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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Bronies and equality rant

I often come across hate for variety of things:
Homosexuals, AfroAmericans, people with disability.. etc. 
I talked about most of those before (and I'm planning on talking more in the future) but this particular rant is about Bronies.
Bronies are people of any age who like the fandom My Little Pony: Friendship is magic or so called MLP.
They can be of either gender (Bronies or Pegasisters even though females prefer the term Bronies as well).
I personally, don't watch the show but I support it with all my heart. The show is about friendship, love and happiness and there's nothing wrong with that. I doesn't matter that it's a cartoon or that it was first made for young girls. I really don't think any type of entertainment should be labelled specifically for girls or for boys.
Because if we're planning to start labeling everything either pink or blue then we might as well go back a century where women belonged only in the kitchen, making food for their husbands aka owners and raising kids while they were out making money and bringing home the bacon. Would this mean that I shouldn't have watched all the parts of Rocky or Rambo? Because they were made for hardcore men and men only? Hell, there's a love story even in rocky, maybe that was only put in there for the rare women who had the permission to watch it.
This is just another type of discrimination and I'm sorry for bringing it up again but I can't ignore it.
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The world isn't black and white. The world isn't split into the good people who lead perfect lives and carry on to have perfect kids while they fight the bad people who only want all the worst for the world.
There are shades of gray. People have flaws, people aren't perfect. Some people are homophobic because they were molested by a person of the same sex but they donate to charity whenever they can. Some people have treated their families badly because their parents treated them badly and now they are regretting it. Some people are the world's most famous surgeons helping all kinds of people but are terrified of little people because of who-knows-what. People aren't split into the good guys and the bad guys.
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Another thing, when somebody mentions a Brony he/she immediately thinks of a gay person. Most commonly, a gay guy. This is a stereotype. Just because he watches the MLP doesn't mean he is gay. Just because he dresses well and takes care of his hygiene doesn't mean he is gay. Just because he acts a bit feminine, doesn't mean he is gay. We actually talked about something similar in my Ethics class in school (my professor is amazing, I praise her). 
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Many people don't know the difference between gender and sex.
Sex - biological difference between men and women. 
Sex can be either Male or Female.
Gender - aspects of masculinity and femininity that are not biological but cultural. Learned through socialisation.
Let's take me for an example. My sex is female, I feel like a female, I am a female but, my gender is masculine. I am a tomboy. That doesn't mean I want to BE a man, that doesn't mean I want to dress like a man. That doesn't mean I'm a lesbian. That means that I identify myself as a masculine woman. I don't like make up, dresses nor anything else along those lines. Just because I prefer a hoodie over a skirt, does not mean I am a transgender woman either. It's just who I am. It's my personality. It is me.
It's the same with feminine guys. I know a couple of feminine guys and they aren't all homosexual. If they were it wouldn't be a big deal but you get the point.
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Another thing (I know I'm sorry.. I have to stop and go study).
I need to clear something up.
I googled the word 'Bronies' and the first result was a page called Urban Dictionary - a quite useful thing sometimes, and I read through the explanations of the word Bronies. I googled that because I wanted to acquire more information about them. Most of the results were a bit offensive and contained only subjective opinions on Bronies which wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I smoothly ignored all the offensive ones until I read something.. disturbing.

The term used to describe the fan community(usually of the older group, males and females) of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Brony A: "Dude, just finished watching the first season from MLP:FiM!"
Brony B: "Cool! So who do you think is the best pony?"
Brony A mentions the pony they think is best.
Brony B Agrees and exclaims: "Brohoof!"
The bronies brohoof, similar to a high five.
^ Example of a normal and objective description of Bronies.

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Bronies simply means people who are of an older age group and like to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. There is nothing particularly exciting about this, but they make a big deal out of it.
^ Example of a subjective description of Bronies. Also I disagree with the 'older age group' part. As far as I know 11 year olds use the term as well.

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Then I came across this wonderfully written description.
Bronies: Teenage to young-adult, mostly male, fans of the animated cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." The term is often accepted as gender-neutral, and many female fans prefer "brony" over the not-so-popular "pegasister."

We have an awful lot of negative stereotypes that mostly aren't true. Not all of us are into R34. Not all of us are homosexual. And not all of us are furries; our fandom is, in my opinion, completely separate from furries.

We have a ton of talented artists, musicians, and authors that make our fandom so special. The fanbase is constantly growing and spreading it's hard to avoid if you're an avid Internet user. Will everyone appreciate this? Hell, no. Is it necessary to bash the fandom because it? Absolutely not.

Before you bash and call us "faggots," check out the show for yourself.

(By the way, Fluttershy is best pony. Your argument is invalid.)
Brony: Hey guys, have you seen the show "My Little Pony?"
Friend 1: No, but it sounds so gay.

Friend 2: It's all over the internet! And it's so stupid! I haven't even watched it, but I know bronies are all faggots.
Brony: Here, let me pull up one of the episodes on my iPhone.
^This person broke new ground and explained it perfectly.
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Lonely male virgins between the ages of 15 and 55 who watch the girls' cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" either because it's cute and stupid like most things that lonely virgins fall in love with, or because they can flaunt their knowledge of the show to attract 8 year old girls to their mothers' basements for rape and cupcakes (except without the cupcakes).
Tim: "Hell yeah, man! New episode of My Little Pony!"
Jim: "Bro-hoof!"
Tim: "Yeah man, we are such bronies!"
Jim: "Forever alone...
^This person actually compared Bronies to rapists.. which is simply sick on it's own. Sick.
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Older fans of the animated cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" These people, self entitled "Bronies" enjoy watching My little pony, while fisting their Male lovers asshole, and licking their only excrement. Needless to say, Majority of them Are autistic, and or homosexual.
Bronie 1: Hey Bronie, want to fist my asshole and lick my shit? 
Bronie 2: Yeah, but only if you lick my balls. HURRDURRR 
-Typical Bronies.
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This was the most offensive one in my opinion.
Why don't we analyse it?
A) Bronies don't have to be in the older range of age.
B) Fisting their male lovers assholes has nothing to do with MLP nor consuming feces.
C) They don't have to be autistic nor homosexuals, another stereotype thought it has been proven that some autistic kids have improved their sociological skills while watching MLP, so it's a plus.
D) The example of typical conversation between two Bronies is complete bullshit. As I've said before, Bronies don't have to be homosexual but there's another thing that has been bothering me more.
Why do all (most) homophobic people think that homosexual men like eating feces? That is down right disgusting. They are mixing up homosexuals and coprophiles! Homosexuals have sexual and romantic relationships with the same sex. Homosexual men have sexual intercourse by inserting their own penis into the anus of another man and doing other things which I shall not mention right now. Coprophiles are people who consume feces. For god's sake people, know the difference!

Okay, I got a bit carried away there..
My point is, don't judge people on what they watch or like. I have a few friends who are bronies and they are pretty cool. I support them all the way. 
I personally am not a fan of Twilight but I have many awesome friends who are. I try my best to respect Twilight and treat as simply another fandom. 
I can't imagine someone insulting me because I like Harry Potter. Because of a such small information, somebody hating on me?
Can you?

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