My viewpoint is I'm "not a brony;" I'm a furry, so I can like a cartoon about talking animals without joining another fandom, thank you very much, so I choose not to be a brony. So, it would be kind of unfair of me to say bronies are furries, if a brony chooses not to be a furry. But I'm apparently kind of a weirdo for thinking you can like cartoon animals and not be a furry, so there is that.
My real point is, though, I don't buy your "the bronies voted for MLP:FiM and ED" conspiracy. I think there are enough furries who like MLP and brony/furries to win the voting without bringing in a group of bronies who aren't furries to clinch the win. In fact, I don't think there are enough bronies-but-not-furries who are either a. aware of furry in general more than vaguely and the Ursa Majors in specific at all or b. furry friendly to actually matter.
A lot of bronies seem to be anti-furry; sure, that's kind of a dick move on their part from the furry viewpoint, but seeing as how people outside of the brony fandom actually kind of like the idea of bronies, while people outside of the furry fandom don't tend to like the idea of furries, from their viewpoint, it was still a dick move, but it was a smart dick move.
Also, just kind of rambling here, but fandoms seem to either draw the "eternal virgin" card (Trekkies, comic book geeks) or "sex freak" card (anime fans, us); there's no middle ground, or, for that matter, truth to the stereotypes (eternal virgins and sex freaks are found in all the fandoms, but you get one or the other as a stereotype). It's looking like bronies drew the "eternal virgin" card, but it is still a young fandom, and there's still time (and ample evidence) that they can make a run for "sex freaks" if they want to.
My viewpoint is I'm "not a brony;" I'm a furry, so I can like a cartoon about talking animals without joining another fandom, thank you very much, so I choose not to be a brony. So, it would be kind of unfair of me to say bronies are furries, if a brony chooses not to be a furry. But I'm apparently kind of a weirdo for thinking you can like cartoon animals and not be a furry, so there is that.
My real point is, though, I don't buy your "the bronies voted for MLP:FiM and ED" conspiracy. I think there are enough furries who like MLP and brony/furries to win the voting without bringing in a group of bronies who aren't furries to clinch the win. In fact, I don't think there are enough bronies-but-not-furries who are either a. aware of furry in general more than vaguely and the Ursa Majors in specific at all or b. furry friendly to actually matter.
A lot of bronies seem to be anti-furry; sure, that's kind of a dick move on their part from the furry viewpoint, but seeing as how people outside of the brony fandom actually kind of like the idea of bronies, while people outside of the furry fandom don't tend to like the idea of furries, from their viewpoint, it was still a dick move, but it was a smart dick move.
Also, just kind of rambling here, but fandoms seem to either draw the "eternal virgin" card (Trekkies, comic book geeks) or "sex freak" card (anime fans, us); there's no middle ground, or, for that matter, truth to the stereotypes (eternal virgins and sex freaks are found in all the fandoms, but you get one or the other as a stereotype). It's looking like bronies drew the "eternal virgin" card, but it is still a young fandom, and there's still time (and ample evidence) that they can make a run for "sex freaks" if they want to.