JABBA THE AGNIVORE

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There seems to have been an upsurge lately in labelling people 'Rangers haters' and in promulgating the myth that everyone, SFA, SPL, the Scottish media et al, has it in for Green's club and that the position they find themselves in now is none of their own doing whatsoever. Traynor, Leggat and McMurdo, the Three Wise Monkeys of Billydom, have been harping on about this and even calling for boycotts of certain newspapers. Strangely, and sinisterly, they actually seem to be fostering a real belief in this rehashing of Mein Kampf territory!

Now let's get one thing straight: I don't hate Rangers per se. What I have always hated is the supremacist, Kantian philosophy that many of the supporters of the team always had that they were 'The Peeppil' and above the rules, the law and anything else you might care to mention. At one time this might have been true but we are now in the 21st Century and such attitudes belong firmly in the past. Like white Rhodesians during UDI, however, they hate having to be equal to everyone else.

Leggat finds it difficult to do a day's blogging without mentioning the word 'Presbyterian.' He bemoans the loss of the 'Good Old Days' when the Kirk practically ruled Scotland, when his granny could look down on others of different denominations and when everyone else, especially the Paddies, knew their place. His whole world view is based on this skewed version of Scottish history and, to his mind, Rangers represents this lost Presbyterian paradise. Ibrox is the last bastion of this fight against modernity and needs to be maintained in order to provide a focus for him and those with similar views. As somebody posted on another blog, 'Rangers is more than just a football team; it is a way of life.' To achieve his desired aims Leggat goes one stage further than Traynor's call for a boycott of certain newspapers; he wants Rangers-supporting businessmen to stop advertising in these newspapers as well!

So where will it all end? A poster on Bill McMurdo's blog suggests only doing business with the 'brothers.' How are they going to know which businesses do not belong to the 'brothers'? Maybe painting a yellow star of David on their premises might help!

Anyway, apart from all this Third Reich nonsense, there is one major flaw in all this 'internet bampot' stuff: it's not true! Despite what Traynor might claim, not one section of our media has said that Rangers is a new team; nobody, nadie, personne, nessuno, nemo! Every single newspaper, radio station and TV channel has gone along with the 'holding company' story and acquiesced in the myth that the new Rangers is the same club with its history intact. The idea that our media is always having a go at Rangers is all in Traynor's head!

Leggat, meanwhile, tries to peddle the old 'bad as each other' bit and accuses the meeja of covering up Celtic stories while revelling in putting Rangers through the grinder. I have already, elsewhere on this blog, dissected his ridiculous rants about the Daily Record and the winding-up order. Now his wrath has turned to the BBC. Apparently some Celtic supporters were singing about looking forward to dancing on Gazza's grave. Pretty nasty stuff, no matter what you think of Gascoigne. The BBC said nothing about this and Leggat contrasts this with the furore over 'The Famine Song.' The big problem, though, is that you get a few idiots singing and chanting at every football ground in Scotland and you would have to strain your ears to hear them, never mind discern what they're on about. Whenever Rangers fans decide to sing or chant something offensive, however, it's practically the whole support that joins in. It's the minority of Rangers fans that DON'T join in! If watching on TV or listening to the radio you have to turn the volume down to stop yourself being deafened, rather than strain to hear what they're singing!

So, in conclusion, this whole thing is just one big lie! I started this blog because I was absolutely sickened by the sheer mendacity of Traynor and his ilk and nothing has changed. If Traynor and his supporters want to attach some credibility to their outlandish claims then they need to start providing concrete evidence of this 'anti-Rangers' agenda in the press. And this evidence needs to be far more convincing and far more credible than the twisted examples provided by Loony Leggat.

As a post-script I was reading The Sun online today and commented on the story about Ticketus chasing Craig Whyte for their money. I commented that this might have a knock-on effect. Whyte gave the money to Lloyds TSB, who might also be targeted by Ticketus. Lloyds TSB would then want the money that Rangers owe them and take Green to court. This comment sat for ages awaiting moderation before disappearing, the powers-that-be obviously not happy with it. Does that sound like a newspaper with a rabidly anti-Rangers agenda to you? Meanwhile the Daily Record is full of stories about Ally's future signings, how Craig Whyte is to blame for everything and how Green is going to buy back the Arsenal shares! Yep, that anti-Rangers agenda is certainly rolling along!