tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post6855876651250938107..comments2024-03-02T12:39:23.745+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: When real communities aren't allowedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-15099461742628701162012-03-07T03:44:45.468+11:002012-03-07T03:44:45.468+11:00You're right, they shouldn't.
And people ...You're right, they shouldn't.<br /><br />And people shouldn't need cartoon ponies to show them that it's better to be friendly.<br /><br />But have you been around the internet lately? It's all about postmodern "irony", selfishness and cynicism.<br /><br />I think that if something is going to help people to be more positive for themselves and others, and to get off the computer and go see people face-to-face, and to help make the world around them a better place, that's a good thing.<br /><br />The popularity of Friendship is Magic, to me, speaks to that people <i>want</i> positivity in their lives. They <i>want</i> to support and encourage each other. They want to create art and music and stories and share them with other people.<br /><br />And something has finally come along that actually reaches these people in the darkness of the internet and allows them to come together and do just that.<br /><br />I look at the show, and I see something put together by people who care about what they're doing, and want it to be the best it can be. I see good humor, developed characters, and morals and lessons of virtue that are fairly simple and straightforward, but important and applicable.<br /><br />And if you say you like this, people's reaction is "what's wrong with you?"<br /><br />But if you want to get so caught up in a game of guys in tights playing catch that it ruins your whole day when 'your' team doesn't win, that's perfectly normal.<br /><br />Popular culture is mindless dreck these days, so we've decided to find something with <i>meaning</i> to form a community around. Personally, I would love to see people forming a community like this centered around Christ, but I'm finding myself in the minority, because so many of these people have been so burned by those around them that they want nothing to do with Him and His people.Takinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025180121742932055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-671267019788095672012-03-06T20:27:19.808+11:002012-03-06T20:27:19.808+11:00But Takino that just proves my point. Adult men sh...But Takino that just proves my point. Adult men shouldn't require a brony fellowship to meet the need for fellowship.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-70157525011874330582012-03-06T19:37:16.996+11:002012-03-06T19:37:16.996+11:00Just something that I wanted to share with some of...Just something that I wanted to share with some of those here who seem to be mocking our community.<br /><br /><i>"Before I became a brony, I was a bitter and cynical teen who kept away from his friends and family and only cared about himself. Hell, when I looked up the term "Brony," I ridiculed them. But then I got curious as to why they were so interested in the show; so I watched the first episode. I loved all the vibrant colors, smart humor, interesting characters, and references. Then I became a brony. Now, I'm outgoing, more positive, and confident. I love this community- no, I love this family."</i><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4_0qtAulNwTakinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025180121742932055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-65811823374124240632012-02-29T09:32:32.935+11:002012-02-29T09:32:32.935+11:00Well, one can still be generous and kind while hav...Well, one can still be generous and kind while having anger, but I do agree that that last comment was a bit more caustic than necessary.<br /><br />That said, another value promoted by ponies is that of being honest about yourself, your feelings and your opinions, so there's that.Takinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025180121742932055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-65549612134342611712012-02-27T21:44:55.604+11:002012-02-27T21:44:55.604+11:00Last anon,
