Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
The term "kilt cop" or "kilt police" is bandied around so much...and by people who should know better.

At bottom it is derisive and divisive...no different from the political invective poisoning the well nowadays.

There are no kilt police because no such thing exists. There is no legal authority, there is no one enforcement power, there is nothing to give credence to this kind of name calling.

What there is is opinion. Some people's opinions seem to offend other people...and vice versa. If you don't want to hear opinions that differ from your own, stay home.
I see and generally agree with these points, but....
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and the right to share that opinion, valuable or otherwise.
Refering to someone as the "Kilt Police" is a matter of whether said opinions are expressed as friendly advice, or a didactic instruction.
There's a difference between someone trying to help by saying something like; "Excuse me, but in my experience that's worn like this" and someone just blurting out; "That's wrong, it's done this way"!