Kilted amongst the uneducated...

[Weasel Mender]

Ron White is right, you can't fix stupid.......ignorance however can easily be remidied with information.

Weasel

[Tim B]

Hey, at least one of the bunch had the intelligence to associate Burns Night with Scots and kilts!

[rollerboy_1979]

I have dealt with all sorts of idiotic questions, particularly because I am not Scot, but a well-crafted response usually shuts them up (stupid questions are usually fueled by alcohol, and that's hard to avoid at a party). If I ever get the question "Why are you wearing a kilt", I usually say, "Because it's against the law to be naked in public", or, I'll just invent a fictitious Celtic holiday, like "It's St. Angus Day" or "I just came from the Haggis Festival". A moron will simply say, "Oh, okay", and walk away with a puzzled look on his face. Kilt lifting is absolutely WRONG and should not be tolerated.

Cheers!

John

[Ozman1944]

What a nasty situation! Nothing worse than being stuck in a house full of morons. The stupid thing is, most of their idiocy was more than likely fueled by booze. That, of course rules out any chance of intelligent conversation on the subject.
I do hope the guy who lifted your kilt took you out for dinner and a movie afterwards. I would insist on it.....loudly!!..

[Jdot84]

I myself am self professed Kilt wearing RED NECK and I live in a small community that lacks the knowledge and worldliness to understand anything other than the norm. Most of them have only seen a kilt on the boob tube or in a parade . Most of the time these things happen under the influence of alcohol or in large groups and the perpetrator feels the need to prove their worth to the others and that they are the coolest person in the place even though if they were by themselves they would have said nothing.

I do feel bad that you were treated this way and glad to see that it wasn’t elevated to a bigger problem. But if we continue to kilt we will be subject to this kind of idiot and we are better people than they are so we can just grin and bare it.( pun intended if you so desire)

J.

[dfmacliam]

I live in the land of rednecks and I find to flip it around on them makes it funny. If a drunk man was trying to lift your kilt, question his sexuality... Why would a man want to lift another mans kilt to see his "lucky charms"? It simple and it kinda shames the perpatrator especially among his peers, who he is trying to impress.

[bchunter]

It sounds like you had a miserable evening, but handled it marvelously well. I agree with Ron and Ron White: you can't fix stupid.

[wyldathart]

I assure you that I know exactly what you your going through. I myself live in a very very rural town in southern Georgia. I don't mind if folks just don't know what I'm wearing or what I'm talking about. I've found that if you educate them for the most part they'll show a bit of respect. What galls me is being ignorant of a subject and making fun then not caring to learn about it. I find that abhorrent and all too often very prevalent nowadays. What I've done is since I don't have my kilt yet, I've been talking about it and spreading the word before hand, it helps that I've been wearing my Balmoral around as well. I've allready picked out the trouble makers and the ones who'll just give me a hard time in jest. Sadly there are a couple who are severly homophobic and have decided to not sit near me in classes because I wear a "Skirt"
I say folks who insist on ridicule and general nastyness are not worth my time and I just ignore them.

[Nighthawk]

I assure you that I know exactly what you your going through. I myself live in a very very rural town in southern Georgia. I don't mind if folks just don't know what I'm wearing or what I'm talking about. I've found that if you educate them for the most part they'll show a bit of respect. What galls me is being ignorant of a subject and making fun then not caring to learn about it. I find that abhorrent and all too often very prevalent nowadays. What I've done is since I don't have my kilt yet, I've been talking about it and spreading the word before hand, it helps that I've been wearing my Balmoral around as well. I've allready picked out the trouble makers and the ones who'll just give me a hard time in jest. Sadly there are a couple who are severly homophobic and have decided to not sit near me in classes because I wear a "Skirt"
I say folks who insist on ridicule and general nastyness are not worth my time and I just ignore them.

This is my exact definition of the word "stupid." Pointing and laughing, while refusing to learn, is exactly what stupidity is. Ignorance is fine and nothing to be ashamed of. We are all ignorant in one way or another. Refusing to learn is, I agree, abhorrent. (I use myself as a point of support- I am very ignorant of the history of the high Middle Ages, aside from the biggest event- the Black Death. I read a book called Pillars of the Earth, and really enjoyed it. It takes place before the high Middle Ages. I know a fair amount about that time period, so the book was fantastic to me. There is a sequel to it that takes place around the time of the Plague. I got for Christmas, but haven't read it yet because I don't know enough about the time period to get much out of it. So I have spent 2009 learning about the end of the Middle Ages because I don't want to be ignorant of it. Now had I just read the book and assumed that I knew all there was to know, that would be delving into the realm of stupidity. I refuse.)

[Detroitpete]

Well...
I think you showed you were a good friend (wearing the kilt for the hostess) and you dealt with it like a man. Two things that I hope more people experience when they meet another one of us in a kilt.