Have you experienced any bullying for being a brony?

[Ed Lyons 105]

Have you been bullied or have had people be mean to you for being a brony? I would like to hear. As it affected your views on the show? Did you stop watching it for a while? Share your story.

[MoltenKitten 341]

A little bit but I just ignored it because teenage angst 

[alpinefroggy 451]

No I Haven'. I have certainly been asked the questions like isn't it for little girls?  Do you Really like it? Small appeals to ignorance but they came around and are cool with it

[Varrack 1,080]

My younger brother teased me about it, but I don't care about his opinion. Told a couple of my friends and they were a little surprised but they seemed cool with it. There's no way I'm telling anyone else though (unless they ask me directly about it)

[Sekr Gray 520]

My father makes a few small jabs at me every now and then, but they aren't really too mean-spirited. Most everybody at college seems to either ignore it (aside from those few that mention they like my Mane6 shirt or something ).

[rarity1 461]

No one has bullied me about it because I'm not open about it.

[SugarfootWillie 383]

Never bullied, but the most extreme thing that happened was I got into a fight.

 

I would love to say I hwhooped a**, but I didn't. . . I did loose with dignity though.

 

And to be honest I had no chance of winning: I was fighting my Sensei.

My father makes a few small jabs at me every now and then, but they aren't really too mean-spirited. Most everybody at college seems to either ignore it (aside from those few that mention they like my Mane6 shirt or something ).

Easily my favorite aspect of college

[Floofie 799]

No one outside my family knows that I'm a brony, so I haven't been bullied about it. My brother teases me about it, but that's just him being my brother.

[AstroSnail 22]

I've kept reasonably quiet about it, as in, like, I browse places like MLPForums in full view of anyone passing by, but I don't bring up the subject anywhere unless asked (in which case the other person brough it up, anyways), and so far the most anyone really cared was a girl a number of years younger than me saying it "destroys the brain" or something. Naturally I sent her off on her presumably intended way without much argument other than a "Yeah, that's what your mother says".

In summary, the answer from me would be 'No'.

Edited November 21, 2015 by AstroSnail

[Steve Piranha 28,782]

I'm not going around showing off my bronydom around the world, so, nope, and I don't expect to be bullied for it

[DixonTheAdversary 1,631]

Can't say I have mainly because no one but me knows that I like the show...

[cider float 2,535]

When you get into college all that goes away. After all there is a lot of weird people in college anyway. 

 

High school is like some dumb assembly line where everyone has to conform into a mold of some kind that already has a big following.

Edited November 21, 2015 by cider float

[mccuish1525 55]

I've never been bullied just for being a briny. I tend to get a lot of criticism from friends and family for enjoying a show that was intended to be for girls

[Gambit 74]

I only told my closest friends, and they tease me but they're just playing. I have been bullied/discriminated for other reasons though.

[Sunset's Shimmer 394]

I'm almost positive at least 99.9999999999999999999999999999999 % of bronies/pegasisters who are open about it, have been bullied in differing intensities. :/

[baba_booey 4,299]

If cyberbullying is included, then yes. I've been constantly called "bronyfag," "ponyfag" and what ever other brony hate term there is on Youtube and other sites/online games just because I have "brony" in my username or have an MLP profile icon or something. It gets annoying real fast.

[Akari of Duskshire 581]

I've only ever been told that I was too old for MLP when I was in 6th grade.  Other than that, my less-than-open way of showing it has put me under the radar.  Put me next to my friend who would sing about her brony-ness into a MLP-themed megaphone while wearing a Rainbow Dash costume and you'd think I'm a closet brony at best or sick and tired of it at worst.

[ShadOBabe 18,984]

Nope. Just some teenagers squealing "DERPY!! <3" from a distance when they saw her on my bag.

And this guy behind the counter at the sandwich shop asking me how I liked the Season 5 Premiere when I walked in with my Mane 6 Shirt on.

 

Entirely positive.

[Trixie Heartstrings 433]

I've told virtually no one at my school, so not yet, but I'm worried about what will happen if I'm open. I'd probably be honest if asked, but I'd be very nervous when/if that day comes. The people in my area are fairly close-minded, and have been assholes, especially on my bus and at my lunch table. But I've gotten passed the bus by listening to music, the lunch table I still can't get passed.

[Luigi 7,868]

Almost nobody knows I'm a Brony. I cover my tracks pretty well, so I've never been bullied about it before.

[3k932jd22328jdsf 113]

Yes I've been bullied at college and by my mom for being a brony; however, I don't worry about what other people think I should or shouldn't do because ultimately its my life and only I can know whats best for me. I don't know about you but I live America and I have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and watching my little pony friendship is magic makes me happy and if someone else has a problem with that fact then to bad for them.

Edited November 21, 2015 by Emerald Meteor

[Foxy Socks 2,596]

Not yet, but that's because almost no one else knows I'm a brony. I wouldn't be surprised if it does happen eventually. I wouldn't care that much if they did though.

[InfectedPone 1,548]

I've only told close family (well, rather they found out) and 1 friend. So I don't get IRL bullied. But there have been some internet comments that seem to take a pick at the fandom but it's easy to ignore them

[FlootahBabby 265]

I only keep that stuff to myself usually. Everything is on my phone and I don't want to get in other people's ways so I don't let them see it.

But, I'm not going to risk it. Getting a friend at my high school is like completely changing your personality.

There was this one guy who has this huge white SUV and he parks at this one area at the PERFECT timing of when I'm walking home. No matter how early or late I leave the school. And he's kind of bad at it too since he leaves his tire on the curb. Which can give theories that he may not seem to care about a lot of things but I shouldn't be assuming things.

He was yelling at someone down the hill about lamborghinis or something then I walked by the corner of the school, which has a crosswalk to the neighborhood.

Of course he was right there, waiting for me to cross. I would expect him to have the patience to just not do anything extreme. But then all the sudden I just heard a loud obnoxious VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM out of nowhere and he just drove way over the speed limit down a narrow driveway and there was another car somewhere honking. Everyone saw the car drift down the side of the school. I wonder if it was just simply me walking that aggravated him.

Now I imagine myself wearing a shirt that said "BRONY" with rainbow dash or something on it. I would feel that would definitely aggravate someone like him, how he doesn't prefer to be wasting his time over a person who doesn't deserve that dedication of focus or contemplation because that person is wearing a my little pony shirt.

Edited November 21, 2015 by FlootahBaby

[Windseeker 546]

I keep it to myself, and for good reason.

 

There's something about ponies that make some people lose all sense of rationality.