Okay, I’ve started to notice a resurgence in brony hate on my dash. Every single one seems to be running with the whole “all bronies are creepy weirdos who are sexualising a kid’s show about ponies thereby condoning both bestiality and pedophilia and now my kids aren’t safe on the internet” stereotype. I just want to say how disappointed I am. You’ve misappropriated the term “brony”, which started out meaning simply “people who like My Little Pony”. The same people perpetuating this bullshit are the same people who hate when “feminist” is treated as a dirty word, because the ignorant are unfairly generalising the feminist community as uptight misandrists. These are the same people who, when Amanda Abbington was quoted as being concerned about her children finding Johnlock porn, questioned why she would be giving her children complete unmediated access to the internet when any responsible person knows Rule 34 is indeed a fucking rule. The same people who watch Disney movies with pride and think that people reminding them they’re designed for children are fucking idiots because… duh.

I’ve never understood why MLP:FiM is the exception to the unconditional nerd love I see on Tumblr. “But bronies have to make everything about ponies!” I hear some of you whine. Well I’m sick of seeing an unrelated post turned into any combination of Supernatural, Doctor Who and Sherlock, ad nauseum. I like those fandoms, but they can exhibit just as many obsessive tendencies as MLP can. I’m not into certain things, but when they turn up on my dash I scroll past it like a grown-up.

I just… I’m so sad that there are people making it difficult for others to express their interest in the things they like. I’m sick of the hypocrisy.