Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Confirmation of what we knew.

We now have formal legal confirmation of what we always knew. Scottish nationalism is no longer a rational position for debate. A prominent nationalist went court to seek confirmation of his view that nationalism and specifically the Scottish variety was covered by certain legal protections framed as support for religious beliefs. The court agreed. Nationalism is a religion with all the irrational associations we are familiar with. We no longer need to heed their utterances. We may disregard their notions as we choose. We need not, indeed can not,  debate rationally with them.
But we knew that. Scottish nationalism from the outset was and is a cargo cult. A religion promising unspecified delights in reward for unquestioning belief. And now it is official. We can safely ignore the SNP and all its works. Back to the politics of the real world.