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BonzaiRob

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Mar 5 12 2:44 AM

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I used to identify a a brony, but then it turned out that the majority of bronies are racist, homo/transphobic and ablist. So nuts to that, I just like the show, not the fandom.

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Mar 5 12 3:58 AM

I would be in the same boat as Bonzai, but I don't know enough bronies to judge. However, the ones I know in real life are good people. Fortunately, I don't hang around many online brony communities, so I don't usually see the dark side of the fanbase.

Gelatop

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Mar 5 12 5:22 AM

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Really, bonzai? I've looked up a lot of pony stuff, and I saw the opposite. I saw acceptance, love, and tolerance.

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Cacapulse

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Mar 5 12 6:01 AM

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Pffft... As if any of the staff would make an official brony thread.

This topic has been thumped by the official stick.

You may now continue posting ponies.

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BonzaiRob

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Mar 5 12 11:50 AM

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Yeah, really; I'm not going to link it or anything, but a friend of mine complained about a certain character, and got called all sorts of horrible things for having a valid point about the representation. Just don't go thinking MLP doesn't have its dark underbelly like any other fandom, is all.

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Mar 5 12 4:36 PM

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Every fandom has a dark underbelly. Pokemon probably has one. So are you not going to associate as a Pokefan? :P Those who act like that aren't true bronies anyway. They don't follow the code of love and tolerance!

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Cacapulse

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Mar 5 12 8:06 PM

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The pony in question (I think):

(Don't forget that most of this pony business came straight from 4chan, so this fandom's underbelly is a little darker than most)

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Mar 6 12 5:08 AM

Bonzairob is right. None of the bronies I know are able to carry a conversation long enough without it degenerating into a series of racial slurs. Incidentally, all of the bronies I know are from 4Chan.
but really though
Bonzairob: TRANSphobic? How often do transsexuals appear in your conversations?

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BonzaiRob

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Mar 6 12 6:24 AM

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The friend n question was known for speaking out against the pony Cacapulse posted being called "derpy" - so when it was cut from the show, she was flooded with transphobic insults (despite not being trans).

Gelatop, the difference is bronies acting like the above, where pokemon fans would not. "True bronies" seem to be the 4chan kind, where MLP fans are fine. "True pokefans" are people like us, and negative, horrible fans tend to be ostracized.

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Mar 6 12 5:03 PM

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What? By true bronies I meant NOT the 4chan kind. I meant that true bronies were truly fans of the show and followed the code of love and tolerance.

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Mar 6 12 5:56 PM

Gelatop wrote:
What? By true bronies I meant NOT the 4chan kind. I meant that true bronies were truly fans of the show and followed the code of love and tolerance.

I personally don't buy the 'true fan' thing for any fandom. In my eyes, if you're a fan, you're a fan. Bronies are just people, and people don't all share the acceptance that is demonstrated by the show, hypocritical as it is.

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Mar 6 12 6:15 PM

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Oh hey, No True Scotsman. (A wikipedia page is probably better, but tvtropes is more fun)

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Mar 7 12 2:39 AM

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Note my skeptic quotes. You can be a fan of the show without identifying as a brony, and because the term has been ruined for me, I'll stick to just being a fan.

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Mar 7 12 5:47 AM

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Okay, fine. But I think you'll find people like that everywhere.

What I meant by not being a true brony was this: Yes, they are bronies, but they don't act with love and tolerance, so they don't follow the brony standards. Maybe I need to use a different term.

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Mar 7 12 8:01 AM

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People-who-are-fans-of-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-but-are-nonetheless-very-unpleasant-people-to-converse-with-especially-on-the-internet

(Where are you getting these "standards" from anyway)

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Mar 7 12 4:05 PM

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Well, they are unofficial "standards." You know. The standards of love and tolerance and acceptance? I thought all bronies knew it.

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Mar 7 12 4:07 PM

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It's the unofficial motto of the brony.

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Mar 7 12 7:23 PM

I always thought the motto was 'love and tolerate.' That said, I love and tolerate these fans, I just don't like them.

Speaking of these not-bronies, I vote we call them BINOs: Bronies In Name Only (pronounced bee-noes)

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