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// The Speech 
// Story: [EAW]  Wingfried von Katerinburg's speech on International Pony Menace and the Great War 
// by Mr_T_Man 
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Wingfried von Katerinburg's speech at the 5th Reformisten Party Congress, in the Great Griffon's Hall (1010):

"...Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Griffons. Many of you might rightfully ask yourselves; "Why are we sending thousands of our soldiers to a faraway land that doesn't even share a border with us?". And so, I fully understand your rightful concerns, but instead we need to think; "Where exactly is the center of the International Pony Menace?". I want you to look to the East, see the leaders of this so-called "River Coalition". If you know a thing or two about them, you'll know that they are all either directly affiliated with or surrounded by the affiliates of their beloved petty goddess; Princess Celestia. Why do you think tens of thousands of ponies from all over the Riverlands go to Equestria every year to receive their beloved 'friendship' studies? If Griffonia had a problem with friendships, we would hire psychiatrists instead of traveling overseas to have glorified tea parties with princesses in castles. But again, this whole 'magic of the friendship' deal is obviously not their real goal. Have any of you ever thought about how the River Republic managed to partially subjugate the entire Riverlands without firing a single shot? Why did so many other Pony countries of Riverlands literally volunteer to be a mere shadow of the River Republic with the formation of the 'River Coalition'? And all that just to be led by a pony named River Swirl, who is, of course, a graduate of Celestia's personal school. "

*Wingfried stops and takes a sip of water before continuing*
 
"Do any of you think when we are done with the conquest of the Riverlands the International Pony Menace shall be over? NO, our REAL cause will be just begun. All across Griffonia, you see Pony elites, mostly originating from Equestria, settle in major griffon cities, quickly climb through the ranks by pure *miracle*, exploit the poverty of the defenseless Griff families, and slowly monopolize the local markets of Griffonia, all while trying to preserve the current status quo with their endless calls for 'friendship' and 'peace'. They claim that they only want peace and harmony. Of course, they would want that! What else would they want at a time when everything goes in their favor? In a time, they finally overcame every single internal and external threat to them. In a time, they have no war and crises to worry over. In a time where they can finally treat griffons from impoverished lands as nothing but cheap labor. And for a reasonable griff, what 'friendship' there would be between a slave and its master!"

*Applause*

"I spent multiple years in total traveling to various countries all across the world while representing Hellquill, I saw disturbing things, extremely disturbing. But not one of them was as disgraceful as the treatment of griffon laborers in the Equestria and parts of Griffonia. The sight of thousands of immigrant griff workers working in lines like machines with a few pony supervisors with literal whips on their hooves, abusing griff workers in particular with no caring for consequences. If it was some working deer of Olenian origin getting abused, it only would've resulted in a grand controversy where the factory itself would be shut down and Equestria would release an official apology to Olenia. But as for the griffin workers, what protection do they get? Nothing! Why? Because there is no Griffonian State that looks after its citizens all across the globe! I and a couple of my companions also saw numerous cases of abuse by pony superiors during our visits to Equestria, and as a result, we decided to start a campaign for awareness over this disgrace. We even contacted several powerful ponies within the ranks of the Equestrian society and government, politicians, artists, writers, and celebrities, at one point we even received the attention of the Equestrian public. And... I remember when we thought we had accomplished something... Something meaningful... Something that would help griffons... And what did we receive from ponies? Just ONE factory got closed down, and as if they wanted to spit on our faces, they reopened the exact same factory under a different company two years later. They promised us other concessions as well, and then? They stopped hiring griffons altogether and left them to rot on the streets, and according to our intelligence reports, some factories even restarted hiring griffons by the thousands with a very familiar treatment! Who stands up for them now? None but Hellquill!"

*Applause*

"And the saddest part is, some, if not most, of these factories and sweatshops, are located within the boundaries of Griffonia under the lack of *supervision* of the careless and incompetent rulers. And since we don't want the griffons of those countries to have a negative view of us, I won't tell you which Griffonian countries have those factories which are under the influence of the Equestria and Celestia... And also, because those treacherous factory owners and funders already know themselves... And for those Hellquill has a message: "We will get you when the time comes!" ."

