Do you everybrony love and Tolerate everypony - (everyone)

[Brony182 48]

I think blind love and toleration is kind of BS. That's just my opinion. I decide what to love and tolerate and what not to according to my morale. For instance I do not tolerate clopping and sexualizing (rule 34) MLP and I think it indicates that certain bronies have some issues. I hate when sexual MLP stuff is being stuffed in my face whenever Im looking for decent fan art. Again that's just my opinion you can bash me over the head now go on.

[Dowlphin 463]

@Brony182

Many higher skills of life seem to be counter-rational, and from what I've learned, change can happen once you practice acceptance. Admittedly, being kind to rude people (as an example) is difficult, because it seems so illogical, but there's magic working behind it. All behavior that is perceived as harmful, threatening or uncomfortable, that is geared towards conflict, is borne out of fears. And responding with the same attitude confirms those fears. It's quite like "Don't feed the troll.". Just imagine that inner demons have taken hold of us and want to be fed.

And with things like clopping, it's even much more harmless than my example.

I understand that certain pictures can be disturbing and might not indicate the healthiest of behavior, but hey, we're all struggling with our issues. Here's an ancient spiritual wisdom:

 

That which is impure cannot enter that which is pure.

 

These days, when it comes up in a dA search result, I can tolerate to look at 'pony erotica' without it spoiling my perception of other stuff. I have learned to focus on that which I personally like. I know what Fluttershy is like, so I know when a picture doesn't depict her true nature. It cannot harm my perception of her purity, so to speak. I have become better at not feeding the part of me that wants to fight difference. Because that's just a residual social indoctrination based in traditional fears.

[Brony182 48]

Hell no and Im not lying to myself that i do (some brnies say that they love and tolerate but they don't ). I think blind loving and toleration is BS. also I think its impossible to love and tolerate everybody since we are all people and we all have different points of view on different things.

[Dowlphin 463]

Everything is possible. Usually belief is the first obstacle on that path. Sometimes people are blessed and have their beliefs disproven, but usually all our actions are enforcing our set of beliefs.

 

And since when do differing viewpoints contradict love and tolerance?

 

Technically speaking, it is possible to love and tolerate (and accept) absolutely everybody as soon as you have overcome all fear of death. Because then, there's nothing left that could fuel conflict.

Not being personally affected is a luxury, because then our existential fears aren't being triggered (that severely).

This is also where friends can be a source of strength: When your friend is personally affected by something and you are not, you can be the source of strength for that friend. If you choose to be personally affected by his trouble, you are weakening yourself and doing your friend a disservice.

This doesn't mean not having empathy. Just not inviting the pain into your heart.

I've seen this being disregarded a lot in some circles. Then those social environments become a sensitive protection zone for emo baggage where people all share their pain and wallow in it.

Edited May 15, 2013 by Dowlphin

[Hazel-Beam 88]

Excellent question. I think that the term "love and tolerate" refers to being kind to people who go out of their way to make other people unhappy or try to make them feel bad based on what they like. It's about refusing to react with anger to someone when they try to upset you and being a friend to them instead.

 

However, I think that tolerance is a virtue that can be taken too far these days. For example, some say that we should tolerate someone's actions even if they are morally wrong, because "everyone has a right to do what they want" and that if you disagree with what someone is doing or are offended by it, then just don't associate with them. But if someone really is doing something that you know to be wrong, or is hurting themselves or others, then "tolerance" is no longer the right course of action.

 

After all, "the only reason evil prevails is when good men do nothing."

[spiderpony14 2]

It seems to me that we just need to stop being so defensive. Every Flame war I've seen usually started because some brony spirited in defense of their own interests, and let the situation escalate into a pointless bout of trash mouthing. If everyone could just calm down and ignore what they perceive as negative judgment, the internet, and our fandom will be a far more peaceful place.

 

 

[Harmonic Revelations 8,836]

You raise a fascinating question, OP.

 

To me personally, Love and tolerate really means wait until they are asleep to kill them.

[Unique Pinkie Pie 173]

depends on the harassment

if it is a simple "bronies are gay/fags" i move on

if it is a really stupid one than i complain about their intelligence

and finally

outspoken bronies, these guys do the thing of "shoving it down peoples throats" 

[BronyBob55 31]

I try to love and tolerate everyone. Some people are easier to love and tolerate than others. Though its difficult I usually can.