hello everypony critical thought here I
wanted to talk about some of the recent
events that have been going on in the
state of the fandom and this isn't gonna
be a big production this isn't gonna be
animated this isn't gonna be scripted
this is this is just purely my own
thoughts and I was debating about
whether I should talk about this but due
to recent events I I think that it's an
important discussion to have and I
wanted to give my honest opinion on all
of this and I wanted to deliver another
point of view that that hasn't really
been addressed I think because you have
a lot of people on either you know one
extreme side or the other and I think
that you know that's not the right way
to be going about it so as you guys
probably all know by now and I have been
painfully aware of this by all of the
suggestions flooding my my YouTube page
for videos to watch for various brony
youtubers who it's funny because I I'm
on my gaming channel most of the time
now mister mercy and I don't even follow
any bronies on there and yet I've been
getting these suggested videos for that
so as many of you guys are aware there
was a recent scandal involving I love
Kompas a lot now I admittedly I haven't
heard the whole story regarding it but I
got the gist of it that she has
overworked and demanded too much of her
staff that she has for her videos that's
the basic gist of the story that I got
and I should disclose that I am a fan of
KP but I'm not I'm not such a diehard
fan that I will defend literally any
action that she does I am a casual fan
of KP um but I felt I should disclose
that
um but you know when I look at this
thing I see people on both sides I see
people on one side you know defending KP
to the death and completely excusing her
of any you know blame or or you know any
wrongdoing and then you have the other
side that that treats her like she's a
modern-day Hitler for some reason and
that you know she needs she needs
basically to die and that's I think both
sides are wrong although of course if
you guys know me enough you'll know that
I'm kind of like a radical pacifist and
I look at this situation and I'm you
know I'm bewildered that that this is
what the fandom has become and you know
I've been in the fandom for going on
it must be actually it's probably over
five years at this point but I've been
in this fandom and I remember back in
like 2011 2012 during the height of the
brony fandom where such a thing as you
know bronies attacking a fellow brony
for something that was unheard of nobody
did that and you know I mean I know this
isn't the first scandal that has hit the
brony community I know there's like the
draw Pony scandal which I talked about a
bunch of other scandals in the past but
you know this it wasn't on this scale
before and it's been heartbreaking every
time that I log into YouTube to do
whatever on my gaming channel and I just
see video after video after video
suggesting that I watch it regarding -
oh we're exposing KP KP is the worst
reviewer we all hate KP now and it's
like is this is this the brony fandom is
this what we've become where we feel we
have to
drag an individual down because of
things they've done I thought that we
were a community that was better than
this I thought we were a community that
didn't hold grudges that that you know
accepted people's flaws and forgave and
forgot and you know gay people second
chances and and we were we were voted
the best fandom by TV Guide for a reason
cuz we weren't just a bunch of people
that watch a show we were more we were
loving and caring and would give anybody
that needed it a push in the right
direction and now look what we're doing
what are we doing we are criticizing and
belittling and attacking kp4 mistakes
that she's made and you know I know that
the whole thing of love and tolerance it
started out as a joke it did it started
out as a joke on 4chan but somewhere
along the way we did adopt that as
bronies we did adopt love and tolerance
and you know I think it's been lost I
think that we no longer love and
tolerate and my theory is that you know
yes the hipster brony a lot of the
hipster bronies that join did leave
because the show got too mainstream and
so many people liked it but I think an
even bigger culprit is the bullies I
think the bully is one the bullies who
hated this fandom and and drag it down
and drag its name through the mud people
got so sick of putting up with the hate
from the bullies that they gave up on
their values they gave up on love and
tolerance they gave up on forgiveness
they gave up on all the things that made
this community so positive and so great
they gave up on all of it to avoid
further harassment for their show that
they enjoy and then it stopped being
more than just a community based around
a show it's it stopped being more than
that and then it just became another you
know fandom for a TV show and it hasn't
been the same sense everybody is so
judgmental and everybody's looking to
point the finger at somebody else you
know for something I've been involved in
my fair share of drama in this fandom as
well and you know it's it's it's
heartbreaking to see that this is what
