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[Virtuoso 27,180]

Excellent as always.

The Wonderful World of Propaganda

As Rangers fan David Limond contemplates his actions in prison, he will no doubt regret pissing so many Rangers fans off over the last couple of years with his antics.

With a mouth bigger than the Clyde tunnel, and a bizarre idea that the laws of the land didn’t apply to him it was inevitable that he would land himself in trouble with the law.

So, as Rangers fans have decided against taking on various journalists and their hangers on due to his toxicity, the great shame is that his stupidity has allowed the Rangers support to be tarnished by his actions.

While I have little sympathy for “Limmy”, I have to take issue with some of the nonsense written in the last couple of days, in the Scottish media, and also the Press Gazette in London about Angela Haggerty, Phil MacGiollabhain, and Alex Thomson of Channel 4. I also have to take issue with the Scottish media’s ignorance of abuse on social media of Rangers players, and the apparently different sentencing used in social media abuse cases.

In the Daily Record’s first report of Limond’s indiscretions, it quotes both Haggerty and Phil Mac Giollabhain, with absolutely no recognition of Mac Giollabhain’s bigoted past mentioned.

It should be noted that the book Haggerty edited was not an objective analysis of Rangers financial troubles, but a hate filled book written in a vile tone.

Did Limond overstep the mark with his sectarian comments? Absolutely.

Was his target an innocent shrinking violet without a sectarian bone in her body?

With Haggerty yesterday promoting Sectarian IRA publication An Poblacht I’d suggest that you can draw your own conclusions

http://i43.tinypic.com/5m0o6s.jpg

This blog highlights why the IRA were and are sectarian

http://truthonsectar...-sectarian.html

MacGiollabhain of course was a writer for said IRA publication, and also co founder of another IRA publication the talfanzine. Unforgettably MacGiollabhain’s book serialisation was pulled from the Sun after some Rangers fans sent copies of some of his previous blogs to the newspaper. A shocked Editor pulled his serialisation and ran an editorial stating that MacGiollabhain was “tarred with a sectarian brush”

As Haggerty and co line up to have a kick at the whole Rangers support for the behaviour of Limond, it is noticeable that Macgiollabhain’s friends Thomson, De Long of the NUJ, and Roy Greenslade are all actively promoting the tired old Rangers are Racist line, despite Haggerty being as Scottish as Limond. It certainly raises questions as to how the judge could decide calling Haggerty a “taig” was Racist. Sectarian? Yes. Racist? How?

MacgiollaBhain has unsurprisingly got in on the act of attacking the wider Rangers support, calling in some quotes and favours from long time collaborators Alex Thomson and Roy Greenslade

Greenslade, is not an objective voice on anything Rangers related

http://williampoole....greenslade.html

Alex Toxic Thomson is hardly the most reliable “journalist” to comment, given his constant support for MacGiollabhain. How far removed from Phil do you need to be to not be tarred with a sectarian brush?

http://williampoole....ic-thomson.html

http://williampoole....ful-idiots.html

http://williampoole....w-toughest.html

http://williampoole....ex-thomson.html

http://williampoole....oxic-tomos.html

The Press Gazette report is being widely touted as a voice of reason on the subject, and presumably Dublin born writer and news editor Darren Boyle is another friend of the toxic network of Rangers haters.

The simple fact is that Limond has been punished, and while the sentence is harsh, he can have no complaints about the verdict.

What is most interesting is that the type of provocative language and prose written by MacGiollabhain goes unpunished, while Limond finds himself in the clink.

The same week that Limond was sentenced to 6 months for some online abuse, former Celtic player Paul McGowan was sentenced to 130 hours community service for assaulting a police officer, despite it being his second conviction for such an offence. It seems that calling people names is now worse in Scotland than assaulting people.

Fact is, the mainstream media in Scotland wouldn’t touch MacGiollabhain or Haggerty with a bargepole, despite the sympathetic tone of the reports attacking Limond. They know only too well that employing either of them would significantly damage their circulation, and damage their already fragile reputations.

Darren Boyle also finds himself on the fringes of meaningful employment working for the Press Gazette, although journalists who read the publication should be made aware of the type of company he is keeping

Frankly, it wouldn’t surprise me if Roy Greenslade of the Guardian website found himself in a Brian McNally redundancy situation. McNally displayed all the same traits with an added cockiness of thinking he had a mainstream platform for his agenda. He didn’t. Maybe Republican Roy will learn the same lesson. The people of Britain don’t want to be force fed extremist propaganda, no matter what “side” it comes from.

The People of Scotland should not tolerate that Limond can get 6 months in prison, while vile filth like Ciaran Wallace walks free, or Paul McGowan punches police officers without jail time, and they shouldn’t tolerate that the press won’t point out that imbalance, but will instead be part of it. Either they should all get jailed, or none of them should.

The only people who can affect change are you and me. Make your feelings known and write to your MSPs, MPs and newspapers.

If you think that is futile, then you underestimate the power you have.

Bill.

http://www.williampoole.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-wonderful-world-of-propaganda.html

......I await the subsequent rebuttal of the above from Philth and Haggerty

[minstral 5,375]

Good article.

[danger ranger 922]

you are wasting your time with the media they are controled, and most of the haters are employed by the media. Society is changing also and we will have a hard time ahead of us trying to balance the unjust assaults on our beliefs.

