We have all at one time or another bought into the lie that we are British not Scottish because that’s what we were taught from school onwards. Even when I first voted for Independence in the 70s I still thought of myself as ‘British’ or should I say Scottish/ British. Never more was this instilled within us than the history of the two World Wars. It was the British Army…….we we’re all Britain.
Please don’t get me wrong, we did go to war as a United Britain, I am talking here about the psychological message behind the word ‘British’ and how it has been used to eradicate the Scottish culture and history. There are even those in Westminster today who declare Scotland as a country no longer exists.
I was not born a Scot although I do have Scottish genes, hailing from the Marshalls from the Crief area, but I was brought up and educated in Scotland and have lived here most of my life so I see myself as Scottish by choice!
It has been said that ‘the day we stop learning is the day we start dying’. When we start to learn the truth about our history and how we were hoodwinked into believing this British lie something kicks in deep within us, it’s called hope!
If I feel that, those of you who are full-blooded Scots must surely be ecstatic.
When I first learned and am continuing to learn from Salvo the truth, I get angry and have tried to channel that anger in a positive way by sharing the truth with others, we have a culture and a history of our own. We have a constitution of our own, we are not British!
Scotland is on a new journey!
………and we are the travellers on that road, we are the walkers and the talkers. Our role in Salvo and Liberation .scot has never been more important. We Scots can talk a good game, we know how to change the narrative!
Let’s extinguish the Lie and set Scotland alight with hope!
JOAN’S JOURNEY CONTINUES 