the the brony fandom has devolved into
we aren't the fandom that we used to be
and you know a lot of people are saying
that some people I've seen who have
watched K P's apology video which I did
watch I didn't watch it all through all
the way through but I watched most of it
and some people are saying well your
actions are gonna speak louder than your
words we'll see if you improve and yes
actions do speak louder than words but
words are not powerless if somebody
apologizes to you and tries to make a
concerted effort to apologize to you you
shouldn't throw their apology back in
their face and completely dismiss it
because if you do that then what are you
expecting from that person if that if
what that person is doing makes you
upset and that person finds out that
that's making you upset and they try to
change that and apologize if you throw
that back at them then what do you
really want from that person you know
like if you want them to change but you
know when they try to apologize and try
to change you throw it back in their
face because you don't believe them then
then what is what are you expecting from
that person and you know maybe maybe
people like KP won't change
you know maybe they will who knows but
this is this is my problem with this
whole situation is that regardless of
whether KP changes or not if she
improves the treatment of her staff or
not it's not your job to bring them down
and make them suffer
anybody like KP with whether it you know
be another another person in the fandom
or all really anybody else if you see
somebody doing something wrong it's you
are not supposed to be judge jury and
executioner that's not your job you know
you can point it out but doing
everything you can to belittle belittle
them and and and make their dirty
laundry all public and and stuff you
know that's that's not good and I see
all these you know brony youtubers
making all this like cake KP related
drama stuff and it's like you know why
why why do you feel like it's your job
to you know knock these people down it's
not what what the community should be
doing and the way the community should
have responded to this and literally
every other scandal in this fandom is if
you notice a change it's up to us
bronies to help improve that and by
shouting and yelling and making
accusations and and and being toxic
that's not gonna do that and and if you
wash your K Peas apology video you can
hear it she's fighting back tears
because a human being was not meant to
be treated this way this is not you know
people think that oh well it's just on
the internet no it's not up just on the
Internet this is a real person you're
sending these things to
and and we need to stop with the
bandwagoning of all this hatred we start
we need to stop making it the in thing
to do to hate KP right now that's that's
not okay and you know people people
don't realize what it's like to be on
the receiving end of that it's like they
think that whatever they say is just
tossed out into a void and that you know
nobody nobody pays attention to it but
what if it was you
what if you know you like KP made some
mistakes that you didn't realize you
were making and when people point it
people pointed it out they kept
attacking you and harassing you and you
know saying all these nasty things to
you and if you received hundreds and
hundreds of you know comments like that
you know how would you feel probably not
very good and and you know it's not okay
to be treating KP the way we've been
treating her and I'm not just saying
that cuz cuz I like her content I'm
saying that because you know it's it's
the right thing to do and you know at
the end of the day we're all human and
we're all just trying to survive out
there in this scary and topsy-turvy
world you know this is what I say all
the time whenever I see something you
know bad happen or you know people get
angry or upset of something I'm like
there are no in my eyes there are no
good or bad people there are just bad
situations and we can take those bad
situations and we can learn from them
but you know we shouldn't be you know
fighting each other and trying to make
each other feel terrible because at the
end of the day there is one thing that
we all want we all want to be happy
and you know if somebody makes some
mistakes like like KP has then that
doesn't devalue her as a human being and
so don't lose sight of the humanity of
others because that's a dangerous and
slip slippery slope your head and down
if you do that and and you know I I
extend my sympathies to KP and to
literally everybody who ever has or ever
will be in a scandal in this fandom
because you know this isn't the Phantom
that that it used to be and it's become
toxic and it's become you know full of
negativity then this is not this is not
what we were you know we I believe that
we could be better because we were
better back like what three years ago
three four years ago and it did again it
breaks my heart to see how KP has been
treated and to see how people in this
fandom treat each other it's it's
terrible so as any of us always I'm
critical thought and I'll see you all in
my next video please be good to each
other