Quote Originally Posted by McElmurry View Post
The fact that Nationalists adopted the kilt is completely irrelevant to the mission of this forum. We should be helping all who come to this site identify a tartan they can relate to and enjoy wearing be they German, Muslim, Peruvian, Firefighters, Clergy, or Marines. The list goes on and on and yes the list does include the Irish and Irish diaspora.

The fact that the kilt gets conflated with Irishness is unfortunate from a historical perspective but I suspect the Irish and Irish diaspora are now the second largest group of kilt wearers so I don’t see the confusion abating anytime soon.

The majority of Irish and Irish diaspora kilt wearers on this site are doing exactly what many Scottish traditionalists want them to do which is wearing a regional or other Irish themed tartan in smart fashion and not pretending to be Scottish.

Finally, squabbling among ourselves is not going to educate the legendary geographically challenged “Americans”.
I also dont understand the point of this post here. There is nothing wrong with learning about the origins of a piece of traditional clothing. I dont ask to know these things so that I can answer future questions from people since I dont ever expect to have those questions asked. I simply enjoy learning about POV from long ago and the history of the garment that I plan to be wearing.

I also dont consider myself a geographically challenged American. ;) Maybe some are, but it's certainly not a nice label to put on the entire group.