[Chad]

Some of the stories over the past 48 hours about the conduct of the YES campaign and their supporters, in regards to JK Rowling and Ms. Lally, have been shocking. The thing is some of the people spewing their bile on social media aren't even what you'd class as crackpots or ****-bags. The majority seem like decent people who have become heavily invested emotionally in the SNP's YES we can campaign. It's worrying. Unless you share the positive view of the SNP, and buy into their fantastical view of what Scotland can become, you get shot down in a storm of hatred. It's almost like people are brainwashed. Call me paranoid but a vote for YES feels like a vote for dictatorship, not democracy.

Regardless of what happens in September, Scotland now feels like a country divided. Everytime I go to the pub or a party, I hear people debating the issue. It always ends in raised voices, bad language and people falling out.