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At no point do I say or imply this is all Better Together voters? I am saying rhetoric from their campaign has helped create the idea that Yes people have been unilaterally responsible for any atmosphere of intimidation and I'm talking about the people in George Square now.
I walked past on my way to the station and they were singing the sash and shouting abuse at the few Yes people who were there who had to be protected by the police.
I find it incredible that No campaign are happy to airbrush out this nasty side of unionism to suit their own narrative that the Yes camp are violent and intimidating and if its helped embolden dickheads like this to come out and start trouble then they bear the responsibility for it.
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I grew up in Glasgow and I remember orange marches down the street in the 70's. And as a Catholic child, I remember being very frightened of the intimidation that went with those marches. I went to a largely Protestant school and was singled out for a beating, more than once, by children who thought they were "orange order". (However, dear readers, Glasgow has improved immeasurably since then, and is much more tolerant, and a lovely place to visit, I'm glad to say.)
So what I really object to is the implication above that the #bettertogether voters are "Unionist/Orange Order acolytes" - to me that's a real slur. The "no" voters aren't that - they are reasonable people exercising their democracy - as are the "yes" voters.
Perhaps when the slurs stop, then the work of trying to work out a compromise solution that helps reconcile everyone can begin...