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Anonymous
#1424424
1 month ago
I've been seeing arguments about offensive material in the franchise so I complied it all into an essay.

This is all accurate up to the end of season 2.
Anonymous
#1424427
1 month ago
I forgot Zecora, sorry.
MaroonBunyip
#1424433
1 month ago
Anonymous
#1424441
1 month ago
Yes, complain about genuinely good cartoons being offensive. That way, they can be watered down and made more politically correct, ensuring that they'll be just as insipid and boring as the rest of the inoffensive crap that populates TV. Good job.
Posey
#1424442
1 month ago
Someone's been following a certain blog, eh? You should have submitted it there - Ponibooru will beat you down.
Anonymous
#1424444
1 month ago
Didn't read it all
Because it's all one guy bitching, and I don't care for that
Ggrizzly
#1424448
1 month ago
Nobody fucking cares, enjoy the show damnit.
RepentantAnon
#1424452
1 month ago
i think my brain just died a little *pokes head* yep
MaroonBunyip
#1424458
1 month ago
its like a... giant wall of hate
Joe_Habana
#1424477
1 month ago
i could take a couple minutes to take down all those comments and make the OP look like a dumbas*... but i´m too sleepy for that
Anonymous
#1424478
1 month ago
That's what I love about FiM, it doesn't give in too much to the whole pointless political correctness.
Anonymous
#1424490
1 month ago
#1424441
Correlating "offensive" with "good" is unfair. The show's good parts have nothing to do with its faults.

Furthermore, it's hypocritical. Everyone has things they consider "politically incorrect" or whatever else they call it.
Anonymous
#1424511
1 month ago
#1424490
I am Latino and I hate it when Americans make fun of us, but I have no problem with Fiesta Flare, she's just a cute cartoon character that wasn't meant to offend anypony, like Speedy Gonzales.
Anonymous
#1424515
1 month ago
Over the Barrel had legitimate problems, Feeling Pinkie Keen is probably not that bad but pissed me off anyway, and the series treatment of other-than-pony groups is an unsettling trend. This list is still mostly bullshit.
Kawa
#1424516
1 month ago
"Sanist"?
Draconequus
#1424525
1 month ago
Anonymous
#1424538
1 month ago
It must suck to live life having to find the faults and problems soemthing has and blow it out of proportion just so people will pay attention to you.
Flamma_Man
#1424553
1 month ago
Can't tell if this is a joke or not...
Anonymous
#1424563
1 month ago
#1424511
Fair enough, but some of the things that people dismiss as "butthurt" really are bad.

And my original objection was to the false dichotomy between "politcally correct crap" and "daring, offensive, good art". There is nothing inherently virtuous about violating social conventions; virtue is found in the ability to question them, not in answering the question "no". The show's high quality is based on defying the stereotypes of a girl's cartoon, but only because those conventions were bad to begin with. Defying principles such as "boys and girls both deserve respect" would only make it worse.
Anonymous
#1424581
1 month ago
*there're also
*buffalos'
*word, plus
*whom he saw
*Satanist

Also, Faust said that nopony approves of "boozing it up", not that alcohol doesn't exist. And Peewee's parents flew away.

Also, maybe Snails doesn't have a learning disability. What if he's just dumb? Can people not be dumb anymore?
Anonymous
#1424802
1 month ago
TheLoneLampman
#1424827
1 month ago
"Can people not be dumb anymore?"
Why yes, they sure can! How else did this stupid Derpy drama get started?

And you had your doubts... pffft.
sargesprinkles
#1425173
1 month ago
Salt licks are appropriate for a show about horses
ever been to a farm? there are salt licks all over for the cows, horses, sheep and deer if they have them.
Takashi_0
#1425257
1 month ago
Oh hai Yamino.
Everypony
#1425669
1 month ago
OP is offensive, I'm calling the police
Anonymous
#1426287
1 month ago
I started to make a big image to refute them all and point out OP's racism but when i got to the Applejack one my brain melted.
Anonymous
#1426351
1 month ago
Saying Cherry Jubilee is a prostitute is kind of offensive in itself because you say it's based on her personality...are all prostitutes the same? Do they all have the same personality and looks? No.
majob
#1426411
1 month ago
Feeling Pinkie Keen only pissed you off if you were an atheist
Ryuupony
#1426668
1 month ago
I´m an atheist and that episode never offend me, I mean, this post is, sincerely, the biggest example bullshit and butthurt I've seen on this site so far
Anonymous
#1435189
1 month ago
The Amish example seems iffy. Don't Amish people live simple lives on farms with little to no luxuries? So much media has portrayed the Amish like this that this example doesn't really work.

Also, the Applejack thing makes me think OP is trolling. Either that, or they're trying really hard to be offended by things.

Most of the other stuff is taking it a bit too far (pretty much anything Spike-related), but I'll admit OP makes some valid points (mainly Screwloose, Gypsy, Wigwam, Over A Barrel).