I was made sad by a forum member recently that shared a story about how he got beaten up just because he was wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt. He was beaten up because the homophobes thought he was gay. This kind of scares me because I plan to start wearing my own MLP shirt and it may have an even riskier colour scheme. [video=youtube;SQEwdsqGjBY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEwdsqGjBY[/video] How far would you be willing to go to display your proud bronyism and how much is too much?
Hm... though there's nothing stopping you from doing so, you shouldn't walk around town with a megaphone going: "LOOK AT ME, I'M A BRONY!!!!!" That being said, you shouldn't try to keep your interests quiet and, colloquially, "In the closet". Really, it all comes down to how much you can stand up for yourself.
What's the point in displaying it at all? We're at war enough as it is! We don't need the enemy gathered in a straight line shooting at us!!!
What, this is outrageous, if this story is true I'm buying more shirts and being more open. UUUUGGGHHH I'm so angry right now. I like the show and I'll proudly display anything I have. I don't think there is going to far unless your like "hey look at me hey hey look look" @FrankT if they want a war, I'm showing no FEAR.
I might just be my personality, but I tend to get swept up in activism. It has happened before and now it's happened again with ponies. When I see Fox News and other people unjustly lieing about and generalising bronies, it makes me angry. I am so surprised that such a simple thing like a show about ponies has put me in activism mode again. It seems almost trivial compared to what I was last being activist about. Anyway Injustice and lies always gets me riled up and determined to prove the people spreading the lies wrong. My best friend (at least that I am in physical contact with) put an anti-brony video up on youtube and if he decides to disown me as a friend then so be it. He has to realise by now that I am an over the top brony as I advertise my The Brony Blog in every video I make and he watches them.
At some point we're going to have to launch an offensive against them. This can't go on, no it can't!
Ready the friendship cannon. The army of friendship shall never fall. My friends have been as of lately, acting weird when I mention brony stuff. It took one person at work, who didn't know I was a brony, to say something negative about the show and now I being made fun of. I have people starting to turn on me and I'm like " wait what, you didn't care last week, why care now?" Oh well, I'll get over it.
Even being not a brave guy at all i'm still using my shirts inn public, i have no problem with, of course that i attract weird looks and sometimes ignorant ppeoplle, but it doenst mean that i should stop wearing clothes that i like, about something that i like. People can be intolerant for many reasons, and we got scared simply to use a shirt that have a pony in it ( from a showthat teaches nothing but love, friendship and tolerance), because someone may dont like it, when we will need to make something about another serious question we wont be able to move a single finger, just because of the fear. i was beaten up and it was terrible, humiliating and, of course fisicaly painful. But im still a proud brony and wont stop using t shirts because some guys decided that i was a queer for using them and decided that "queers" are not human beings. im still affraid of them, because they are big guys that can kill me and told that they would do so, but if it happens again i will take an attitude, because what happened to should happen to no other peopele by the hands of those guys and by the hands of anyone else. They can have their homofobia and intolerance, that i will still drink my tea and ignore them the most as i can. (sorry for my terrible english)
That was you that got beaten up. *hugs* I'm so sorry. I really admire that even after that experience you are still proudly displaying your bronydom. You are my hero. It's one thing for me to wear a MLP Fluttershy T-shirt, but until I experience what you went through, you will always have more balls then me.
its not that i'm a brave guy, everytime that someone look at me at the corner of the eye i think it will happen again, but i dont have to quit things that i like for some mindless meatheatheads that are afraid of homosexuals and bronies. Its what i said, if i am affraid now, when something that realy matters for everyone comes to me i will not be abble to act because of the fear. Also this comunity made me stronger, i've been having some problems and had been suported so much by friends that i have in here that i feel stronger to go ahead with this. And thanks for the hug! *hugs tight*
Sonic Bluefire, that was you got beat up. I'm sorry, you can have as many hugs as you need. *unlimited hugs* As Setzertrancer said, I admire you more now, also I can't stand people who go around and do stuff like that. I wish I could just live in equestria with all of you. The place with no violence, hate or anything negative. You are a HERO to me.
you guys are blushing me, im nothing special... also, i loved the unlimited hug suply *hugs everyone in sight*
You're a good boy, sonny... always ready to stand for your rights... I'm so sorry... look - if they come for you again... you're going to have to kill THEM first!
i dont like violence at all, but im no idiot to let them do something to me or to people that i love. so im a peaceful and kind guy, but i dont run away for a fight too easily. and once again i would like to thank you all for the suport, never meet so much friendly people in one place. =3 *hugs everypony*
*Hugs Sonic* Ding! 400 posts. You know what this means. It's time for the fluttershy scream. [video=youtube;_a9M-5NSTdM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a9M-5NSTdM[/video]
I thought about this story last night as I entered a gas station with a few big guys in it with my Fluttershy shirt on. Honestly, it was at that point that I realized I didn't really care if I actually got into a physical fight about it. I would be a pacifist as much as possible, and if need be I would do my best to hold my own ground. I'm not going to hide the fact that I love this show and I proudly advertise it in hopes that somepony would understand. If I have to get beaten up for my own freedom to like something, the person beating me up has many more problems than I do in physical pain. They are under the delusion of a twisted mind, and I can hardly do anything about that whether I'm the target or some other kid is.
I think you're a brave guy. Worrying that it could happen again isn't cowardice. It's a completely normal and logical concern. I'd actually be more concerned if you weren't worried about it. It was certainly a traumatic experience and I think it's such an awful thing to happen to anyone, but even worse to someone as nice as you. I admire your modesty, but I think it takes some guts to still show your brony pride by wearing the shirt after that happened. Now to answer the original question: I'm normally a very reserved individual. So I never go overboard about showing my admiration for anything. I think the most I'd do is wear a subtle shirt, like one with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark for example. That'd probably be best because any bronies would recognize the symbol immediately while most non-bronies would either not understand or those that know me would probably think I have the shirt because it has a lightning bolt on it. I surely wouldn't force it down anyone's throat (bronyism, or the shirt for that matter, haha). That's when I think it's too far. I'm tolerant of haters. I'll sometimes get that with any shirts I wear with band names on them. I'll get someone that says they don't particularly care for the band and I just respect it. I understand that the response to a guy liking a band you don't like and a guy liking MLP is much different, but I see no reason not to apply the same thought process. You don't like it? Fine, I'm okay with that. As long as you don't go overboard by yelling out slurs or try to have a physical confrontation about it.
The fact that you keep wearing it is brave. I'm a tall guy and built solid. I'm pretty intimidating looking in general. Pair that with a few years of martial arts training, These are advantages I'm sure most people here don't have. If the circumstances were different for me, I can't say I would wear MLP apparel in public so you have my admiration for your perseverance. As for me, as I said, I'm not too worried to wear anything in public. I have a RBD shirt coming this week and I will rock that shirt like a champ. Society in general is a group that doesn't know what it wants so I'm not going to worry about anything that might be said. Besides, my shirts are all odd and nerdy in general. Programming jokes, deep references and obscure physics jokes. When I pass someone who actually understands them, it's pretty satisfying and I think wearing MLP apparel will give me the same effect. No problems here being an overt brony