*Applause as Wingfried glares at the crowd proudly*

"I hope some of you remember or at least know about the time (1004) when I and a couple of our comrades released the secret protocols of the Equestrian Princesses as a result of our months of espionage in Canterlot and other Equestrian cities. Whenever I look back at those times, I feel nothing but pride, how Reformisten, which didn't even have a name yet back then, managed to sneak into the Equestrian royal archives even without the aid of any government!"

*Applause as Wingfried glares at the crowd even more proudly*

"The protocols had revealed the true intentions of the International Pony, led by none other "all-loving and caring" Princess Celestia. The revelations were powerful enough to shake the Earth to its core and change world politics forever. But to the surprise of no one, Equestria labeled the protocols as "pure fabrication written on old papers" and the other governments either condemned these "falsified claims" or outright ignored it, only a few those who were brave enough to think about it have opened their minds against the grand conspiracy of the International Pony. Without a doubt, the most striking fact to come out of the protocols was the fact that the 978 Revolution was a direct order of Celestia! Not to spread any of Equestria's famous "friendships" and "generosities" or even any revolutionary ideas, but with the sole intent of killing the Griffonian Empire! They didn't support any sides directly but they indirectly destabilized the supply chain of the Griffonian Empire through certain trade agreements, which did cause the standard of living to decrease drastically. Many of us remember those cursed times, long lines of hungry griffins in front of bakeries, crimes committed in broad daylight, and every institution of the Empire collapsing within itself. And I ask you, what we did do back then as a response? We blamed each other, we blamed each other like our lives were dependent on it, Republicans blamed Royalists and Royalists blamed Republicans, the political polarization haunted every single aspect of our lives. I saw families getting torn apart by the senseless political struggles, businesses ruined because the other political faction boycotted it, or simply some griff attacking someone in the middle of the street with the thoughts that he might be a Republic or Royalist spy. All this resulted in our Empire falling apart into rump states bickering with one other endlessly. And to be honest, we, including me, were too foolish to rush into the argument and fight without ever thinking that there might be more to this crisis. But we are grateful for one thing though; We thank Princess Celestia for showing us how rotten our Imperial system used to be. To an extent where an entire Empire could be taken down with a single order and a couple of supply chain disruptions."

*Wingfried takes another sip from his glass of water after a brief pause*

"I am sure many of you already know about this but I and with the help of some of our comrades did compile these protocols in my book; "The Protocols of Princesses of Equus". Those of you who read it will know about exactly what I am talking about. And for those who did not read it; I don't recommend it, I heard that the griff who wrote it is a pretty dangerous fella."

