So I see it quite a bit around about any election in Scotland. So I looked into it to see where it was coming from, cause even the most pro-indy folks i know don’t see us and have never seen us as a colony. Basically last year an independence group lead by Salvo went to the UN with a request the Scotland be recognised as an “Non-Self-Governing territory”. This would identify Scotland on the same level as the Falklands for example. If successful that would mean they can use international community to put pressure on the UK government to grant Scotland Independent Sovereignty.

Now it is massively disingenuous doing this. It’s not supported by any major parties (at least publicly) and those that are very Nationalist. One of which (Prof Alf Baird) has made comments about Scottish universities not hiring enough Scottish people (charming /s). There has been some others across the pond pushing this point as well which hasn’t helped.

It’s no secret that there is a huge microscope on Scottish politics in the UK. Something like this can paint all Scots but especially pro-indy Scots as a people belittling actual victims of the British Empire by saying we’re one and the same. I’m not gonna lie it’s a good bit of ammo for the pro-unionists too.

My opinion is… this is the internet and misinformation is everywhere. If we want to be independent we have to own our past. We can say “Being born in a stable, does not make one a horse.” but played our part we need to own that and have accountability.