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My American daughter in Morrison's today. She didn't know what a kilt was. She said it very loudly because she thought it was super progressive.
Top tip: never ask a Scotsman what he wears under there because, after a few drinks, he'll shoe you. And they've always had a few drinks.
Not sure if typo or form of attack...
He'll literally hoof you.
He'll stick a shoe up your hole, for sure.
You only have to ask?
I’m used to having to pay for that treatment.
I took a photo up mine to post here but somehow it buggered up the camera on my phone.
Are you sure the phone didn't bugger you up?
I don't know where you've been, lad, but I see you've won first prize.
I've been to Scotland.
Well, gratz on winning first prize!
OH MY GOD SQUID WE GET IT YOU MOVED TO THE UK /s
... Do they carry Femboy Oats at Morrison's, or did you have to make do with Scott's?
At first glance, I thought he was on the phone.
Lt. Dan, you got legs!
Even the clergy over here are prone to a nice frock.
The fact she thought that was "progressive" is fucking horrifying, let's be honest here 😅
Compared to America, it sure as fuck is. And a queer kid thinking she is seeing something queer-friendly on a product is pretty special. Unfortunately, that wasn't what she saw.
I feel that Kilts are genuinely (an early kind of) progressive.
It takes a person secure in their gender identity to dress against cultural norm, even with the weight of heritage behind them.
Scottmen have been dressing against everyone else's norm, because it's their heritage, and telling the rest of us we can fuck off if we don't approve.
That's a kind of progress.
I'm not saying Kilts are a huge progressive victory, but I think they're a milestone along the journey in the right direction.
I'll admit that my LGBTQ framework is simplistic, in that I feel that "go fuck yourself" is a complete and valid and socially acceptable answer to anything I may ever ask someone else about their identity.
The ~~Scotts~~ Scots have been answering me "go fuck yourself" longer than others, and I feel they helped pave the way for more important cases.
Scottmen have been dressing against everyone else’s norm, because it’s their heritage
The modern kilt is a relatively recent invention, like a lot of Scottish "invented traditions" its use and meaning today is largely down to Walter Scott in the 19th Century. So I like to think Scotsmen wholeheartedly grabbed onto the opportunity to wear a dress as soon as it became fashionable again. Not that I'd say this to my sister-in-law who was born in Sconny Botland and whose mum is Scottish.
We are Scots, not Scotts, regardless of who makes the porridge.