Belfast Gonzo on July 31, 2012, 3:05 am | Readers 66
ULSTER-SCOTS seems to me to have a tendency to cling on to the pathetic, irrational US Tea Party politics these days. But the real radicalism of Presbyterianism – with its strong anti-authoritarianism streak for fairness and equality – influenced the world. It is explored in this fascinating documentary of Saintfield’s Forgotten Revolutionary: Francis Hutcheson. In these harsh economic times, perhaps he is worth re-visiting. He might be one of the world’s leading Ulster Scots – influencing both economist Adam Smith and David Hume – but surely this great thinker is not someone the banjo-strumming DUP or ‘big house’ UUP could lay claim to…?
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