What's the worst enemy of Bronies?

[lomk 20,663]

Well then....You know, I consider myself to be a conservative Christian. I could take that as an insult but I'll be mature about it.

 

Yes, a lot of conservatives are the enemies of the bronies and especially conservative Christians are afraid of the movement. When my parents learned (because I would dare not tell them) that I was a brony they basically said it was childish of me. So is keeping my Disney VHS collection. But that's what it is to them. Then I got a good talking to. I was pretty embarrassed because I knew they wouldn't approve of me being a brony but they love me the same regardless. And yes, my parents watch Fox News. 

 

Of course, I was raised in a small farm town in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma. If it doesn't get much more conservative Christian than that, I'm not really sure what does. They aren't hateful toward bronies. My parents don't really like it that I'm a brony but don't reject me for it. 

 

I would have to agree that the conservative Christians are probably the strongest opposition to the brony movement. Really what they fear is change. I can't blame them for it since it's all they've known. When my parents think My Little Pony, they think of the stuff they were exposed to in the 1980s and they just think that it's still the same thing. 

 

Now to answer the question regarding if conservative Christians can be bronies. Well, you're reading a post written by a conservative Christian brony. I know it sounds like an oxymoron (and it probably is), but it's possible. I mean, there's nothing wrong with the messages taught by the show. If nothing else, I think many Christians should actually embrace these lessons.

 

Conservatives have a history of being closed minded, and I'm saying that as a conservative myself. But I guess I'm one of those who aren't afraid to approach something like this with an open mind.

[Scootalove 10,684]

I think the worst enemy of bronies. No they are not FOX news or haters, they are bronies that give us a bad name by overflowing pony pictures to haters just to piss them off. I wouldn't call it giving us a bad reputation, but I think if only we could eliminate the bronies that do that we could eliminate the haters & FOX news next.

[hawkflame 3,308]

A brony's worst enemy is himself.

 

It's a fandom. It's a *great* fandom, but in the end it's just a fandom. Make it a part of your life, but don't let it consume your life. Like everything else, moderation is key.

[Silver fox 117 49]

In my own opinion i think the worst enemy of the bronies is *pause for dramatic effect* none other than us. We cause the hate that most people give to us, and by we i mean the one percent who shoves ponies everywhere. This causes people to hate us. However, this isnt always true because trolls also like to troll too.

[Rejiazaioz 6]

Generally dis-information, and the media in general is harmful to bronies. For every news source that gives bronies a semi-fair outlet to speak, their are 5 radio shows that spew lies about Friendship is Magic, fueled by a lack of any knowledge about FiM. If we want to spread the messages and love of MLP, we need to keep calm and act exactly as we do otherwise.

 

Bronies are our our own worst enemies, too. MLP only spreads when people who the love and friendship that springs from the community, too many people instead spread hatred and terror around with them under the brony banner. Instead of letting things go, or being nice and loving, too many bronies still attack outside sources that don't understand Friendship is Magic. MLP is a fandom that can't be described with my limited vocabulary; it needs love and perseverance to spread further through-out the internet.

 

 

The alarmist media keeps pounding on the door of bronies; but, as long as we keep up our ways and show what the fandom is really about, the media's attacks will be drowned out 

[Evilshy 5,089]

Eh hem...

Conservative here. Well, more of a libertarian, really, but I'm very conservative on economic issues, more liberal on social ones. However, 90% of the time, the state of the economy is more important than whatever social issue is popular at the time, so I usually vote conservative. Sue me.

 

Anyway, I think bronies are our own worst enemy. Most fandoms eventually end up being their own worst enemy. Just look at the Sonic fandom, or the Avatar fandom. Nobody really hates on them, but a lot of them hate each other. It's already happening among bronies; cloppers vs anti-cloppers, derpy is offensive vs not offensive, pony grimdark is okay vs not okay, even heated fights over who the best pony is.

 

I'm sorry, but we have seen the enemy, and he is us.

Who get's the reference?

[Silver Boulder 123]

Really its not so much the haters, considering they're a bunch of trolls buts its mainly the people who sees this fandom as a sort of sickness. I remember reading one of the user's topics posted on this forum where a woman harassed a brony when he was buying a shirt or toy and the woman thought he was a homosexual and wanted do something with her daughter even though he was just causally getting something in the store

 

Its THAT what bothers me and is what I consider to be an enemy

[PfcRich 19]

^ Hooha. To know yourself is to know the enemy. The broneys that push the fandom on people are a pain. Some people no matter what you do will never see how awesome ponys can be.

