I wasn't aware of Badspot's quote.
still that doesn't change the fact that the controversy is stupid
plus even though pokemon has a lot of fans it doesn't have a huge annoying fan base
bronies try to put their pony stuff everywhere and it gets annoying when you get some starfish named "xXRAINBOWDASHXx" constantly saying "20% cooler" and using a pony reaction image for everything.
in fact if you go on 4chan and go to the board /b/ youll see threads about 3 times a day that contain pictures of some handicapped orange pony and the words "ARISE CHIKUN!" its so loving annoying and it never goes away
the only thing that prevents things like this on the forums is brony things staying in the brony thread.