You don't seem to have watched the...Last anon,<br /><br />You don't seem to have watched the ponies enough. I'm told they promote generosity and kindness. You seem to be spitting angry.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-13464868359395128622012-02-27T08:41:11.031+11:002012-02-27T08:41:11.031+11:00I am sorry that we are not up to the standards of ...I am sorry that we are not up to the standards of your blissfully authoritarian lifestyle. I am sorry that our children won't be cut using your "cookie cutter" idea of what a child should be. I am sorry for loving my fellow Americans and humans enough to help them when needed. I am sorry that I know both Bronys and Juggalos and identify as a Brony myself. But what I am most sorry for is for the fact that I identify as a conservative American. I support the 2nd amendment, I am a proud Lutheran, I am a proud pro-lifer. You people make me sick. Spreading hate and misunderstanding throughout the web. I am ashamed to be a conservative white Christian male today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-40450324571526634302012-02-21T05:22:07.365+11:002012-02-21T05:22:07.365+11:00>I don't really understand why a grown man ...>I don't really understand why a grown man would be attracted to this.<br /><br />Any argument that could be made about the quality of the show, the animation, the characterizations, the music, would probably be made by any fan of any show, so I don't expect that that would affect your opinions.<br /><br />The only way to understand it, really, is to have actually watched it, and to have done your best to look past your preconceived notions. Look up "read it and weep" on youtube, that may give you some idea.<br /><br />>Is it a kind of Peter Panism? Or a kind of post-modernist ironic playing with symbols?<br /><br />Panism? No. Post-Modernism, HAHAHAHA definitely not. More accurate to call it post-post-modernism, which is a mouthful, so I prefer "New Sincerity". It's not an ironic 'joke', it's a sincere appreciation for something for what it is. It's embracing optimism, celebrating the values of Honesty, Loyalty, Generosity, Kindness, Laughter, and Friendship.<br /><br />>Anon, answer me this. One of your tasks in life is to develop your masculine being to its furthest extent and toward its highest nature.<br /><br />How does collecting pony figurines contribute to this?<br /><br />Whose masculinity? And who decided that? The guys on "Jersey Shore" have a lot of traditional masculinity, should I try to be more like them?<br /><br />I have a lovely wife and a beautiful daughter, and I could care less about anyone else's ideas of "masculinity", and I certainly don't find my gender identity challenged because I like cartoon ponies. If anything, I've found myself to be more secure since I started watching this show.Takinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025180121742932055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-89661283596169793102012-02-21T02:06:27.852+11:002012-02-21T02:06:27.852+11:00I won't deny that a sense of Irony initially d...I won't deny that a sense of Irony initially drew me to the show, but it was the good humor of it, the positive messages, the beautiful design of both characters (both physically and narrative-wise) and set pieces that kept me watching.<br /><br />Like any good program, it created a series of characters that I enjoyed watching and then consistently produced more instances of their interactions with the world. The fact that these characters were candy colored ponies doesn't seem relevant to me, because in the end, I'm not watching the show to fulfill some desire for femininity or to recapture lost innocence or anything related to that. I'm watching it because it makes me smile and laugh and entertains me for 30 mins on saturday mornings.<br /><br />(A note: I don't collect the figurines)<br /><br />as far as "developing my masculine being to its furthest extent," I'm going to need more information on what you would consider its fullest extent. I'm currently in a long term romantic relationship that will hopefully end in marraige and children, thus continuing my genetic line. Beyond pro-creation, I don't know what you mean by that, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-69246079964114711862012-02-20T22:36:11.941+11:002012-02-20T22:36:11.941+11:00Anon,
It's not a fondness for ponies. It'...Anon,<br /><br />It's not a fondness for ponies. It's a fondness for animated pony characters from a show for little girls.<br /><br />I don't really understand why a grown man would be attracted to this. Is it a kind of Peter Panism? Or a kind of post-modernist ironic playing with symbols?<br /><br />Anon, answer me this. One of your tasks in life is to develop your masculine being to its furthest extent and toward its highest nature.<br /><br />How does collecting pony figurines contribute to this?Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-14900312438691875142012-02-20T13:12:04.813+11:002012-02-20T13:12:04.813+11:00I would tend to agree with the poster above me, as...I would tend to agree with the poster above me, as a fellow brony, and ask this.<br /><br />I am a brony. Why is it a problem? I am heterosexual, educated, Christian, and conservative, (American, though, so I'm not sure how it translates to Aussie politics.)<br /><br />I'm personally an emblem of western culture, IMHO, and can't help but wonder what a fondness for ponies would matter. Explain please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-59869106888594384322012-02-18T05:29:20.910+11:002012-02-18T05:29:20.910+11:00Hello!
