Talk:The Cutie Map - Part 2/@comment-33425320-20180402203247/@comment-4531340-20180403090447

Assuming that the other ponies and the Mane Six were all made equal in strength, there were far more villagers than just six. Even if they were shocked at first by the Mane Six being so bold, all it would take would be Starlight ordering the villagers to restrain them or whatever and nothing would be accomplished.

Besides, doing so would be counterproductive to the plan of trying to get Starlight to trust in Fluttershy, and her conversion (because she's already skeptical enough about it - I doubt a smart pony such as Twilight would want to give her more fuel for her skepticism). Sometimes the wisest course of action is to take no action at all, but to rather bide one's time until the time for actual action comes.