Andrew Green:

Admittedly, my rant about government excesses was a bit extraneous. The bottom line -- in my opinion -- is this: if you don't like your boss's rules, go get a new boss. It would be like joining the Army if you didn't want to wear camouflage. Personal experience from years of "fighting the man" told me this, and I either quit a job or got fired more than a few times. Now I am self-employed, which is where mavericks belong in life.

Fortunately for society, most people are sheep. If everyone was a maverick, noone could cooperate with others long enough to accomplish a task that required teamwork. However, many owners of small businesses are mavericks, and will give a lot of leeway for their few employees. Utilikilts Co. seems a fine example.

Mega-corporations have employees so far separated from the actual owners (aka stockholders), and one's superior is usually the person who was more authoritarian than the others to achieve that promotion. Large businesses promote mediocrity; that's just how it is. Mediocre people do not challenge conventions. Mediocre people tend to drag the mavericks down to their level any way they can. Government agencies are the same, only more so.

As for what's not Politically Correct about the kilt, it's really quite simple. It's traditionally or typically seen as a Heterosexual White Male thing. Heterosexual White Males are not considered "diverse."