Agreeing with Koe since it really is a biased argument.
I'd watch it, popular or not, and 4chan has nothing to do with it. Also, if I wanted to troll people, I wouldn't watch a show about ponies, I'd say things like 9/11 was planned by the government and the lunar landing was faked. We don't call anime fans stupid and brainless because they watch shows about Japanese school girls dressed as cats or something.
By the way where do people get the idea that people watch this to be manly? I'm not watching it to make it seem like I'm manlier than a sailor who can benchpress 500 pounds and has more tatoos than skin.
Apparently people are too offended by a loving cartoon.