Brony here, just found your article and wan...Hello!<br />Brony here, just found your article and wanted to comment.<br /><br />First and foremost, you've got the wrong ponies in your picture there. The previous incarnations of the franchise like what you have there are a perfect example of everything that is wrong with girl's entertainment. It's mindless dreck, where 'girl' is considered a character and there is no real development or conflict.<br /><br />As far as being responsible members of a real community, perhaps you haven't seen any of our charity work. Recently Bronies raised $20K for children's cancer research, and now we're working on building hospitals and learning centers in third world countries so that people there can learn self-sufficiency and not have to turn to a life of crime.<br /><br />As far as the lack of masculinity, I'll let show creator Lauren Faust speak for me:<br />"As a group, they have not succumbed to society's pressure that young men must hold contempt for anything feminine no matter what. They've been able to see beyond the preconceived notions that they were most likely raised with to judge something for its merit. And to top that, they are brave enough to embrace it openly despite the ridicule that they are undoubtedly subject to."<br /><br />I have enough confidence in my own masculinity that I don't find it threatened by ponies.<br /><br />And I'm certain that you wouldn't refer to those Bronies serving overseas in our armed forces as lacking in masculinity, would you?<br /><br />As long as I'm here, anyone have any questions for me? I'm happy to clear up any misunderstandings about what I've said or about Bronies in general.Takinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025180121742932055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-70596025074221151382011-12-10T21:45:16.736+11:002011-12-10T21:45:16.736+11:00Anon,
What matters is that a man is connected to ...Anon,<br /><br />What matters is that a man is connected to a masculine essence from which he derives meangingful ideals of being and behaviour.<br /><br />That's more important than what colour a society assigns to male or female or what the stereotypical hobbies of men and women might be.<br /><br />You have the potential to develop along masculine lines. It's my belief that it would deepen your identity and spirituality to do so. But ultimately that's something for you.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-38631766997419339932011-12-10T07:38:37.999+11:002011-12-10T07:38:37.999+11:00Western culture has created in us certain "Ge...Western culture has created in us certain "Gender Roles." These roles define the male as strong and as the provider of the home. The male is interested in sports and cars, does not care about fashion or style, and drinks beer. These roles define the woman as weak and a care-giver of the home. She is to be confused by such things as cars and sports, but be interested in all things fashion and style. She does not drink beer, but has light cocktails.<br /><br />These roles identify also what kinds of things we have an interest in. Men cannot wear pink or other bright colors. Otherwise he is a homosexual and weak. Women who are interested in cars or who play sports are then butch lesbians or just want to be men.<br /><br />Gender roles have screwed up many people, including myself. I have a huge interest in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I have been known on occasion to wear nail polish. I have a slightly higher voice than most men. I hold myself in ways that others would call "homosexual." But I am not gay. I am very straight. Nor am I someone who just wants to be a woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-64714318725160231532011-12-10T01:41:31.166+11:002011-12-10T01:41:31.166+11:00I'd prefer that my son watch My Little Pony, t...I'd prefer that my son watch My Little Pony, than, say, get involved with the police in not-so-positive ways.<br /><br />Oh well. This blog is just a giant conservative conspiracy circle-jerk anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-17964380848083764592011-11-14T20:13:29.950+11:002011-11-14T20:13:29.950+11:00Previous anon, I don't know about China, but l...<i>Previous anon, I don't know about China, but liberalisation of Russia is going full speed, with military and naval schools being opened to women for the first time.