As you guys (probably) know, I'm a member of a group called We Hate What's Happened to MLP, a group whose premise is that we obstensibly still like the concept of Pony, but in terms of execution we feel like it's gone all Konami on us, or Sega circa 32X and Saturn.

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Just gotta say... I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed this stuff. I'm not gonna degrade the video further by adding my own thoughts.

Bronies have this "debate" thing down to a science, especially when it comes to handling people who criticize the Holy Scripture of Hasbro! Since Bronies never lose debates and are never wrong ever, it perhaps behooves us to learn their secrets. Well, being the nice guy I am, I will give them away!

And here they are:

1. Remember good old moral outrage. Being offended automatically invalidates any point the opposition makes, no matter how valid.

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One funny thing is lately I'm accused of "attacking" people, a lot. It's led me to realize people have a very skewed version of what "attack" means.

Here's the kind of comment I might typically make:

This person came to my web page and flamed me over a comment I made about a TV show.

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So I haven't watched the latest ep yet, but a friend summed it up for me.

Apparently, Twi moved into her castle, but it doesn't feel like "home" to her. So they all decided to decorate it, but they each decorated according to what feels like home to them, not according to what Twi would like. They realize the problem and redecorate, and then everyone is happy.

Why is this "a new low?"

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I meant to do a follow-up to "Bad Writing Influences," defending my stance that 1980 was the beginning of a dark age of literature, but on my way to doing that I wound up finishing some books that have been on my "to do" list for some time.

And.... well.... the result is this post.

So screw me.

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I've noticed a weird phenomenon with internet sub-cultures. That being: they like to attack dissenters using terms that could describe themselves.

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So, like I promised last month, my fanfics are now deleted from this site.

It took me awhile--I meant to do it on the 1st, but what should happen but my laptop goes kaput (more specifically, it suddenly won't detect being plugged in to a power supply, so once the battery ran out there was no way to recharge it and make it usable again). I had to buy a new one, then make all the necessary adjustments to set it up just the way I like.

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So two days back, I started a topic about common writing misconceptions. Then a freak snowstorm kept me offline, and I'm only able to get online today only to find... the topic is locked.

That shocked me. It broke no rules (that I know of) and unlike BWI, it remained civil until the lock.

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Because Fimfiction hosts some terrible writers.

Seriously, look at some of the "reasoning" you see in that topic.

"It's a deconstruction! That totally makes it okay for the plot to be artsy and pretentious and for the characters to not at all act like believable human beings!"
(I should note that that's not what deconstruction means--It means taking a genre and seeing how it would play out realistically, which the example in question didn't do).

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