KatonRyu 1,033 September 27, 2016 #76 Share September 27, 2016 'Haters gonna hate' is pretty much what I'd use to sum them up. Beyond that, I ignore them simply because arguing at all means they win. So what if they believe that makes me less manly? What do their opinions matter anyway? What they believe is entirely their business and so whatever they have to say has no value whatsoever. This, of course, does not apply to people who genuinely don't like the show and give well-worded criticisms of it, but then those people don't usually go out of their way to spite other.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FluffyGoat13 375 September 27, 2016 #77 Share September 27, 2016 In the words of my friends older brother (both not bronies); "It's okay to like or dislike something I dislike or like respectively, what's not okay is waving your opinion about in my face." This has always been my philosophy; if someone doesn't like something, and there's no legitimate reason that they should know or see this thing, then don't tell or show them. Keep things need to know. This was, in fact, the main reason I hated bronies in the beginning, before becoming one myself. On a related note; hatred towards bronies has significantly declined over the past few years, to the point that most people don't care. This decline has correlated with the decrease in production of fandom material, and particularly the stopping of bronies plastering ponies all over the internet. So, part of the reason this fandom accrued such hatred towards it was because of the fandom's explosive release onto the internet. It was, essentially, collateral damage. 2 "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglass Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt 45 148 September 27, 2016 #78 Share September 27, 2016 Before I was a part of this fandom, I always saw them getting angry just because someone had a pony as their profile picture. I personally didn't ever get involved in any of these conversations/flame wars, but I found them entertaining to read. On Youtube, they often try too hard to hate on bronies, and it just becomes mindless insults. When reading these chains, I would normally side with the bronies, since they didn't really do anything wrong to begin with. This sort of thing got me interested in the fandom itself, and is one of the main contributing factors of to how I heard about, and joined this fandom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenholmZombie 1,330 September 28, 2016 #79 Share September 28, 2016 Whenever an anti-Brony comes after me, I just tell them that I don't care about what they have to say then I ignore them. So my stance is "meh." RavenholmZombie - Brony since 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavenly Inexplicit 309 September 28, 2016 #80 Share September 28, 2016 I don't think anti-bronies are really relevant anymore. I've never encountered an anti-brony. Well, I did once, in class a guy called me a "ponyfag", but a friend of mine explained to him that not all bronies are obnoxious, and he was cool with me after that. Or they may have legitimate criticisms of the fandom, but some use this as an excuse to hate us, or troll us. Sometimes angry people just want to vent their anger in a way that seems justified. Most of the time, I think that they're just misinformed people. 2 Love and tolerate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windseeker 546 September 30, 2016 #81 Share September 30, 2016 I don't like them, anyone who labels themselves as an 'anti-brony' speaks volumes to me how they are potential troublemakers. Thank goodness they are a rare specimen these days. I get people have their own opinions on certain things, but there is a difference between having an opinion and being downright insulting. Of course, I can't say that because it makes me a 'rabid' brony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath 2,486 September 30, 2016 #82 Share September 30, 2016 On 2016-09-30 at 5:50 AM, Windseeker said: Of course, I can't say that because it makes me a 'rabid' brony. You mean in the same way that pointing out any kind of flaw with this fandom makes you an anti-brony? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kings&Hooves14 616 October 1, 2016 #83 Share October 1, 2016 I think we should probably feel sorry for them; these people put a significant amount of energy--and when it comes to those who actually harass Bronies through comments/videos/etcetera, time--into hating harmless (usually) fans of a completely harmless TV show. That's just sad! The Brony Code: Humans are a lie, there are only ponies. Through ponies, I gain friendship. Through friendship, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. Ponies shall set me free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterDash99 92 October 1, 2016 #84 Share October 1, 2016 On 2016-09-12 at 6:28 AM, OmegaBeamOfficial said: OK, I know this is a pretty controversial topic discuss but I feel like it never gets brought up here so I might as well bring it up myself. What's your opinion of anti bronies. Now, if there are any anti-bronies looking at this post who made accounts just to troll, though there probably won't be, calm down and stop writing that hate reply, because I might not even be talking about you. Here's the thing. I don't mind if someone dislikes the things I like, It's a common thing. Not everyone's gonna like the same stuff, if we all did it would be boring. Yeah, more peaceful maybe, but still boring. Having an opinion is fine, I'm cool with it. That being said, I don't care if people don't like the show. I don't even care if people hate it. But, I do care when people decide to pick on the fanbase for something they don't like just because they don't like it, or they think that bronies aren't manly enough just because we watch My Little Pony. Some people have tried to argue with them before, and say "just try the show, maybe you'll like it". You can't just tell someone to watch a show and hope they'll change their minds about it, or even watch it at all. Their opinion