I wrote a long piece and erased it.

Here's what I'm seeing. There's recently been several threads that have limitations expressed, either who can wear what and how that must be worn. At the same time, people are expressing the desire that a kilt movement will catch on. Ironically, sometimes it's the same people.

Musashi refers to the idea of a strategy that first identifies what the objective is. He calls it "remember the cut". The best translation for that is "when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp." Our "cut" is to have more people feel free to wear the kilt if they would like.

Politics here is the science of power and change, who has the power and how is that changed. It's not about parties and ideologies. However, realize that kilt wearing is a left wing action. We are challenging the status quo (right wing defends it). Those who have ever had to work out dress codes know that the frame of reference is a Wall Street suit. Churches don't look to 1st Century Israel, schools want suits or paramilitary uniforms. Those suits are symbols of power and they don't want to see that challenged. It is hard for others to see it challenged.

So why am I blathering on about this? We need to talk about this in a political way. There are two issues, at least, that keep coming up. One is that people who may be having struggles breaking away from the Wall St. model are looking here and seeing more limitations. Why would they take that step?
The second issue discussed in several threads is one of public acceptance. Again, we are challenging a firmly established standard, and there are others doing the same by their fashion choices. How can we expect acceptance when we can be seen mocking other people's baggy pants, and other kilt/skirt concepts? If we ridicule those people, we won't have their support/tolerance. We need that.