There Are Many Considerations For Scottish Independence... And There Is Something Truly Exhilarating

[MineralMan]

29. Dismissive? Not at all. There was an election in Scotland,

and over 84% of eligible voters showed up to vote. That's remarkable. They decided to remain part of the UK by a smallish majority. What's dismissive is the assumption that the vote was made by stupid, uninformed people. I wouldn't think so. This has been broadly discussed in Scotland and people made up their minds about it and voted.

You call the No votes something based on fear. I'm not at all certain that's true. The bottom line is that many people in Scotland do not wish to be separated from the UK, and they voted for that option.

What's different here is that far less than half of people who are eligible to vote will vote in the November election. That means that the outcomes of that election will not actually represent a majority of people. Here, elections never actually represent the majority. They only represent those who show up and vote. That's why GOTV is so crucial in every election in the US.

In Scotland, they had no trouble getting people to turn out. It was an important election and the people voted. Did they vote correctly? That's not within my ability to judge. They voted and their decision was to stay in the UK. Not my election. Not my issue. It's theirs, and they made their own decision. Nothing dismissive about that at all.