[Rivet Canterlot Mechanic 63]

We have no enemies, we have people who dislike us. Enemies imply we hate them to but we don't, at least we aren't supposed to. I actually do follow that whole "love and tolerate" thing, if someone insults me, I shrug it off. They laugh at what I do, I laugh with them. I don't have any enemies. Except those damn cloppers, JK

[Rainbow Dash Loyalty 1,274]

I wouldn't call haters 'enemies', I mean sure they dislike us but it doesn't mean that we're all enemies to them and we have to react to their hatred and trolling. You can either choose to retaliate and make war with the haters or just simply ignore them, I don't think the entire fandom would choose the same option as everyone have their own choice whether to fight back against the 'enemy' or not which is a bad idea because one comment leads to another and another and another and the next thing you know is that you're going to have a massive page of flame text.

[Silverhoof 2,839]

I think Liberals, Socialists, and Atheists are a Bronies worst enemies.

Every hater I know is either a strong liberal or an atheist, generally both.

 

Conservatives really don't care in my experience. I see people here marking Conservatives and Christians as enemies not for any anti-brony agenda, but just because the poster disagrees with their politics.

--That's why I wrote the first sentence. To make a point-not because i believe it-I don't.

 

Of course there isn't a single group out with a specific anti-pony hate on. Haters are liberal, conservative, from every social group and ethnic group. Hate is something universal. But then so is love and tolerance. Allowing someone to believe differently than you is a sign of diversity. Politics is a temporary thing. No one side is evil. Relax and stop pointing fingers.

 

Lets stop labeling groups as enemies just because we disagree with their politics. tolerate those you disagree with.

[askthetechbrony 30]

 

At least, the haters that make a big deal with bronies. Some people don't really like MLP, but don't act like jerks about it. Just ignore. However, there's nothing wrong with standing up for the brony community if need be. Nothing wrong with fighting back (as long as it's necessary of course)!

There really isn't a way to fight back against trolls because they will just troll harder and more frequently. The best example I can think of is a guy on memecenter called shadowgun he has become number 1 on the site and if you would look at his memes you would see that there is no way of "fighting back".

[Captain Gobblez 55]

The worst enemy of bronies in my eyes is the feeling of being "different". This makes bronies feel out of place or sometimes even unaccepted. I think it makes you special in some way. Normal people are SO BORING hahaha!

If this is the case then you are dealing with a serious enemy here, luckily there are forums like this where you can express your feelings as a brony and that you assured that you will be understood because everyone(pony) here is the same in some way

[Starswirl the Trixie 974]

I think Liberals, Socialists, and Atheists are a Bronies worst enemies.

Every hater I know is either a strong liberal or an atheist, generally both.

 

That's because the internet is primarily atheistic and left-wing politically.  There is nothing within atheism or socialism that is against ponies.

 

I feel that, by definition, social conservatism is the enemy of the Bronydom.  However, true "social conservatism" isn't really the same as modern American conservatism.  I have a friend who claims to be very left-wing on social issues, but who is a Brony hater because he feels that ponies "aren't right for boys".  That's a socially conservative opinion, but on all the main political issues he has been taught by his family and people around him to be left-wing.

 

American politics today are about identity, not actual political opinions.  People who call themselves "conservatives" are not necessarily the enemies of Bronies; true social conservatives, however, are.

[Emerald Burst 0]

I have to agree with StudMuffin, though I think that for us true Bronys(I spell it like that on purpose) that will never happen. In my opinion MLP: FIM is one of the greatest things to happen to the world, and I know in my heart that it will never die!

[Silverhoof 2,839]

That's because the internet is primarily atheistic and left-wing politically.  There is nothing within atheism or socialism that is against ponies.

 

I feel that, by definition, social conservatism is the enemy of the Bronydom.  However, true "social conservatism" isn't really the same as modern American conservatism.  I have a friend who claims to be very left-wing on social issues, but who is a Brony hater because he feels that ponies "aren't right for boys".  That's a socially conservative opinion, but on all the main political issues he has been taught by his family and people around him to be left-wing.