*Laughter from the crowd, Wingfried accompanies it with a chuckle*

"So, in total, we captured 15 scriptures from the astonishingly poorly guarded Royal Archives at the start. But alas, getting the scriptures out of Equestria was much harder than you'd think. We don't know when they found out about the missing texts, but it surely didn't take them long to notice. Their spies hunted us left and right, getting out of Equestria was intense, and just to make you understand how trying it was; we started our last trip to Equestria with 32 comrades, by the end only 15 remained. 4 of our comrades got murdered in firefights and the 13 of our comrades went missing under suspicious circumstances, including the comrade who came with the idea for the operation itself, but as for the request from her family, I won't mention her name. But do not forget to pray for her and the other comrades who have fallen for Griffonia even if you don't know their names. So, despite their efforts, we managed to get 9 of the protocols out of Equestria after a month of pursuit. But we- sorry, I lost one of the writings in a rather peculiar way. Let me explain; as you should know, we never hate a pony just for the sake of hating a pony, the real problem is the culture they grow up in. It raises them to be in a supremacy complex where they consider themselves to be the only possible candidate for a civilized race. They consider any other populace to be morally lesser to them, even if they fiercely deny this. Whenever they see another race of species, no matter how close and friendly they might be, the Pony will always see the said individual from the other race as one who must be conquered, and his or her mind must be filled up with the idea that "friendship is magic" as soon as possible in order to prevent any chance of "growth of hatred within the soul" of the said being. From my observations, no matter how mixed up the races might be in a society, ponies never get to take this notion off them. They also don't realize that they serve as the missionaries of the International Pony, which regardless of race, will eventually subjugate all populations by conquering their minds first and letting them drop their weapons willingly. After that, ponies move in, blend in with the crowd, and without you even knowing about it the factories will pop up, and can any of you guess who will be the labor force in those factories? This said populace doesn't have to be just Griffons, it could be any sentient species. As long as the almighty message of their dear Princess Celestia can reach a place, that place is destined to be taken over by their "Harmonic Enlightenment". And what is the result of this Harmonic Enlightenment exactly? Non-declared slaves with wages attached to them, beings that are too afraid of raising their voices when countered by injustice, and individuals who are too weak and afraid to fight back when they see their country being taken over by weakness and exploitation. These beings who are under the influence of the International Pony cannot see the fact that just because somepony is offering them a cupcake or an apple pie along with a nice tea does not mean they are not capable of having ulterior motives or serving someone with ulterior motives."

*Wingfried leans over to his arriving servant and talks in a somewhat quiet tone, and intentionally leaves mic open*

"Speaking of tea, can we serve our guests some tea and cake?"

*Servant shakes his head and puts a new glass of water in front of Wingfried*

*Wingfried turns back to the crowd of a couple of thousand party members*

"Now if it was some pony in my place, he or she would probably poison the cake to make you submit to their demands. But sadly, for us Griffons, we can't make a pony open up its mind even with the poison."

*A laughter erupts in the hall as Wingfried takes a sip from water, he then continues*

"So, we can say in a way Ponies themselves are a victim of the International Pony too, they usually waste their entire lives chasing after a childish vision of reality, where every living being can just play around, eat apple pies, have chats, make friends all day long altogether. And many of you might find this fact shocking, but just because something is childish does not make it impossible, it makes it irrational. As I said, I've been to Equestria a couple of times, mostly as a representative of Hellquill, and I've been to cities that are downright utopian, Canterlot, Ponyville, Manehattan, and Vanhoover; which our volunteers have entered yesterday, I'd like to congratulate them one more time here. So, those cities are like the things we would see in our childhood dreams, outright majestic. At the time I thought to myself; "Perhaps Harmony is the way to go.", I know me saying this is shocking. But the more I saw the true side of these Harmonic societies, the more dismayed I become with them. I'd like to clarify this with an example; The second time I've been to Canterlot, I witnessed a somewhat strange occurrence. We've been to a forestry zone a bit away from the city as part of our tour of the Equestrian countryside. In that particular forestry area, I saw a lumberjack pony and his superior. When we first approached the two the superior was ordering the lumberjack to carry a massive piece of log on his back, well she of course asked in a kindly fashion to him, and the lumberjack simply said "Yes, ma'am" and picked up the entire log while forcing his whole body. When they saw the group of griffons I was in, they both welcomed us, even the poor lumberjack again forced his whole body yet again to kneel, as an act of welcoming. I remember being fascinated with that pony, the moment I approached him I immediately asked; "How are you even carrying that weight just like that? Are you sure you don't want help?", his supervisor replied even before the lumberjack himself; "Ah, how nice for you to ask. But believe me, if you think he's forcing himself for that little piece of wood then you have no idea what wonders this pony can do.", the lumberjack eventually answered too, saying; "thanks for your concern stranger, but it really is nothing I can handle". I instantaneously thought what many of you also probably thought; "How fascinating! Such dedication, such kindness, only if we had that in Griffonia as well!". Now would you believe me if I told you that this certain event symbolizes what is wrong with the entire Pony Mindset? And now many of you are confused, "how can this ever be a sign of a bad thing?", let me explain yet again; I started taking notice of their extreme generosity, kindness, and most importantly; naiveness. It all started with me taking notice of how selfless a lumberjack could be, to me realizing how horrifyingly deformed the collective consciousness of a society could be. Now imagine every single griff you met in your life was like that lumberjack. It sounds like a utopia, isn't it?"