on the show was made pretty clear when they attacked the fanbase. I'm not against people having a problem with us, just as long as they don't be a jerk about it. We get it, you hate MLP. And yeah, maybe this fanbase can get out of control sometimes, but that can be said for pretty much any fanbase. You don't need to show your hate for it, just like anti bronies say we don't need to show our love for it. So they should keep it to themselves instead of going around sending hurtful comments online, and trying to prove that being a brony Isn't OK, because It's fine. Before I was a brony, I never hated the bronies at all. They never bothered me, I didn't bother them. I didn't make a troll account on mlp forums I was on the neutral side. They never affected me at all, if someone commented to me online and they were a brony, it didn't matter, not complaining. I was on the neutral side, until I gave it a try. Now I can't stop watching the show. On 2016-09-28 at 10:43 AM, Heavenly Sun said: I don't think anti-bronies are really relevant anymore. I've never encountered an anti-brony. Well, I did once, in class a guy called me a "ponyfag", but a friend of mine explained to him that not all bronies are obnoxious, and he was cool with me after that. Or they may have legitimate criticisms of the fandom, but some use this as an excuse to hate us, or troll us. Sometimes angry people just want to vent their anger in a way that seems justified. Most of the time, I think that they're just misinformed people. I've encountered MANY Anti-Bronies, and they never shut up, about how much they hate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavenly Inexplicit 309 October 1, 2016 #85 Share October 1, 2016 On 2016-10-01 at 4:55 AM, FlutterDash99 said: Before I was a brony, I never hated the bronies at all. They never bothered me, I didn't bother them. I didn't make a troll account on mlp forums I was on the neutral side. They never affected me at all, if someone commented to me online and they were a brony, it didn't matter, not complaining. I was on the neutral side, until I gave it a try. Now I can't stop watching the show. I've encountered MANY Anti-Bronies, and they never shut up, about how much they hate us. I suppose that it depends on what parts of the internet you visit. Love and tolerate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaBeamOfficial 622 October 1, 2016 Author #86 Share October 1, 2016 On 2016-09-27 at 8:32 PM, FluffyGoat13 said: In the words of my friends older brother (both not bronies); "It's okay to like or dislike something I dislike or like respectively, what's not okay is waving your opinion about in my face." This has always been my philosophy; if someone doesn't like something, and there's no legitimate reason that they should know or see this thing, then don't tell or show them. Keep things need to know. This was, in fact, the main reason I hated bronies in the beginning, before becoming one myself. On a related note; hatred towards bronies has significantly declined over the past few years, to the point that most people don't care. This decline has correlated with the decrease in production of fandom material, and particularly the stopping of bronies plastering ponies all over the internet. So, part of the reason this fandom accrued such hatred towards it was because of the fandom's explosive release onto the internet. It was, essentially, collateral damage. So I guess It's a case of loss for gains. We get less fan made pony content on the internet, but we don't get as many haters. Sounds like a fair trade to me. 1 Please check out this awesome looking My Little Pony fan game being developed by Rikifive. Here's a link to It's post: https://mlpforums.com/topic/156773-my-little-pony-the-game/ This picture indicates the game's development progress, It's pretty neat if you wanna use it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavenly Inexplicit 309 October 1, 2016 #87 Share October 1, 2016 On 2016-10-01 at 4:31 AM, Kings&Hooves14 said: I think we should probably feel sorry for them; these people put a significant amount of energy--and when it comes to those who actually harass Bronies through comments/videos/etcetera, time--into hating harmless (usually) fans of a completely harmless TV show. That's just sad! I think that most of them just have nothing else to do. Maybe a lot of them are just angry teenagers venting their angst online. That's my personal theory, because I just can't see an adult acting the way that I've heard how anti-bronies act. 1 Love and tolerate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuttonYolk 63 October 1, 2016 #88 Share October 1, 2016 Online hatred is universal, no matter what. We shouldn't consider ourselves exempt from it, nor should we think that their behaviour is detestable, because it's simply the internet. Of course what their doing is prejudicial loathing, but whatever. That's what you have to deal with when logging onto the world wide web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xitheon 5 October 1, 2016 #89 Share October 1, 2016 I don't mind, I can cope with trolls of all kinds, but I worry about young and vulnerable bronies. It's tough dealing with people who live to make your life miserable. I recall back in the days when the Pokémon craze began. I was just a kid, I loved it, and I felt very upset when I found hives of Poké haters all over the internet. I don't want to see kids get hurt like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterDash99 92 October 1, 2016 #90 Share October 1, 2016 On 2016-10-01 at 7:18 AM, Heavenly Sun said: I suppose that it depends on what parts of the internet you visit. Right now I'm watching a mlp new episode live stream, and sometimes there are trolls and haters on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChB 18,562 October 1, 2016 #91 Share October 1, 2016 (edited) On 2016-10-01 at 2:47 PM, OmegaBeamOfficial said: So I guess It's a case of loss for gains. We get less fan made pony content on the internet, but we don't get as many haters. Sounds like a fair trade to me. Does it