 

American politics today are about identity, not actual political opinions.  People who call themselves "conservatives" are not necessarily the enemies of Bronies; true social conservatives, however, are.

No. You are missing my point. Read the whole post. The first sentence was only to make a point, I stated that I didn't believe that at all.

 I have a friend who claims to be very left-wing on social issues, but

who is a Brony hater because he feels that ponies "aren't right for

boys".  That's a socially conservative opinion, but on all the main

political issues he has been taught by his family and people around him

to be left-wing.

WRONG. I know leftists who believe that too. Sorry you cannot pin Brony hatred on only one group. Hatred is a universal thing.

There are as many social liberals as social anything that hate on fans.

 

all you are doing is making a group you already dislike out to be enemies.

 

This whole thread is silly. There is no group out there with an anti-brony agenda. The shows are not controversial at all, and as wholesome as you can get. The show is made to appeal to everyone.

 

1) there are more fans than haters.

2) most people have NO idea that the show even exists.

Edited February 24, 2013 by Silverhoof

[Starswirl the Trixie 974]

No. You are missing my point. Read the whole post. The first sentence was only to make a point, I stated that I didn't believe that at all.

I have a friend who claims to be very left-wing on social issues, but

who is a Brony hater because he feels that ponies "aren't right for

boys". That's a socially conservative opinion, but on all the main

political issues he has been taught by his family and people around him

to be left-wing.

WRONG. I know leftists who believe that too. Sorry you cannot pin Brony hatred on only one group. Hatred is a universal thing.

There are as many social liberals as social anything that hate on fans.

 

all you are doing is making a group you already dislike out to be enemies.

 

This whole thread is silly. There is no group out there with an anti-brony agenda. The shows are not controversial at all, and as wholesome as you can get. The show is made to appeal to everyone.

 

1) there are more fans than haters.

2) most people have NO idea that the show even exists.

Correct, but the statement "Bronies are bad because they like things for women." is BY DEFINITION a socially conservative statement.

 

Not all social conservatives are against it. Not all people who claim to be socially liberal are. Many people hate ponies for other reasons.

 

But if there is one ideology (not group of people, but ideology) that is anti-Brony, it is sovial conservatism. Pro-strong-copyright-ism is also anti-Brony to a degree, as is anti-internet-ism. But strong social conservatism, as an ideology (not a group of people), is opposed to the essence of the community.

[Tia Is Best Pony 310]

umm ya im a HARDCORE RIGHTWING! and all of my mlp friends are too you are just stupid and you dont acully know anything about politics.....ikik love and tolorate but i go on sites like this to AVOID politics and relax keep this shit of forums

[Loriem 639]

What do you think is the worst enemy of bronies?

I'd say conservatives. Why? They think friendship is tragic. They think that we are all homosexual and trying to pull kids into satan.

I'm not surprised, anything that can/will change the world, for the worse or for the better,conservatives are against, and bronies are doing a GREAT job changing the world for the better.

Please don't be offended if you are christian, I am, but I'm liberal. Also, I'm open to criticism, if conservatives are capable of being bronies.

With that, who do you think is the worst threat to bronies?

More specifically, by conservatives I mean the kind that watches FOX News

HEY! I'm a brony, NON conservative, that prefers FOZ news to all of your LIBERAL BIASED MEDIA BULL- I mean, "slightly Liberal sided" media. BUT, I only watch Stossel, the Five, and sometimes the normal news. Otherwise I stick with LOCAL news or FreeSpeech tv.

 

You seriously shouldn't judge all of the show by the Networks common Bias, especially since non of the popular media networks are "Un-biased".

 

Now, worst enemy of bronies? I say it is other Bronies, because the fandom over reacts and has shitstorms often enough, that if a non-brony considers us, and walk onto a site to see a shitstorm about something, they will be more likely to consider us weirdos.

 

(Edit): If your wondering, I am economically conservative  socially Liberal. Otherwise known as a "Crazy anarchist government hating conspiracy theorist" Libertarian.

Edited February 24, 2013 by Secret Person

[askthetechbrony 30]

I thought that there would be people in here saying the worst enemy of bronies are the haters, especially the ones who refer to themselves as "antibronies". I don't really see that in this forum though. What I see in here is actually bronies pointing at everything but that, including themselves.