*Wingfried takes a sip from his glass of water amid the puzzled faces of the crowd and continues*

"Now, why do we enjoy nice things? An extremely simple question, isn't it? But yet the answer is far more complex than you'd think. But I'll keep it simple since I want to get to the part about how I *lost* the protocol to a pony as quickly as possible: We enjoy nice things because they don't happen all the time, so they stand out to us. How do we measure beauty? By comparing it to the ugly. How do we measure kindness? By comparing it to rudeness. How do we measure the intellect? By comparing it to foolishness. Imagine if we didn't have this notion, that everything is beautiful by all means possible, but even then, how do you call something beautiful when there is no ugly? You start noticing the slightest faults in what you once called; a 'perfect' thing. Whenever we encounter a 'perfect thing', we never waste our time looking for the imperfections within the "perfect". But in time, while being completely surrounded by the 'perfect', you might find yourselves looking for the "imperfect" just for the sake of escaping the ‘perfect’. What do I mean by this? Equestria has been ruled by Celestia for a millennium now, nopony knows or can even imagine a society without her presence or guidance or at least influence. Imagine spilling a hot drink all over some griff, the best answer she or he can give is "just don't do that again" in a painful voice. In Equestria, when you do the exact same thing, the best answer a completely harmonic pony can give is "Ah, don't worry, I like having hot showers anyway"."

*Laughter amongst the crowd*

“Now you laugh at this, but would you believe me if I told you that this actually occurred to me? I see many of your faces now, and you think; “is this another joke?”, I wish this was just another joke. But the more I stayed and traveled in the pony countries, the more events such as these started to occur near me, and the more curious I became. And in a way, I was *afraid* that I might develop a prejudice against the ponies over time. Why? Because at one point I did think harmony was the way to go, and Celestia really was the sun, and the Luna was the moon and blah blah… magic this and magic that, classic pony fairytale.

But I have always been determined to become a Griff of reason. Ever since I read the works of Fredrick Wingzsche and the other writers of the true enlightenment, I knew I simply cannot let mere naiveness and kindness block the absolute light of reasoning. So, every time I went back to Griffonia from Equestria, it felt like a smell of fresh air. And that fresh air is called ‘feeling real’. I remember getting happy when griffons got angry at me again in a natural way. Everything, but everything about Harmony and Ponies feels artificial on many levels. All this endless “fun” and “friendship”, all these words even us Griffons affiliate with nice things, becomes irrelevant when you reason your surroundings. Why are they all so tending to comply with orders when ordered nicely no matter how extreme the order might be? Why do they “positively approach everything” when there is something to be questioned over? Imagine you are a Pony boss, and you explain to your subordinate that his/her wages will be cut down drastically, now a regular griff worker would simply reply to this with; “Why?”, but a pony or non-pony completely abiding by the ways of Harmony would say; “Lower wages? No problem at all! I was already planning on losing some weight anyway!”. And before any of you laugh, this did actually occur in front of me, and the line I just quoted was not an exaggeration by any means… Okay, that was really funny, you can laugh.”

*A fairly quiet laugh from the crowd*

“What I am saying is; this “Harmony” is the ideology of capitulation, of weakness, and of blind obedience to Celestia. It directly promotes inaction and naiveness to its followers, all while the said followers actively recruit more followers from the pony and non-pony populations, therefore acting as a missionary of the International Pony without even realizing it. When I first realized this obscure psychological phenomenon, I immediately thought; “This actually might be a serious issue, a pony with real bad intent can easily exploit this pony mindset to their own will, no matter what that intention might be.”.

