Quote Originally Posted by Colin
Wow, this thread has sure taken a downward spiral. I personally don't care who is wearing kilts. But it would seem that some would rather have women wearing a man's garment, than to have gay men wearing kilts.

Yes, Utilikilts has done alot of promotion to the gay community, but is members of that community that have helped expose a new style kilt to the masses.

Maybe I am too liberal in my thinking, but I could care less if the man wearing a kilt is gay, straight, black, white, chinese,short, tall, a Christian, or a Jew, it's made for men regardless of these factors.

For someone that has express the cultural discrimination that he has seen in his life, I am suprised by, what I see as a shortsighted group of comments. It would seem that tolerance should only extend so far.
Has less to do with tolerance and more to do with greater good. And it's not a downward spiral, it's an expressed concern, not just about one company, but for kilts as a whole.

For kilts to be accepted, they must remain unfettered. If a man shows up for work in a kilt, say, from JoeBlow Kilt Kompany, and his potential future boss has it in his head that only certain types of people wear kilts, and refuses to hire him because of that branded stereotype, that hurts a lot more then just the kilt wearer as a singular entity. It's a lot like racism, or how people view the mentally ill, or the handicapped, or anything else that lies on the fringes of society. You must do something to combat emerging stereotypes and stigmas before it becomes a landslide of issues. Like it or not, there is a responsibility here, something all of us shares. This has more to do with maintaining a neutral image and pushing away incoming barbs or connections. Both the company and the community has a part in cultivating the image they wish to project.

I don't see it as a tolerance issue, I see it more as a form of preservation for a lifestyle that we all know, love, and share.

If kilts were to start, say, becoming a serious symbol for "white supremacy" groups (they already have a foothold) I would be sounding the alarm in much the same way I am now.

A kilt should be kilt. And shouldn't be profiled. Or become a symbol for something that it isn't.