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People are understandably not happy with the way certain things have been handled. How each person responds to this is a measure of personal maturity. I wouldn't say that there's bad apples so much as simply more mature and less mature reactions.

Is the "political correct" stuff right? No. But they were kind of stuck in a hard place and chose the "ditch Derpy" route to avoid possible widespread negative backlash from very vocal overconcerned parents (You know, who may be buying toys for the intended target audience). It was either anger one group or anger the other - they couldn't please both.

If you want to blame anyone, blame this culture that produces such overconcerned parents in the first place. Blame this culture where everyone gets a prize, everyone gets a medal, no one is left out, euphemisms for every little thing, etc...

As for Derpy, I don't see why the fans can't continue to use her in fan material. In fact, she was mostly used in fan material to begin with, being only a very minor character in the actual show. Why not simply ignore what they "officially" do and continue to use her in fan material regardless?