*Wingfried makes a puzzling face with his claw under his beak*

“But I then think to myself again; “How do I know that somepony is already not doing this!”. This idea struck me, “could that be possible?”, I also feared what others may have to say about this. It took me only a little research to find out that I was not the only griff who asked that question, these were the griffons who got labeled “delusional” and “insane” for simply questioning their surroundings. When I shared this thought with the others I knew, most of them found the to be idea obscure, with some ponies I personally knew also taking this as an insult to their beloved Harmony and Celestia. Including that one particular pony whom despite all her faults and ignorance, I still respect, solely because of her mastery in countless fields. And comrades, that pony was the one who burned down Protocol no. 10, the Protocol where Celestia declares that “the over-violent Griffonian Empire is a direct threat to Peace and Harmony of all living beings, and therefore must be weakened or be completely neutralized”, it even had a perfectly intact signature from Celestia herself! It was by far the most important of all Protocols, and if I did not copy the text the night before I visited this pony, I never would’ve been able to forgive myself over my fatal blunder.”

*Wingfried takes a sip from his glass of water in a quick manner*

“So, why did I even visit this pony with such vital information under my claws? And who is this pony anyway? I won’t mention her name here, because I frankly don’t want to look as if I’m targeting her all the way from here over a petty contempt, even so, those who read my book already know about this pony, and those who haven’t even read the book can still guess who this pony might be."

*Wingfried sighs*

I first met with this pony in the year 998 during my second trip to the Equestria, while during my visit to Canterlot as a representative of Hellquill. We learned that we shared common interests, particularly in the fields of art, philosophy history, and literature, we had chats that lasted for hours, talking about our own cultures and histories. She surely was interested in Griffonian History, not surprising since what could be said about Equestrian history is just a fairytale in comparison to our thousands of years of glorious history and culture. Anyway, during my next couple of visits, I encountered this pony in various places in Equestria, particularly in Canterlot, she even invited me to her home multiple times… That damned place where she burned down the scroll… Again, we talked and both of us learned more about our cultures, even wrote down studies together while discussing world politics, and therefore shared ideas, ideas which only revolved around the interests of the International Pony Menace of course. Although our “friendship” was nothing deep, I certainly considered her to be a valuable colleague. This pony eventually became the heroine of the Equestria with grand fame attached to her name. I remember being sincerely glad for her back then, even sending letters to her congratulating her on her triumphs. As I said before, I met this pony many times, 9 or 10 times I think, some visits occurred even after I made the realization of the possible existence of the International Pony Plot. And after my realization, I tried to avoid discussing the obvious matter about the International Pony, and since I still was a representative of Hellquill, my mission was the improvement of diplomatic relations, which I still used to believe in back then. But despite my endeavors to avoid these topics, the pony hesitated upon discussing them. She saw my views as a disease, and herself as a doctor. She often argued like a hopeless prophet trying to convince a staunch unbeliever to accept the real faith. Now I want you to remember how I said; Ponies only see one who’s not one of them as a one that needs to be conquered, this is what was I talking about. Despite my growing suspicions, she still referred to me as her “friend”, and even offered me tea and cupcakes during our chats as a show of her “friendship” towards me.”

*Wingfried abruptly stops and leans over to his servant behind the stage*

“Speaking of teas again, where are our teas?”

*A mild laughter among the crowd as a response to this bizarre interruption, servant answers*

“We’ll start serving shortly after sir.”

“Good.”

*Wingfried raises his head again and continues*

“So, despite our fierce philosophical discussions, I tried to keep things formal, as she continued to see me as a possible convert for her almighty ‘Harmony’. She is a pony of high rank now, and even back then she was still very close to Celestia and Luna, so I thought just keeping her as an associate might help Hellquill or even the entire Griffonia in the future. But of course, she wasn’t able to see the thick fog of deception surrounding her, and she continued to see Celestia and her harmony as a perfect being for all entities and didn’t give any possibility to the fact that Celestia might have ulterior motives. And I’m pretty sure she still has the exact same opinions as I speak.”

