A Bevy of Bigots

In Scotland recently I came across a lot of local people in pubs and what not, and got beyond their defenses, a bit. I learned from Edinburgh-ites (there’s no official name, though Laudonians, Lothians, and Edinburghers sound pretty cool,) that Glasgow is a dirty city. 

Mainland Scots thought people in the Hebrides were, you know, a little backwards. Pub dwellers in Islay, one of said Hebrides, thought that Glaswegains, etc, were out of touch. “Those folks in the city, you know,” they said, knowingly. 

When I told a girl in a restaurant about my wallet being stolen in Dublin, she said, “That’s the Irish for you. And I’m Irish!” Everybody has their group that it’s OK to hate. Or at least put down. 

What’s yours?