Who acts like this?

[sailortats]

As a citizen of the U.S. first off let me apologize to you. I don't know where you were in my country but that idiotic disgusting behavior is definitely not the norm. We have our fair share of the types that make us all ashamed and it looks like you must have been in their home territory.Sorry about that.

[BudTX]

I am sorry to hear of your negative experience.

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[castledangerous]

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[Ian.MacAllan]

. . . Its like a threat to their norm. . . .

Craig

It's far worse than that---it threatens to make them think. It attacks their fondest belief, that they already know everything that matters.

Next time you're in the States....just be sure to wear a hoodie with your kilt and you'll be fine.

You'll be fine if you survive. Make sure you're not in a "stand your ground" State.


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[auld argonian]

Sounds like you encountered some of the young males of the pack trying to demonstrate their "manhood" by acting like @$$holes. Had a couple on the el the other day...hoodies and basketball shorts five sizes too big hanging off their asses. Don't pay no nevermind....they think that they're all that and the proverbial bag of chips.

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[creagdhubh]

I almost never get any negative reaction to wearing the kilt except when I'm piping at a Middle School, or sometimes a High School.

I think it's simply to due the age of the kids, kids around 13 or 14 years old. This is the age of extreme conformity, when peer pressure is at its highest, when individualism is at its lowest.

Ever walk around a school and notice how all the kids are dressed exactly alike?

I used to teach at a High School and I would comment on that from time to time. For example one day I came across four or five of my students, young guys, who were all wearing black tennis shoes, black jeans, black t-shirts with the logo of some band on them, and flannel plaid shirts, worn open to show the t-shirts.

I said "hey what did you guys do this morning, get on the phone and plan to wear the same thing?"

"Oh hey Mr C... we're not all wearing the same thing... oh, dude, we ARE!!"

and they had a laugh about it.

Or I could look down the row of kids sitting at their desks and see that every kid in the row, ten kids or so, was wearing the same exact tennis shoe, same brand, same colour, and I would mention it.

Just to make them aware of how extreme their conformity to a group norm was, at a time when they imagine that they're being rebellious or nonconformist.

Anyhow part of this need to conform to a strict (though unwritten) code of dress, with these immature kids, is to make fun of any sort of dress that's different.

Well said, Richard.

Cheers,