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Look, I don’t care about that. It’s irrelevant. There’s not a single human being on this forum who is a “master of maturity” or “paragon of virtue.” And that includes me.

The bottom line is this: adult men who find excitement from “My Little Pony” raise all kinds of red flags. Many of them are queers, others find sexual arousal from dressing up in pony suits. There’s a whole subculture attached to it. Association with it is weird, strange, bizarre, and unhealthy.

Don’t tell me it’s innocent fun. Please. Just don’t bother. There are all kinds of innocent fun. This is not one of them. It just isn’t wholesome, and it’s one thing I never thought I would see here. I’m still stunned, really.

I mean, think about it. You need to have it explained to you-—the reason why grown men fetishizing this type of thing isn’t normal.

And people wonder why marriages are at an all-time low.

Ms. CatherineofAragon:

I am a lifelong connoisseur of cartoons. I was watching Tom Terrific and the Mighty Mouse Playhouse in the early 60s. I saw Hector Heathcoat. I saw Cool McCool. I saw Here Comes the Grump. I saw the steampunk late 60s Lone Ranger cartoon with Dick Beals as the midget villain. I saw the Tomfoolery Show (and how many people know about that one?).

At a certain point cartoons became so bland and stupid they were no longer worth watching. Then something changed. Maybe it was with The Secret of NIMH. Maybe it was with "The Simpsons." But at a certain point, as some cartoons became more and more "adult" and inappropriate, "kids' cartoons" became more intelligent and hilarious.

Have you ever heard of "Teen Titans?" "My Life as a Teenage Robot?" "Kim Possible?" "Fillmore?" "The Weekenders?" I am a fan of each and every one.

I heard rumors about a great cartoon everyone was getting into called "Friendship is Magic," but when I found out it was a "My Little Pony" show I reacted just as you do. Then I watched an episode. And I was hooked.

Yes, it's a children's show. But that means it's clean. It has great, intelligent scripts with pop culture references the target audience couldn't possibly get. It has beautiful animation. Its characters are masterpieces of characterization. And it has spawned art, music and fiction that are absolutely awe-inspiring (some of the fan fics are Tolkienesque; but then, sometimes the episodes are Tolkienesque). And need I mention the following it has in our armed forces?

I love "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." And I am not a pedophile. I have never been to a convention. But the people who create the show participate in these conventions--the actors, the writers, etc.--I doubt they'd do that if these conventions were nests of pedophiles.

No one is going to make you watch the show. Barack Obama isn't going to make you watch the show. Feel free to hate the show and never watch it as long as you live. But do not feel free to spout your groundless preconceptions like an ignoramus on a thread for people who love the show.

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