Somehow I knew this would happen. There are always those who seek to find malcontent even with the most innocent things. Do these protesters honestly think that Derpy's appearance and mannerisms were a blatant insult to the developmentally disabled community? Somehow I think only a small core of them do, while the rest simply want to cause strife. I've known many true mentally-disabled friends/classmates/associates in my lifetime, just as many of the rest of you have. While some of them have indeed acted in the manner in which Derpy behaved during "The Last Roundup," the way our favorite background pegasus was portrayed seemed to be intentionally more, for lack of a better word, "ditzy" than anypony I've met with the aforementioned problems. When did the line blur between those who are truly silly and uncoordinated and those who are mentally-handicapped? Apparently when these champions of the down-trodden decided it was so. For years, foals' shows have had similar characters without such backlash. Honestly? Some ponies love to white knight even if those they're defending don't see a problem with anything. You can create a problem out of nothing, and I unashamedly admit that this is my own opinion here, but that is a glaring problem of society today. We have enough true issues without neighsayers adding more that had no real substance of their own. In fact, I would go so far to say that by causing this much commotion about innocent happenstance, those offended parties are actually drawing negative attention toward those who truly do have the problems Derpy supposedly mocks. I apologize for the long post, but I'll end with this: If mares and stallions are protesting for their foals against a nod to bronies, over a foal's show, do they honestly want to ruin the experience for them? I can almost guarantee that none of the target audience thought anything similar to the protests that are going on, it's older ponies, just like us. How hypocritical of them to claim that our opinions shouldn't matter on the show, when theirs should. If they claim that they're acting in defense of their foals or the greater good, I should like that they provide true proof of malcontent before they are given such a lofty, righteous position. They could very well be teaching the young ones that the world is out to judge them, to mock them. How cruel a lesson to give to such a new life. Post Script: I realize that the continuity and logic in my post might be slightly skewed, I'm a little under the moon today. Forgive me