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The desire of some Scots to rewrite the Highland Clearances and other nastiness as being perpetuated by the English is really quite ugly, a cowardly refusal to
by peteretep 11y ago
The desire of some Scots to rewrite the Highland Clearances and other nastiness as being perpetuated by the English is really quite ugly, a cowardly refusal to stand up to the past, and the worst kind of romanticism of history. I've read quite a few similar sentiments on the Scottish subreddit trying to pin slavery and empire on the English, with noble tartan-clad Scots shedding noble tears...
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoIgnoring all the blockade runners the Scottish shipbuilders built for the confederacy ;-)
- JetSetWilly 11y agoBeing familiar with that subreddit, I'd say that any person who claimed that Scotland was never wholeheartedly imperialist would be laughed at there. There may be the odd loony who claims otherwise, but anywhere is the same and they'd very much go against the grain of opinion there.