I don't know if this is appropriate. If not, then please delete. The intolerance in Scottish society is something I find repulsive and very difficult to even begin to understand. Without getting into specifics, for most of my adult life I've been politically active. This has been driven due to many factors. Intolerance being just one of them. I still occasionally wear a t-shirt with the slogan MORE BLACKS, MORE DOGS, MORE IRISH. Some of the looks I get I can't even describe. However, if I can get back on track and relay a family story which probably helped shape my attitude to any kind of bigotry.
As I think I've already mentioned elsewhere, I have absolutely no religious leaning, so there's no ax to grind. My grandfather was a Catholic man who for some unknown reason managed to get himself a job in Harland and Wolf in Belfast, ( they had a strictly no Catholics policy) but he was recognized and suffered both verbal and physical abuse. His foreman, who was a member of the orange lodge,( but must have had a decent side to him), took my grandfather aside and informed him he had no option but to sack him for his own safety. The foreman then said to my grandfather he could get him a job in Harland and Wolf in Glasgow if he had a mind to consider it. My grandfather accepted his offer.
The part of this story that has influenced my life choices? Well, my grandfather's philosophy throughout his life was this. If you hate someone simply because they hate you, then you are every bit as bad. This from a man with a reason to feel aggrieved.