don't know. I've never been on French/Spanish mlp forums.

 

*Yes I realise I left out a lot of countries. 

*Also, no country in Eastern Europe is as tolerating as the US of homosexuality

Edited May 29, 2015 by ARagY

[Shanks 10,816]

 Popular culture has faced friction before in Europe, when Pokemon became popular, schools across Europe banned them, because schools claimed Pokemon promoted dark magic, the same thing would happen when Harry Potter became popular too, however, the schools did not stop neither Pokemon nor Harry Potter from gaining fans in Europe, 

That actually surprises me considering just how secular Europe has gotten though this would fit certain fairly religious Eastern European countries like Poland for example like a glove. It is hard for me to picture this in most of western Europe and even more difficult for me to picture this in the Nordic countries like Sweden, Denmark ect... I do know that similar bans were in effect for the very same reasons in some schools in the American South and parts of the Mid West, of course there was also the excuse that these things "distract" kids.

[Velcorn 279]

I'm actually pretty glad to live in Germany... People tend to be pretty tolerant here which is nice... Tolerant in comparison to other countries, still much intolerance here but it's ok ;D

[Aleh 481]

psh idk. 
Europe isn't some single monolith tho, culture in every country varies a lot, and things that people are tolerant of in England may be disliked in Poland. 

Tbh I don't think many people know or care about mlp here. Probably similar to the US tbh, either they don't care or they find it weird. Haven't seen much about it so >.< 

 

(Also tbh you'll find intolerant people everywhere, UK as a whole may be slightly more tolerant in some ways than the US, but there's a tonne of bigots. Best not to assume that Europe as a continent is automatically tolerant of everything xD)

Edited May 30, 2015 by Aleh

[zombienixon 331]

I'm mulling it over in my mind as an Englishman and.........

I'm thinking there is no difference.

People are either tolerant, apathetic or intolerant about different subjects. Some people are naturally biased to maybe one of those categories. The USA has a lot of genetics from Europe, so you are looking at the same dudes. I could move my thought onto 'culture', but intolerance tends to be one persons perspective against another's.

Looking at it as a one on one person attack, you wouldn't believe some of the crap that goes on here. It's just as crazy as anywhere else. Same jaw dropping headlines, same lunatics, same everything.

 

Well, consider that a number of people in the US have this idea that Western Europe and Canada are some magical happy place where people are accepted for their differences just because they tend to be, collectively, a little more left leaning on social issues. 

[RarityFan01 2,444]

i don't know. Most of the anti-bronies I dealt with where European.