</i><br /><br />Yes and no. Russia is already facing low-birth rates for example and felt the touch of liberalism during communism. I personally think that Russia is 50/50. It's in-between.Elizabeth Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-60868141500971602212011-11-14T16:58:28.257+11:002011-11-14T16:58:28.257+11:00God bless you too :).God bless you too :).Jesse_7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08732509086253241748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-68958340490420026412011-11-14T13:48:22.342+11:002011-11-14T13:48:22.342+11:00Jesse 7, thank you for your kind reply to my comme...Jesse 7, thank you for your kind reply to my comment, I pray that the Western nations will be converted, so that you & others do not end up wondering if it was worth it, as some of the British veterans of World War II have done in recent years. May God & His Most Holy Mother bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-81280515814622349002011-11-14T13:33:45.695+11:002011-11-14T13:33:45.695+11:00Anonymous at 4.58 says that save for the manufactu...Anonymous at 4.58 says that save for the manufacture of weaponry, the Russian manufacturing sector is moribund. Perhaps this is true, but the manufacture of armaments is much more important than anything else. The only reason that the Allies were able to defeat Germany in the Second World War was the incredible industrial capability of the U.S., the immense numbers of ships, bombers, artillery &c. which poured out of American factories. If it hadn't been for Roosevelt's helping Stalin by providing food, vehicles & so on, the Germans would have made short work of the Red Army & given Stalin & the other Communist beasts what they so richly deserved. Now the situation is reversed. The Russians have stockpiled thousands of ICBM's & can easily manufacture as many tanks, bombers, artillery, automatic rifles &c. as they could ever need. I rather highly doubt that the U.S. & the other western powers could do the same at this point. The crypto-communist traitors in the U.S., British, Australian &c. governments & their collaborators in the major corporations have pretty well made sure of that by moving everything to China, Vietnam, India &c., anyhow we may soon find out who is more formidable if the Zionists finally carry out their long-threatened attack on Persia. The Russians & Chinese are allied with the Persians, whilst the U.S. & Allies are with the Zionists of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-44345919187473765642011-11-14T08:04:08.355+11:002011-11-14T08:04:08.355+11:00There are some excellent comments made here.
Anon...There are some excellent comments made here.<br /><br />Anon 6:21,<br /><br />I appreciate your concern and faith but I would encourage you to be more optimistic in your outlook. It is not wrong for men to join the military and we are not just tools for bankers etc. Service in the military is an expression of faith in the Western tradition, not necessarily in all the practices, and it helps young men face and overcome many of the issues experienced and just referred to in the modern world. It also allows men to channel their rage and frustration into useful directions and through training and experience helps to equip them to hold power positions in society. <br /><br />On the point about ethnic gangs and white gangs being treated differently. I think its a case that white people/gangs are seen as a serious threat by those in power and so the law comes down heavier on them. Ethnics on the other hand are seen as little more than children, newly created and established groups that might negatively impact the lives of individuals in society but can't change the power structures because they're too inept and also psychologically dependant on the power structures whose theoretical justifications for power includes propping such people up. These ratbags when put on the spot know precisely how to play the victim card and victim status reinforces the state’s power rather than undermining it.<br /><br />I would suggest that there is one exception to this in terms of Muslim gangs/groups who are more likely to attract police or security intelligence attention at a higher level than other gangs, because as was said they’re seen in some respects as a serious threat. I believe that on average though the view is that ethnic gnags might stuff up but "boys will be boys" and its essentially a matter of personal/group dysfunction rather than potential societal power change. This of course illustrates how self serving the power groups of today are, if you're not an immediate threat… to them, then you're allowed to continue in your poor behavior and the responsibility gets shifted onto individuals to stay out of these gangs way. <br /><br />On the point about the traditional male role and machismo I think that this is an excellent comment and I'd like to comment on it in the next thread in relation to feminism.Jesse_7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08732509086253241748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-44927535068280178262011-11-14T04:58:32.208+11:002011-11-14T04:58:32.208+11:00"While the west has been de-industrialized, t..."While the west has been de-industrialized, the Russians & Chinese have built up their heavy industry."