 

I think the most infuriatingly truthful thing I have heard about being a brony when some of my friends were making fun of it one day one of them pointed out that I chose to be a brony and that this was the consequence. It was infuriating due to the truthfulness but something tells me that the statement must be wrong in some way.

[Argos 191]

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[askthetechbrony 30]

At first I was lost by your post but now I see you are trying to say the worst enemy of bronies is not being able to watch the show. I thought it was just random at first. 

[Doc Ginger 86]

What do you think is the worst enemy of bronies?

I'd say conservatives. Why? They think friendship is tragic. They think that we are all homosexual and trying to pull kids into satan.

I'm not surprised, anything that can/will change the world, for the worse or for the better,conservatives are against, and bronies are doing a GREAT job changing the world for the better.

Please don't be offended if you are christian, I am, but I'm liberal. Also, I'm open to criticism, if conservatives are capable of being bronies.

With that, who do you think is the worst threat to bronies?

More specifically, by conservatives I mean the kind that watches FOX News

I was a little offended by Rainbow Tech's opinion at first but then I thought maybe they've just had some bad experiences so I'm just wanting to say... There are as many conservatives like that as there are liberals and vis versa. I am a huge conservative (that watches FOX news) as are most of the bronies I know... and I would be willing to bet a HUGE number of the Military Brony scene are conservatives as well. Some of us conservatives support the show and fandom just as much as you Rainbow Tech, so please don't lump us all into one category. 

 

Due to your accusation I would have to say that the Enemy of the Brony; is the Brony's themselves. Those bronies that will pre judge a group of people or who will label someone like you did are part of the intolerance that we so desperately try to break down in this world. Those brony's that tout love and tolerance until a clopper shows up, or who try to force the show and its message down thier friends throat who obviously don't want to join the herd... WE are our greatest obstacle.

 

I have gotten no less than 3 people from my Platoon to watch MLP:FiM and each of them said that after seeing it they could understand why I watch it; but couldn't get over the Girl Stigma themselves. So I did the right thing, I talked and joked with them about it and I understood and accepted that they could not be bronies at this time. I offered a hand to talk to them more if they ever became interested again, but let them make their own choice. 

 

So please, whatever d-bag conservative forced you to create your opinion; dont let them force you to keep that opinion. There are more than a handful of us conservatives out there and on here that we shouldn't need to remind anyone that we are people who love and tolerate as all of us should

[Rainbow Tech 5]

That's because the internet is primarily atheistic and left-wing politically.  There is nothing within atheism or socialism that is against ponies.

 

I feel that, by definition, social conservatism is the enemy of the Bronydom.  However, true "social conservatism" isn't really the same as modern American conservatism.  I have a friend who claims to be very left-wing on social issues, but who is a Brony hater because he feels that ponies "aren't right for boys".  That's a socially conservative opinion, but on all the main political issues he has been taught by his family and people around him to be left-wing.

 

American politics today are about identity, not actual political opinions.  People who call themselves "conservatives" are not necessarily the enemies of Bronies; true social conservatives, however, are.

I'm agnostic, thank you very much. But I've changed and decided the WORST ENEMY OF BRONIES IS.......HASBRO'S LAWYERS

Now...........I need a cheeseburger. 

Sorry for that last random note, I needed some more characters.

[Varcolac 56]

What do you think is the worst enemy of bronies?

I'd say conservatives. Why? They think friendship is tragic. They think that we are all homosexual and trying to pull kids into satan.

I'm not surprised, anything that can/will change the world, for the worse or for the better,conservatives are against, and bronies are doing a GREAT job changing the world for the better.

Please don't be offended if you are christian, I am, but I'm liberal. Also, I'm open to criticism, if conservatives are capable of being bronies.

With that, who do you think is the worst threat to bronies?

More specifically, by conservatives I mean the kind that watches FOX News

I'm conservative And I don't mean just watch FOX News I mean Reads Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and listens to talk radio and I'm a brony. To top it off for you I'm bi, and Catholic. To be honest most conservitives don't care less about us, actually a lot like us, cons bring in money and we keep kids out of trouble. I really don't think any political group could hurt the bronies I think the only group that could hurt us is us