surprise anyone that despite the amount of pony content made in 2011-2012, I never even heard of FIM nor Bronies before 2015? Edited October 1, 2016 by ChB Thanks to @Sparklefan1234 for this awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professional Horse 94 October 2, 2016 #92 Share October 2, 2016 (edited) I guess I still am a bit of an "anti-brony", although I've never hated anyone in this fandom, just disliked. Why? Well, it's the fact that I can't let my youngest little sister (who loves the show) google search images of the characters because she might see porn or gore. Yes, even with SafeSearch enabled. I don't like people who don't censor their porn properly. Heck, the smile song parody where Pinkie murders everyone WASN'T AGE RESTRICTED FOR YEARS. Feel free to make sexual or gory fanart all you want, just keep it out of my and my sister's sight. I understand anti-bronies, but I do think that many of them overreact and cross the line by bullying and harassing people. Thankfully their numbers have deteriorated, although I still occasionally see a "MLP fandom is pure cancer"-post getting thousands of likes or upvotes on some forum. Most people in this fandom are alright. Bit weird, but alright. You don't deserve half of the hate you're still getting. Edited October 2, 2016 by Professional Horse 1 "Them nuts do sure smell good." -Granny Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChB 18,562 October 2, 2016 #93 Share October 2, 2016 (edited) On 2016-10-02 at 11:54 AM, Professional Horse said: I guess I still am a bit of an "anti-brony", although I've never hated anyone in this fandom, just disliked. Why? Well, it's the fact that I can't let my youngest little sister (who loves the show) google search images of the characters because she might see porn or gore. Yes, even with SafeSearch enabled. I don't like people who don't censor their porn properly. Heck, the smile song parody where Pinkie murders everyone WASN'T AGE RESTRICTED FOR YEARS. Feel free to make sexual or gory fanart all you want, just keep it out of my and my sister's sight. I understand anti-bronies, but I do think that many of them overreact and cross the line by bullying and harassing people. Thankfully their numbers have deteriorated, although I still occasionally see a "MLP fandom is pure cancer"-post getting thousands of likes or upvotes on some forum. Most people in this fandom are alright. Bit weird, but alright. You don't deserve half of the hate you're still getting. There is a Brony group that actively tries to get rid of those images from SafeSearch by reporting them to Google. Edited October 2, 2016 by ChB Thanks to @Sparklefan1234 for this awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreambiscuit 10,157 October 10, 2016 #94 Share October 10, 2016 My stance on Anti-Bronies is the same as it is on anyone else who has to hate on something to fulfill themselves. Honestly, if their lives are so empty they have to fill it with hate, they're the ones suffering, not me. It doesn't affect my life at all, and never has. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baykush 328 October 10, 2016 #95 Share October 10, 2016 It's beyond me why someone would choose to spend their free time hating something in instead of doing something they like. I don't really care about what people like them have to say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGrimoire 4,973 October 10, 2016 #96 Share October 10, 2016 i don't have a stance. I could not care less what they think. The same person who spends 5 minutes typing with their elbows why bronies are disgusting and deserve to be dragged through the streets will go into super saiyen defense mode and spend every waking moment trying to defend themselves and their hobbies and cry and blubber how wrong you are when any non-fan starts bashing Star Wars, Transformers, Star Trek, Digimon, Hot Wheels, Stephen Universe, Rugrats, any band, any sport, any comic, any film etc... etc... into infinity. Anti-bronies are fans of stuff to... and they tend to get even more butthurt than normal when you point out things wrong with the things they like. Extra tears when a brony points it out. ~No profound statement needed~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyyoshi309 1,829 October 10, 2016 #97 Share October 10, 2016 I think pretty much anyone on the MLP forums will think that anti-bronies are just pieces of s***. On 2016-09-12 at 11:01 AM, stripper said: "Anti brony" is a dumb term. Why not call them haters? Because anti-brony is what they call themselves. A hater would also include some non-bronies. I am pretty sure that this topic is just referring to the anti-bronies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChB 18,562 October 10, 2016 #98 Share October 10, 2016 On 2016-10-10 at 2:29 AM, generic11052016 said: I shall contribute my two cents on this topic. ... I appreciate your post, [redacted by request], and thank you for sharing. I'm really sorry for the bad politics and drama you went through in Squares and EM, and I don't blame you for the "anti-brony" belief you temporarily held afterwards. You have my utmost respect for your opinions, especially in light of what you said in the last paragraph. 1 Thanks to @Sparklefan1234 for this awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider float 2,538 October 14, 2016 #99 Share October 14, 2016 Anti-fandoms are the lowliest. People that actually go around looking for a fandom to hate for no reason really are a waste of space. Why don't they just go and enjoy something instead of grinding on people's nerves? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,370 October 14, 2016 #100 Share October 14, 2016 I don't let them get to me because that's what they want. They do what they do for attention and want us to lash out against them in order to make themselves feel good. If you ignore their efforts, you can prove yourself better than them, and they will lose what little power they actually have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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