You remember the Men’s Rights Bronies we met not so long ago? Well, I have discovered another one, this one on Twitter! In addition to being brony and a “highly active MRA,” he is also – brace yourself for this – an atheist who loves to wear fedoras and talk in public about what he likes to do with his penis. (And they say stereotypes aren’t true.) His personal creed? “Love & tolerance.”
Anyway, his name is Epic Atheist Brony, and here’s his Twitter profile.
[NOTE: Mr. Brony seems to be a troll. See update below for details.]
Here are some recent highlights from his Twitter timeline. (Note: “clopping” is Brony slang for masturbation.)
Love & tolerance, everyone!
But you gals will have to enjoy your love & tolerance in the kitchen, while the clearly superior Epic Atheist Brony whacks it to cartoon ponies and tweets about which cartoon ponies his penis likes the most.
UPDATE: It seems likely that Mr. Brony is a troll/Poe. “His” original Twitter profile pic was a photo of a guy in a fedora, supposedly him. Trouble is, the actual guy in the pic stepped forward and explicitly denied being Mr. Brony (and, for that matter, being a “sexist fucktarded meme-spewing Redditor.”) Here’s the pic the real fedora-wearing dude posted as evidence. Thanks to @mister_smiley on Twitter for the link.
It’s possible, of course, that this is all a parody. But, I don’t know, reading through his twitter timeline the overall feeling I got was that he’s sincere. I found his account through some links I found on r/mensrights or some other MR site; they thought he was cool.
I’m not super confident in it, but I’m kind of sensing a Poe here. It’s just all a little too much.
I’m not into the ponies enough to call myself a brony, but my girlfriend is, so I get exposed to a decent amount of it. Our daughter is getting a lot of pony stuff as a result too. She’s not old enough to do much more than try to eat the ponies, but I hope they’re still around when she gets older. They’re the kind of female characters I’d like her to see.
On the other hand, I’m an unabashed fan of Legend of Korra. That’s some seriously amazing kids’ tv.
I definitely identify the most with Twilight Sparkle, and yes, Drac, her home is absolutely the best one of the bunch. THEORY: The books are printed on paper that was made using the wood they carved out of the tree in order to turn it into a hollow structure suitable for residency. And book storage.
I’m glad that I’m not the only person whose reaction to the word “clopping” as a substitute for masturbation was, “Ouch, hooves?!?!” But that is just my personal reaction, and not meant to shame anyone. People can masturbate to cartoons if they want, Garvan, but if they tweet about it, and are ridiculously misogynistic and mock-worthy for a whole host of other reasons, we get to mock them for it.
PsychoDan – Thing about Poes here is: If you spend a lot of time pretending to hate women because you want to upset and anger women–you just might hate women for real.
Whether or not he hates women in the specific ways he claims, he’s a misogynist either way.
Someone on Twitter claims this is a “confirmed troll/Poe.” Epic Atheist Brony’s original profile pic was a photo of a dude in a fedora, and apparently the guy in the picture complained, hence his new profile pic.
I’m willing to accept this is a troll, but if so, a very dedicated one, willing to get into arguments on Twitter with people who disagree with “his” “opinions.”
That depends on if that’s his goal. I’ve done more than my share of parody of hateful, and my goal was to mock those who might think I was making some good points.
@David: Eh, I’m with Pecunium on the idea that a “fake” troll is still a troll–that is, he’s spending all that time and energy putting that shit out and performing it, apparently for quite a long time, at great length–I don’t give a single flying fuck whether it’s “real” or not–it’s real for all intents and purposes, i.e. it’s out there on the internet doing its thing–no matter what he “intends.”
I didn’t make the clopping -> hooves -> ouch connection until it was mentioned, but now, ouch..
Could be real sadly….
@ Cloudiah
The main reason a lot of the MLP fandom doesn’t like clop is because of the bestiality element, not so much the cartoon thing.
Oh those “crazy” people with fetishes freaks amirite?
Also animal supremacy???? O_o
Also as an afterthought, am I the only one who thinks that Steele might be a Poe? It’s just that he kept stating the fact that he’s an MRA over and over and over again, as if he was trying to remind himself of his role.
Sorry for the wording, I probably should have used something a little more politically correct, I’m fresh out of high school and I need to get used to not using offensive language again. I do sincerely apologize beforehand for any shitlordery I may accidentally slip from now on.
“Also as an afterthought, am I the only one who thinks that Steele might be a Poe?”
He’d be the first Poe ever to go 10 hours nearly non-stop.
And I’m thirding that thought that a “fake” troll is no better than a “real” troll.
No, I think that was Steele compensating for his failure at logic. It’s the inverse of his “You are feminists, therefore you think this.” routine.
uhhh did you miss where I objected to the random hatred of furries….
People have different fetishes. Get over it.
I think he might be a Poe, but he’s not a subversive feminist Poe. (If he is, he’s way too damn subtle for me.) He’s a “I’ll attack women by pretending to attack women!” Poe.
It just seems a little too *blatant* to be a non-Poe.
Not to say that there aren’t plenty of men who really do think that women’s only function is to take care of children and the household and go make me a sammich beyotch &c. (heck, this site showcases them daily), and I’m well aware there are plenty of self-professed MLP fans who completely miss the point of the show (although note the number of Bronies standing against this doucheBeck even on Twitter), but… it’s too much of a checklist, of every negative stereotype about bronies, atheists and MRAs, delivered in such a clichéd look-at-me manner… I’m reminded of that School Shooter Mod thing.
And this is surprising? Trolls love reactions, and they love stringing out anyone gullible enough to think they can be reasoned with. It’s what they feed on.
Ok, I’m starting to think that these mra’s just like to upset people and argue because no one could talk out of both sides of his mouth at this alarming rate.
If a woman is not spitefully working a job then the only alternative is to be dependent on a man: neither of which are acceptable scenarios in mra land. I guess women have been stripped of their humanity to the point that I guess we don’t even need to eat!
Seems that Mr. Brony is indeed a troll; see the post for an update.
I also have it on good authority that the picture in his current profile is, in fact, not his real picture either.
IMO, a ‘real’ Poe would be something like The Onion, writing stupid things that everybody (most people) will (or at least can, if they try) know is false, but because it’s hard to be more over the top than extremists, it is regularly confused with the real deal. Christwire is another one. Or, to stay closer to the topic, if the Epic Brony Atheist reveal himself as fake and opposed to all this misogyny, he could qualify as a ‘real’ poe.
Pending that, he might be emphatic to troll more, but that’s not exactly impressive.
*late*
@ jumbofisch
I never meant to come across as hating furries, I have friends who are furries, I was referring to the more unique things that I’ve seen paired with yiff imagery when I said crazy. I’ve got nothing against it, I just personally don’t have an interest in it.