Talk:Derpy/@comment-208.107.118.72-20130117102645

Derpy is a character who shares a connection with a surprisingly large amount of people. This connection is her physical and mental disabilities. Before you rag on me, hear me out.

Physically, she's disabled due to an eye condition which actually exists. The inherent klutziness that it grants, while part of her charm, is a side effect of that. I actually know somepony with this eye condition.

Mentally, she's like every one of us who have learning disabilities, autism (myself being autistic), or plain old ADHD. Every single person knows at least one person who has one of these mental issues.

Editing the scenes to lessen her visible defects, removing the name given by fans and accepted by the producers themselves, and even removing her from the show altogether (like they apparently have in Season 3)... that's not sending a good message to anyone. It's like trying to edit anything with Stephen Hawking just because he's a quadraplegic who has to speak through a computer program. It's just not right.

If someone has a problem with Derpy as she was originally created, then they have a problem with people who share the same traits. There is only one god-awful word that applies to this mentality... DISCRIMINATION. Last time I checked, it was illegal to discriminate due to such factors as disabilties, gender, race, religion, and such.

End the discrimination against Derpy, and save our favorite muffin-loving mailmare from a fate more cruel than death!