You know, I’m a tolerant guy. As a small-l libertarian, by basic view is “you do you,” so long as that doesn’t harm others and you don’t extract resources from unwilling others in the process. But at a certain point tolerance becomes kinda laughable. And…. this here video depicts something *well* beyond the laugh-line.
“Who are you to judge” is a line often used by people who don’t want to be judged. Well, in this case, who am *I* to judge? I’m non-crazy American, that’s who the frak I am. This means I can judge whoever I want, whenever I want, and I can judge them as harshly as I feel necessary. Now, can I stop these people from doing what seems to make them happy? Nope. Do I *want* to stop them? Nope. Do I feel like laughing at them, and telling them that if they actually think they are horses, they’re nuttier’n a fruitcake? You damn betcha.
You want to cosplay as a pony? OK, sure, whatever floats your boat, Ed. Some people like to cosplay as football or basketball players, and we’re not supposed to laugh at *them.* But if you want me to believe you when you start yammering about “pony space?”
Is this sort of thing a sign of a culture in decline? Maybe. Will it survive the transition to shariah law? I suspect not.
Does the acceptance of this sort of thing – celebration of people believing themselves to be something they manifestly are not, and making fools of themselves in the process – while at the same time we are being told to shun and despise people who wish to be what they actually are (say, masculine men, feminine women, boys who act like actual boys, etc.) imply a sickness in our culture? I suspect so.