*Wingfried sighs deeply*

“During our final visit… Many of my comrades were completely helpless in comparison to me since I still used the title of ‘representative’ as a political cover for myself. As part of our operation, I was tasked with getting 5 scrolls out of Equestria intact, while our other comrades who participated in the operation escaped in small groups to distract the enemy. But before getting out of Equestria, I thought why not pay an “old friend” a farewell visit? To many of you, this might sound foolish at first, but now I want you to listen carefully.

I visited the pony at a gloomy evening hour, she welcomed me with a happy attitude as always of course, while I apologized for disrupting her studies, and so we started our “friendly and magical” chat for a final time. This time, with an irregular suitcase in my claws filled with old documents. Poor pony, she was probably thinking she’d be lecturing me yet again on her ‘Harmony’ along with her cupcakes and tea. While in my mind, I had something completely different;
If I can convince this prominent and extraordinarily clever pony that these papers were, in fact, authentic and make her know Harmony is not what she thinks she is, then I could convince every single pony in Equestria and even Riverlands to see behind the curtains of lies, and see the real intent behind Harmony; a scheme to destroy cultures, to voluntarily make individuals enslave themselves, to make people give up reason and embrace mindless delight, to destroy everything that is genuine and natural and replace it with plastic-like simulated optimism. But If I fail to convince her, heh, you know what happens…

Just as we started to talk about history and culture yet again, I stopped her and abruptly started talking about Harmony, surprising her in the process. She seemed happier than ever, thinking that I might be finally ready to be a true believer in Harmony. And remember how I emphasized upon the naiveness’ of ponies? This was the moment I fully understand the scale of it. She looked so hopeful and accepting that I frankly considered just saying goodbye and leaving the building immediately just so I wouldn’t destroy the mood. Thank the Gods that I choose to stay and didn’t allow mere pity to overcome reason! Because the following gave me a lesson that no teacher from no school could’ve ever given!
I opened up the suitcase and put all the scrolls on the table between us and started explaining everything she had to know. Her face became emotionless, open-mouthed, while hardly blinking. As I continued to explain, she didn’t reply to anything I spoke about and just kept staring at me. She surely wasn’t expecting this. And after an explanation that felt like an eternity, I finally started reading her the Protocols themselves. As I kept on reading, her face started to fill with remorse. Eventually, she finally spoke to me in a tearful voice; “Why are you doing this to me?”. I told her that “I am doing this to you because you deserve to know the truth”. After an uneasy stare, she grabbed the scroll which I was reading to her at the moment, and you know which scroll it was. She quickly rushed to her ‘study room’ and using her pony ‘magic’, started pulling books and papers of all kinds for some reason. I followed her into the room, but she didn’t pay attention. She just continued checking book after book, as if she was trying to find something but just couldn’t… Eventually, she gave up searching and turned towards me with hatred-filled eyes, I can’t exactly remember what she said to me, but it was something like “You Liar! You have no idea how much I trusted you!” and called me names after names in a rabid manner, clearly undermining everything she preached to me for the last couple of years. Ultimately speaking in a gloomy tone: “Why couldn’t you just not talk about this?”. I told her the first thing that came to my mind; “And do you know how many *real* friends I lost just to acquire that paper?”. Her face was covered in hatred and sadness, and she used her ‘magic’ to ignite the scroll up in the air, and within seconds there was nothing, but ashes left behind Protocol no. 10. I then told her “Too much for friendship, isn’t it?”. She shouted to me to “get out” a couple of times and throw a book at me. The book hit me and fall to the ground. And can you guess what the name of the book was? “Ways of Preserving the Friendship”. “

*A laughter amongst the crowd, as Wingfried finishes his water in a single sip*

“I simply went back to the other scrolls and papers and started putting them back in my suitcase and headed for the exit. But as I was about to exit the door, I saw the pony looking at me at a distance with dead cold eyes. Even though I was in a rush we still had an uncanny exchange of looks as I was about to exit. I apologized to her over the *disturbance* I caused, she, of course, didn’t reply.”

