beat up for calling it a skirt?

[Jock Scot]

I laughingly agree, pointing out that this particular skirt is a man's skirt and add that men dressed like this beat the world for the British Crown.
That generally shifts their tone and ends it.

Although I think, laughingly, it is slightly unfair to neglect the English, Welsh and Irish Regiments who also contributed to the cause as well, on more than one occasion. We also must not forget the Royal Navy for their part in Empire building too.