Talk:Earth ponies/@comment-26943476-20140208225001/@comment-5551215-20140412182847

No. He's stating a stereotype that could count as racist/tribist. While it's a positive one, he's still labeling them in a way that is ridiculous. It would be like saying asian people are all good at math. He's lumping them all together without considering the individuals and essentially making a baseless claim without even referencing any particulars qualifiers that would lead him to think such a thing.

It's one thing to say that earth ponies have more strength than other tribes. That's something that can be measured and determined as a general average constant, in the same way that men tend to put on more muscle mass than women on average, because of the way their bodies naturally develop via testosterone. There are strong women, but on average men get asked to move heavy objects for a reason.

Work ethic isn't really something one can measure, it doesn't get turned into a statistic most of the time, and it's a highly charged topic in some cases. Besides, I'm assuming Trenderhoof is counting working on a farm as kind of a thankless job, so he's suggesting she has a great work ethic to make up for that, pretty much ignoring that Applejack loves what she does, even though it's not easy.

In this case, his comment is just a comment.