What's Your Stance On Anti-Bronies?

[OmegaBeamOfficial 622]

Oh yeah definitely, I think I was only one because my friends were and they fed me loads of bad information on bronies.

False information gets spread on the internet all the time, It's kind of sad actually...

Depends on what type of "anti-brony" you are talking about.

 

If you mean the kinds that have constructive criticisms about the show or the fandom (whether I believe their criticisms are valid or not), then I respect them. They're entitiled to their opinions.

 

If you mean the kinds that make fun of us because they honestly can't understand how a guy can like a girl's show (but do so in a casual or friendly matter), then I just laugh with them. They're entitled to their opinions, and I can sympathize with that. (I didn't understand it, either, before watching the first episode.) 

 

If you mean the kinds on Youtube that say "Bronies are <insert vulgar or overused insult here>" (though I would imagine that the vast majority of them really know that's not true, but say it anyway just to troll), then I just ignore them and try not to let them get to me.   

Constructive Criticism is totally fine. As you say, one is entitled to an opinion.

 

If It's in a joking manner, and It's obvious that they aren't being super over dramatic or serious about it, than that's fine too.

 

Those kinds are the worst for me.

I see them mainly as close-minded. If you're going to say you hate/a show is girly/only for kids, aren't you even going to watch it first? Some Anti-Bronies have watched the show, but mainly with a mind set on proving it immasculine and unwatchable. That's an umbrella statement; take it for what it is, though.

 

A lot of people are close-minded these days. Close mindedness is in every ideology, fandom, etc.; it diffuses across everyone.

 

Close mindedness is incredibly annoying, especially when you try to explain to close minded people why they are close minded. I don't understand why people actively hate and attack people just because they like something that they don't. If it's not having an effect on your life why bother?

 

Try to think of reasons why they would. Very few people are close minded for no reason.

 

The world is so messed up 

Close minded ponies can be a tough situation, and I have to say, watching a show JUST to look for things that aren't manly about it isn't the right way to go about it. You need to look past the small things like that and appreciate the show for what it is, the writing, characters etc. That's how the fanbase came to be, right?

 

The world is messed up a lot of times, and sadly, it gets worse as time goes on. It's like eating a massive cake, then eating a biscuit, then eating a brick.

[KatonRyu 1,026]

'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..

[FluffyGoat13 375]

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.

[Colt 45 148]

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.

[RavenholmZombie 1,329]

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."

[Heavenly Inexplicit 309]

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.

[Windseeker 546]

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.

[Black Sabbath 2,484]

 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? 

[Kings&Hooves14 616]

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!

[FlutterDash99 92]

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.

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.

[Heavenly Inexplicit 309]

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.

[OmegaBeamOfficial 622]

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.

[Heavenly Inexplicit 309]

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.

[MuttonYolk 63]

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.

[Xitheon 5]

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.

[FlutterDash99 92]

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

[ChB 18,532]

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

[Professional Horse 94]

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

[ChB 18,532]

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

[Dreambiscuit 8,024]

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. 

[Baykush 328]

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.

[GrimGrimoire 4,970]

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.

[Babyyoshi309 1,829]

I think pretty much anyone on the MLP forums will think that anti-bronies are just pieces of s***. 

"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... 

[ChB 18,532]

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.

[cider float 2,536]

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?