Talk:Derpy/@comment-81.209.29.7-20130210163225

The downfall of Derpy Hooves:

During the latter part of 2012 a few people on tumblr made posts claiming that Derpy is ableist because they believed the term "derp" means retarded. They also hypocritically thought that because Derpy was cross eyed she was mocking disabled people.

The first posts on tumblr claiming that Derpy is ableist were quickly shot down and ignored, which some people didn't take that well. During the height of Derpy's popularity, instead of just whining about Derpy on tumblr, a small group of people decided to start sending letters to Hasbro. According to Amy Keating, she got 10 letters which called Derpy "ableist", which was enough to place doubt in her mind. She decided to ask Hasbro what to do, and they decided to completely shaft Derpy Hoooves from the show (as we can see by her absence in season 3).

This upset a lot of bronies and people with disabilities, strabismus and mental disorders, as they disagreed with having people trying to tell them what they should find offensive. Several petitions were signed in an attempt to save Derpy Hooves, one of them with about 45.000 signatures.

Some bronies started blaming soccer moms, or said that people would sue Hasbro over Derpy, despite there not being any proof at all that this was the case.

So 10 people managed to cause the downfall of what so many saw as a beloved role model. Angry bronies are told to shut up about this and just ignore it by other bronies who weren't as emotionally invested, or offended by Derpy's removal.