Objections to Ulster-Scots - part one

I had a few interesting emails in response to my post below. These have got me thinking, and whilst I'll spare the blushes of the folk who have emailed me, the points they raise are worthy of further exploration. So I'm going to roll some thoughts around in my head over the next few weeks, with the aim of posting a series of connected pieces under the broad title "Objections to Ulster-Scots". I imagine some of those thoughts will be similar to those that I touched on in this post from May of last year.