<br /><br />Are you kidding? The Russian economy is largely based on resource extraction - mainly oil and gas. Other than military equipment, their manufacturing sector is moribund and their manufactured goods suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-52436690332689466342011-11-13T21:59:04.290+11:002011-11-13T21:59:04.290+11:00Previous anon, I don't know about China, but l...Previous anon, I don't know about China, but liberalisation of Russia is going full speed, with military and naval schools being opened to women for the first time. There are some traditional outlets, but the general population is fed liberalism daily through the mass media. On the other hand, this is combined with the raise of extremist groups, such as neo-nazi. As for the heavy industry, it was pretty much destroyed after the fall of SU and the current attempts to rebuild it have not been very successful as yet. What their future will be, it's difficult to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1573712990211861302011-11-13T18:21:36.426+11:002011-11-13T18:21:36.426+11:00"And yet....no weapons, no matter how powerfu..."And yet....no weapons, no matter how powerful, can help the west until it overcomes its loss of willpower. In a state of psychological weakness, weapons become a burden for the capitulating side. To defend oneself, one must also be ready to die; there is little such readiness in a society raised in the cult of material well-being. Nothing is left then, but concessions, attempts to gain time & betrayal." Alexander Solzhenitsyn, taken from his speech given at Harvard in 1978. This is what is wrong with modern western society. The decadent western democracies will fall to the more disciplined people of the east. While the west has been de-industrialized, the Russians & Chinese have built up their heavy industry. While the western armies have been fatally weakened by the forced acceptance of women & sodomite recruits, the military forces of the Russo-Chinese bloc have been strengthened every year. These bizarre sub-cultures that are now arising are the last dying gasps of the monstrous apostate west.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-27075957999635890372011-11-13T17:20:29.627+11:002011-11-13T17:20:29.627+11:00The problem is that left has deconstructed and des...<i>The problem is that left has deconstructed and destroyed the more moderate aspects of white masculinity and western culture. The ones who have resisted this most strongly are from the extremes. So when the time comes to reconstruct a new white identity (and it will happen), it will be to the extremes that people will look.</i><br /><br />Interesting observation.<br /><br /><i>I am missing something. Why don't they send boys to one of the many all boy schools? Or, one of the many all boy clubs. Or, older boys to one of the many all boy colleges or universities? Or, the all male military. Anywhere so they can learn from men how to be men.<br /><br />Oh, wait a minute, I think I just figured it out.<br /><br />Anonymous age 69</i><br /><br />If you're insinuating what I believe you are you should be ashamed of yourself.<br /><br /><i>You can see an element of this in the United States, where southern white males have been the most resistant to reeducation and deconstruction. So now, conservative white males all over the united states are becoming southernised as they try and find meaning, adopting more of the positive and the negative aspects of souhtern whites. (and while the liberal media types love to exaggerate the negative aspects of this population, there are some very good aspects too) If the left hadn't been so thorough in trashing white identity then this process would not be happening now. Northern Whites would still have a proud and non defensive identity of thier own.</i><br /><br />Wow. =)Elizabeth Smithhttp://alcestiseshtemoa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-69695219726742684852011-11-13T15:50:01.599+11:002011-11-13T15:50:01.599+11:00I am missing something. Why don't they send bo...I am missing something. Why don't they send boys to one of the many all boy schools? Or, one of the many all boy clubs. Or, older boys to one of the many all boy colleges or universities? Or, the all male military. Anywhere so they can learn from men how to be men.<br /><br />Oh, wait a minute, I think I just figured it out.<br /><br />Anonymous age 69Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-9984233847378523692011-11-13T11:45:04.467+11:002011-11-13T11:45:04.467+11:00Tis sad that these sub cultures are filling a void...Tis sad that these sub cultures are filling a void. The minority status that the left/right give Islam is also attracting White Christian males and females...<br /><br />When I watched youtube and witnessed my UK brethren being harassed by police, and the minorities with swords and cricket bats being elevated I was disgusted. Just as I was disgusted by the media manipulation of the Cornulla riots. <br /><br />This will come back to bite the establishment hard one day, and they know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com