@Whonk
 
He said he doesn’t wear a fedora.
 
Honestly, I’m inclined to agree with him, fedora shaming is stupid. Sure, they might not look too great, but insulting people for what they wear is just stupid no matter how you put it.

@Background Pony  
I can smell your fedora from here.

@Takashi.0  
Expect I know plenty of MRA people and atheists and none of them were fedoras.

@Takashi.0  
I think you hit the nail on the head with that one, particularly because I’ve never seen a hipster in a fedora.

@Nightweaver20xx  
I thought it was because of MRAs, “Nice guys,” and pretentious faux-intellectual atheists trying to make themselves look smarter than they really are.

Fedora-wearing is targeted because there are a great deal of bronies who are also hipsters, which is a much-maligned group of self-important asses who think wearing thrift shop clothing and listening to Wilco makes you better than everyone else.
 
Or so says the proletariat. The jury’s still out for me on the subject.

@Background Pony  
Hate makes you stronger

Fedora wearers and bronies are targets of hatred because they are being used for surrogates of protected groups. Since it’s illegal in many places to say hateful things about certain groups, hateful people pick random unprotected groups to attack.
 
I don’t wear a fedora but people can wear whatever they want. Fedora shaming is a symptom of a shallow, petty, hateful society.
 
It will be nice if some day hateful people will lose the power their hateful “propaganda” (comments, image macros, etc.) has over marginalized groups.
 
Block and ignore any and all hateful people, please!

@FancyCat2008  
They don’t. It’s crap that people like Pinkiepony try to perpetuate in order to have more reasons to pick on male MLP fans.

I don’t wear hats, so no.

Indeed. I wouldn’t be half as cool as I am now without this fine piece of headgear.
 

 
What, you don’t like hats?  

Then punch yourself in the face! Those things were never cool and never look good on you!

No, I’m not. Hang on, let me just get… Okay, yes, now I am.
 
@FancyCat2008  
It’s kind of gotten ingrained as the new ““look at him trying to be cool, let’s point and laugh[](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fedora-shaming) thing. Since bronies are also an easy target for “let’s point and laugh” they get lumped together.

@spacehouse  
Can you trade me that, please? :3

@FancyCat2008  
I don’t think any of those things are specifically tacked on to the negative stereotype of a brony, nor to being a ‘bad person’.
 
It’s more to imply someone is sad and unsuccessful, or just taking his fandom a little too seriously.

Why yes, I am.
 

 
Jealous?

No its a fez, cuz fezzes are cool o3o

Brony stereotypes confuse me. The overweight, neckbeard part I get, but that’s true of almost any nerdy fandom… but what do liking fedoras have to do with My Little Pony? Or this “friendzone” crap? Or the implication that any of these factors somehow makes you a bad person?