hip-porcupine said:

Furries are people who, in a broad definition, really like cartoon animals/anthropomorphic animals. Bronies are people who, in a broad definition, like the My Little Pony franchise, particularly the current quality iteration of the cartoon, "friendship is magic". Anything you assume about either of these groups beyond that is happenstance. It's people acting badly as individuals; people assuming things; people stretching and bloating the truth; and people enjoying something that perhaps you do not enjoy, to a large extent, such that online it might seem like they're "too big of a group" or "annoying" when it really just boils down to people liking what they like, as much as they want to, and you allowing yourself to get upset over that. For furries to insult the broad spectrum of bronies at all, for any reason, or vice-versa is completely ridiculous and reeks of hypocrisy.

And keep in mind I said insult the "broad spectrum"; I'm not going to say individuals acting badly should go without a lashing if you truly feel they deserve it, but either group hating on the other group as a whole is completely ridiculous. Trying to say one is 'better than' the other is completely ridiculous. It comes down to people liking things, and that's that.

Also, keep in mind that these ponies are all cartoon animals. They all technically fall under the umbrella of "anthropomorphic characters" as they are cartoon animals with human intelligence. If anything, Pokemon should be even less-tolerated as a broad, sweeping, extremely popular sub-category of "furry" since it's debatable at times whether some pokemon truly have human-level intelligence or are more akin to actual animals, and thus are less "anthro" than these ponies technically are.