Alex Massie in the Times (Scotland) Again

[Igneococcus]

Also talking about Andy Wightman this time:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/32d4372c-4243-11eb-8ca0-dadf8e3c5186?shareToken=6a10f42f66b6137e2f0a1ce6041cdb67

My favourite line:

Perhaps one day Patrick Harvie — a short man for whom every horse is a high one —

Is that a common saying? I have never come across it before (not a native English speaker), I do get what he means.

@Igneococcus

Is that a common saying? I have never come across it before (not a native English speaker), I do get what he means.

It's to do with the expression 'get off your high horse', ie stop talking down to people and thinking that you're morally superior to them.

Great article and comments.

That is a fabulous line about the horses!

Thanks Edge I understand it now. It is a good description of Harvie.

Scotland needs s much sunlight as it can get before the election, otherwise afterwards, the SNP will take a majority to mean an anti-women agenda is just fine. Kicking the GRA reforms into the long grass is an underhand tactic that doesn't usually go down well with the electorate. A reduction in support should cause a re-think

Love the comments. Some really marvellous people sticking up for women.

Thanks for posting with share token.

Love the horse line!

As is often the case i agree to a point, but he loses me with his 'let them have their pronouns' and 'living as a woman'. The only way to live as a woman is to have a female body. Anything else is sexist bilge and it absolutely boils my piss

Thanks for flagging, I seldom venture over to the Scotland section!
I see Disgusted of Manchester is comparing us to KKK members quite the stretch!

Disgusted of Manchester proving the whole point of the article.

Article is mostly excellent. More sunlight!

Can you even IMAGINE an article like this 12 months ago?

Disgusted of Manchester does a lot of good work...for.us.

I'm surprised at the support for the high horse line. Attacking someone over their physical attributes, over which they have no control, is a bit cheap and not clever.

@OldCrone

I'm surprised at the support for the high horse line. Attacking someone over their physical attributes, over which they have no control, is a bit cheap and not clever.

I dunno - I see it more as 'short on logic'. I have no idea about his physical stature, but his critical thinking stature is definitely lacking.

I think given how intimately this whole debate affects women based on their physical attributes...

Disgusted of Manchester does get around. Just love the reasoning, am guessing male, but just in case he/she/them/they/it/gagonga/diddle/twiddle does have some odd thoughts

Great article

Attacking someone over their physical attributes, over which they have no control, is a bit cheap and not clever
Surely it was an attack on acting morally superior all the time.

Anyway it's funny!