*The servant of Wingfried comes with tea on a plate and puts it in front of him, as the other servants start serving to other Griffons in the hall, Wingfried picks up the cup of tea and continues*

“In order to conclude our “friendship” in a positive light, I said…”

*Wingfried raises the cup*

“… “Thanks for the tea.”.”

*Some Griffons in the hall chuckle at this well-timed irony, Wingfried drinks the tea and continues*

“Long story short, I managed to get out of Equestria intact through unorthodox ways, with originals and copies of the texts in a suitcase. I can’t tell you how I did it since this would mean declassifying secret information, and since there might be a time when we have to use the same ways again… As I said before, this visit gave me a vital lesson, which led me and my real friends to refound the Reformisten movement. This pony I’ve been talking about was the single most sophisticated and welcoming pony I’ve ever known, and the reaction she gave to me when I put the secret documents with signatures of Celestia on them, changed my view of the ponykind forever. I genuinely thank this “Princess”, for opening my mind for the good, for that she taught me the entire race of ponykind has been corrupted with the ways of Harmony for over a millennium, with no point of going back! For that, she thought to me that a pony has no chance of redemption! For that, she thought me that even the greatest of ponies possess a corrupted mind! FOR THAT SHE TAUGHT ME THERE COULD BE NO SUCH THING AS A ‘MODERATE’ PONY!"

*A thunderous cheering erupts in the hall, with some Griffons standing up and saluting Wingfried while shouting; “Sieg Heil!”. Wingfried continues in a high-volume voice*

“Those who used to call us ignorant for not seeing the truth, are cowards; who can’t dare to see behind the curtain of lies and corruption!"

*Cheering continues*

“Our history showed again and again that there could be only two types of ponies for Griffons: A defeated pony, and a subjugated pony!”

*The thunderous cheering continues for a while, Wingfried continues*

“Now, comrades, you see the truth behind Equestria, Celestia, Luna, and their minions, their true intentions and schemes. Even though we will continue our fight against them while allying ourselves with our brothers and sisters all across Griffonia, we cannot forget the true source of the International Pony Menace; Equestria! The brave Changeling Army tried to conquer Equestria years back, but they’ve been repelled with the help of our special “friend”. But now they gathered their strength once more time, utilizing all the benefits of modern technology. And that’s why they are prevailing in every single battle they encounter! I wrote a personal letter to Queen Chrysalis, stating that they can rely on our support for the Changeling cause against Equestria. We have sent thousands of our volunteers to their frontlines so far, along with all weaponry we have for free. I ask all of you to remember; even if Changelings are to lose this Great War, eventually or so we too will have to fight Equestria ourselves, since the ponies have no tolerance whatsoever, for any idea which does not directly comply with their views. And until there’s no government which is not directly or indirectly controlled by Equestria, ponies shall know no rest, and for that day, we pray to our Gods for help to give us enough strength to fight off this devilish Menace!"

*Applause*

“But I assure you, we are no longer restricted by the chains of the old, and that’s why we are making fantastic discoveries almost every day to defeat Celestia and her minions. In recent times, we’ve made a discovery so powerful, while being assisted by the sacred relics of our ancient forefathers, that it has practically guaranteed our victory against this false ‘Harmony’! The day we reveal this discovery to you, the World will be a new place, finally free from all grand falsehoods. Until that time, I don’t want your loyalty, I want your trust in Reformisten and the Griffonia!"

*Thunderous applause for a while*

“I now dearly thank everygriff whom listened to this, let it be a Party member or not. Especially for our young ones, I hope some of the topics I discussed today have been enlightening for you. And remember, we are a species of clear purpose and boundaries, we follow the reason so we can achieve our goals, we are not mindless beings who cannot follow logic. We only fight when we see injustice, and we make those fear who thinks they can make fools out of us over and over again. I once again thank evergriff who listened to this speech and want all of you to remember this quote of mine; “It takes a sentience to see the rainbow, but it takes a mind to know it’s not real.”

*Applause as Wingfried finishes and gets off the stage*