The bronies still instigating:
You wouldn't get half the stuff you do already if you didn't flaunt around your fandom like you own the place. Everyone is entitled to hate you for being an annoying stuff, because that's what you're being. You know full damn well wearing pony avatars and quoting from the show is going to start arguments.
I instigate when he starts arguing and flaming us, and I'm sure that's the deal with plenty of other bronies here. I try not to flaunt around MLP and be flamboyant, and from what I've seen, it hasn't happened a lot recently. I know, there are the occasional random bronies that NOBODY knows, and IMO, you guys shouldn't give everyone stuff about it. People naming themselves things like "Rainbow Dash" or "Fluttershy" on the forums REALLY pisses me off because it gives us a bad name and it just starts arguements.
I don't hate Lord Tony or you, Ike. I'm not mad at anyone except myself and the people who do things like you listed. So, I really hate the arguing, but it's just something that is hard to ignore.