Another Cringe Thread About Bronies in General. (Possibly NSFW)

1. It’s likely to be an effective trolling tactic and it’s fun to watch people get unreasonably upset
2. He’s Chopsticks and genuinely likes her because she’s edgy

So many of our peer fandoms have switched, or the in case of younger fandoms, never even known anything other than a more “leftward” social justice Twitter or whatever you call it

there are many folks who are very much products of our relative cultural isolation

IMO, bronies leaving the fandom after disappointment they can’t change it to be like other fandoms is for the best for everypony involved. Your fandom is not activism, so go be a street yeller somewhere else.

That cultural isolation is what makes the pony fandom unique in the first place.

Did you know that many other fandoms have a strict taboo on writers having Patreon for their fanfiction or getting someone to print their story in a physical book?

UX: think of how much better the UI of Fimfiction is compared to AO3 or FFN or of how even the old Booru on Rails this place used to use is compared to E621 or Danbooru. It’s very much so an example of the Galapagos effect at the cultural level.

1. Normies who don’t know any better
2. Furries looking to do some cultural imperialism and civilize horse-lovers
3. Bronies who wish they were furries

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IMO, bronies leaving the fandom after disappointment they can’t change it to be like other fandoms is for the best for everypony involved. Your fandom is not activism, so go be a street yeller somewhere else.

For all those who do want power I will say that there are those who are completely earnest and honest in the endeavor and don’t have my ill will. I mean, if you grew up having to deal with racism or whatever I can totally understand the fear and wanting to police the space to keep it away. I think spaces need some policing in fact. What I don’t like is how it is often handled often leads, well… policing of everybody.

You have a lot people who can’t fit in and can only exist and be true to themselves with the more civil libertarian values that still remain.

Did you know that many other fandoms have a strict taboo on writers having Patreon for their fanfiction or getting someone to print their story in a physical book?

No, I didn’t! Patreon I can at least understand but physical books? I mean, the first fanfiction was that.

What I don’t understand is why this image all of a sudden? I mean, images of that tier are uploaded pretty frequently and drawn elsewhere, even on twitter! I don’t understand why this of all the others have stired a battleground. Chopsticks didn’t even have much engagement on twitter and it didn’t go viral.

The fight against child abuse and the fight against fascism in the My Little Pony fandom are usually one and the same.

Many right-wing pony fans are willing to excuse and cover up he grooming of children if it means they can support someone with similar political views.

I do, however, have little respect for those who wish to change established communities into their safe space.

organic off-topic spammers and the politically active often have similar behavioral patterns (distinct both from regular users and spambots).

hurts the unaligned residents far more than any of the participants and ruins the neighborhood.

My guess is that in trying to pre emptively explain himself that some people saw that as a point to attack, maybe a sign of insecurity for them.

1. It’s Woot. He’s got too much of an axe to grind for anything he says to be trusted until it’s confirmed by more neutral sources. It’s not necessarily that he’s making up facts so much as he’s liable to arrange true statements in a way that conveys a false narrative.
2. I seem to have been online long enough that I automgically treat all screenshots and claims at demographic identity as fake. Could be true, but I’d want to see some independent confirmation first.
3. RE: communities addressing systemic issues, there is no feasible answer for us cartoon horse lovers because the “community” is actually a collection of independent communities united by a common fandom. Unless you are a fully private chatroom, it’s nearly impossible to police who enters: individual sites may only kick people out after they’ve already arrived and caused trouble. It only gets harder because the same physical person may pick new usernames or be fully anon.
4. I agree that it’s surprising that this image is the one that got people pissed at Chopsticks. Being 14edgy88me has always been his stick. If you made a list of the bottom 20 drawings he’s made, this latest one wouldn’t make the list. No, I’m not looking through his artist tag to make such a list.