People without young children will be surprised to read that there’s a new and improved, modern version, of My Little Pony coming out soon. The new version takes modernization to refreshing levels. The New York Times reviewer said that it has “a contemporary spin on the franchise’s tot-friendly tenets of love and friendship by staging a political awakening about tolerance, prejudice, even fascism.”

Awwww, who could argue with that?

Glad you asked:

A recent FoxNews.com article started out by saying, “It appears ‘My Little Pony,’ the kid-friendly animated franchise that dates back to the ’80s, has gone woke.” From the article:

Netflix has released “My Little Pony: The Next Generation,” and the 90-minute film welcomes new fantastical creatures, some of them fear-mongering, with a mission to restore the pony world of Equestria with magic…

In an apparent effort to send a message to kids about empowerment, unity and reform, Hudgens plays the heroine of the film, an earth pony named Sunny, who teams up with a curious unicorn named Izzy (Kimiko Glenn) to attempt to make peace with outsiders from other communities. Along the way, they meet some pals and band together as a pack of young progressives wanting to make change.

Like the non-existent “War on Christmas,” this was big news on Fox and Friends (Weekend version), where Will Cain said: It “teaches its viewers themes like tolerance, prejudice, and even fascism. The film also depicts anti-magic ponies that are likely to spread fear and untruths.”

Spread fear and untruths? You know the hammer is coming when, according to Mediaite, Cain said it “draws parallels between the antagonist in the film and Donald Trump.

This was a little bit concerning to the Fox and Friends crew, and they started to throw it around a bit.

Cain jokingly asked Pete Hegseth: “Will this news jeopardize your status as a brony?”

Carley Shimkus started laughing, Hegseth seemed confused: “I didn’t know I had the status…”

Shimkus awkwardly asked him: “Do you know what a brony is?”

Hegseth probably thought this was all a little weird or silly and unknowingly stepped in something for which he wasn’t prepared; “Is that a man into My Little Ponies? Well, then, I’m a brony, I guess.”

Somehow, Shimkus knew a lot about Hegseth; “No, no, you don’t want to be.”

Hegseth just couldn’t figure this out; “You don’t want to be?”

“Is it more than what I actually assumed?” Cain asked. “I thought bronies were just dudes who were into My Little Pony. Is it more than that?”

Shimkus then said something that is news to us; “There’s a $exual element involved.”

“Oh, there is?” Cain asked.

“Well, I retract everything I said.” Hegseth remarked.

“I thought it was just dudes into My Little Pony,” Cain said.

No, no, Cain. You are 90% right. Bronies are just “dudes into My Little Pony” and even if most of these “dudes” are from the LGTBQ portion of our family, we’re still at a loss as to why that would impact you in any way, or why that means there’s a $exual element involved.

This is the new War on Christmas. Admittedly, a new version of my little Pony that is woke and has a parallel Trump character might be on our Netflix calendar. ”

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