Scottish Independence Referendum - 18 September 2014

[Kitteh]

I'm sad to see support for independence so low. When I was 13/14 I first heard about the scottish independence issue and I became very strongly for it because of the fact that I was veru much into "claiming" my scottish ancestry at that point. Like most white Americans my actual ethnic background is all over Europe, but Scottish is the most clearly traceable part and my last name is clearly scottish. Also like most white Americans, I was very interested in finding an ethnic identity that wasn't "white american".

Anyway, I guess I still support it now, partly because the idea of a more progressive independent Scotland and partly just for no real reason other than "it'd be cool/interesting".


Also, I don't think the comparison to Quebec is a good one. Its become a common meme now but the situations are so vastly different.