Quote Originally Posted by Nighthawk View Post
I had some moron sarcastically say to me "I support you!" I asked "Oh! You support cultural equality? How progressive!" He said "Cross dressing isn't cultural." I explained the kilt to him... and he said "I know what it is. It's a f**king skirt, and only fags and cross dressers would wear one." Should I tolerate that? Personally, I'm not one to put up with stupid people being stupid. Ignorance can be fixed with education. We're all ignorant in some way, and I have had numerous occasions when someone has said to me, in an honest and sincere way, "That's a beautiful skirt." I have corrected those people by telling them what it is and what means to me, and both they and I have had pleasant experiences from it. I just have never been one to put up with people attempting to publicly humiliate others. I would never dream of calling a man wearing African clothing a porch monkey. I simply expect the same courtesy. I grew up with a Scottish grandmother, and one reason I wear the kilt is because she loved them and believed that her culture was worth preserving. The kilt is a thing that is a distinct matter of pride to me and I do not appreciate people demeaning either me or it. And then of course, there's the fact that referring to it in a derisive way also demeans women, as if a skirt is in some way degrading or beneath me. It's insulting and inappropriate on numerous levels.



A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, as the Bard once said. My sister in law says that if it's outside of Scotland, it's a skirt. It doesn't magically change from one thing or another based on wearer or geographic location. By that logic, if I were to take a French poodle to Germany, it could transmute into a Doberman if I wanted. Or if I were a German walking a French poodle, I claim it to be a rotweiller. Explain that logic to me, 'cause I don't get it.

Hey Nighthawk,

If someone doesn't get what you mean and wants to play devil's advocate for the "skirt callers" then just let them. For you and I it is a cultural and special thing that our grandmothers appreciatte and admire and that is all we need. Let those who wish wear a "kilted skirt" I'll just stick with my plain old kilt. A woman wears a skirt a man wears a kilt just like a woman wears a blouse and a man wears a shirt.