[Phil 1,150]

I would say that the word taig is just as offensive or sectarian as the word h** IMO.

And I've seen numerous photos of Celtic fans holding scarves displaying that word.

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Good read but we are swimming against the current in today's republican Scotland and it will be another generation before we have a level playing field if we ever have again at all.

[minstral 5,375]

We have sat back myself included and let the papes take over, We are to busy arguing with each other, while they get their people in places of power, plus media, and the press.

[theiconicman 2,994]

The custodial sentence was a shock. It's frightening how much of a right wing police state Scotland has become under the SNP.

I know all cases have background that we're not aware of, but how someone can assault a police offer twice and not get jail time is beyond me.

How long before criticism of the SNP gets you a visit from plod?

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,682]

No action to be taken against Soldiers at Armed Forces Day re photo taken with scarf according to the gherald much to the dismay of the bheggars in the replies section ! If you ever want to remind yourself how easy it is to abhor these creatures then have a butchers, one character especially, he appears to do The Rangers hating gig full time and always gets his hatefests posted !

[quinty 1,445]

Tin Helmet on here, but I do have a (slight) degree of sympathy for Haggerty. A young woman, with an HND in journalism, she no doubt had/has aspirations to make a career as a serious journalist. These, it would appear, have gone forever. Her association with Phil McAnagaram has effectively tarred her with the same sectarian brush that has stained him. And, if you'll excuse me extending the metaphor, this is a stain that will never be glossed over. I gather that the chaps at VB are at this very minute compiling a dossier on some of the activities of young Miss Haggerty that she would no doubt wish to remain private, or at the very least hidden from her family.

However, by setting herself up, or being set up, as the poster girl for those who wish to play the Irish card she has left herself open to public scrutiny. I hope, for her sake, that her blogs and twitter musings, past, present or in the future contain nothing that could be construed or indeed proved to be either Sectarian or Racist. I hope, for her sake, that she is prepared to take the stand in a Court of Law and provide evidence against those of the Celtic Supporting fraternity who have advocated physical attacks on her, as I gather Strathclyde's finest are currently investigating these threats. The mere fact that these threats have been issued demonstrate what happens when you lie down with wolves. Miss Haggerty has already discovered that any criticism, no matter how accurate or slight, of Paranoid FC or its supporters is simply not tolerated.

Mr Anagram is happy to make his filthy slurs from the safety of his bolt hole in Ireland, Miss Haggerty, I assume, wishes to remain in Scotland. Fame is a double edged sword and Miss Haggerty, is about to find out that the supporters of the most successful team in Scottish history have long memories.

[gmcf 34,383]

Tin Helmet on here, but I do have a (slight) degree of sympathy for Haggerty. A young woman, with an HND in journalism, she no doubt had/has aspirations to make a career as a serious journalist. These, it would appear, have gone forever. Her association with Phil McAnagaram has effectively tarred her with the same sectarian brush that has stained him. And, if you'll excuse me extending the metaphor, this is a stain that will never be glossed over. I gather that the chaps at VB are at this very minute compiling a dossier on some of the activities of young Miss Haggerty that she would no doubt wish to remain private, or at the very least hidden from her family.

However, by setting herself up, or being set up, as the poster girl for those who wish to play the Irish card she has left herself open to public scrutiny. I hope, for her sake, that her blogs and twitter musings, past, present or in the future contain nothing that could be construed or indeed proved to be either Sectarian or Racist. I hope, for her sake, that she is prepared to take the stand in a Court of Law and provide evidence against those of the Celtic Supporting fraternity who have advocated physical attacks on her, as I gather Strathclyde's finest are currently investigating these threats. The mere fact that these threats have been issued demonstrate what happens when you lie down with wolves. Miss Haggerty has already discovered that any criticism, no matter how accurate or slight, of Paranoid FC or its supporters is simply not tolerated.

Mr Anagram is happy to make his filthy slurs from the safety of his bolt hole in Ireland, Miss Haggerty, I assume, wishes to remain in Scotland. Fame is a double edged sword and Miss Haggerty, is about to find out that the supporters of the most successful team in Scottish history have long memories.

I don't.

[rangersfc77 170]

well done the hag is painting herself a victim keep up the work bill

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

I don't.

Neither do I.

[quinty 1,445]

I don't.

do irony?

[Phil 1,150]

Tin Helmet on here, but I do have a (slight) degree of sympathy for Haggerty. A young woman, with an HND in journalism, she no doubt had/has aspirations to make a career as a serious journalist. These, it would appear, have gone forever. Her association with Phil McAnagaram has effectively tarred her with the same sectarian brush that has stained him. And, if you'll excuse me extending the metaphor, this is a stain that will never be glossed over. I gather that the chaps at VB are at this very minute compiling a dossier on some of the activities of young Miss Haggerty that she would no doubt wish to remain private, or at the very least hidden from her family.

However, by setting herself up, or being set up, as the poster girl for those who wish to play the Irish card she has left herself open to public scrutiny. I hope, for her sake, that her blogs and twitter musings, past, present or in the future contain nothing that could be construed or indeed proved to be either Sectarian or Racist. I hope, for her sake, that she is prepared to take the stand in a Court of Law and provide evidence against those of the Celtic Supporting fraternity who have advocated physical attacks on her, as I gather Strathclyde's finest are currently investigating these threats. The mere fact that these threats have been issued demonstrate what happens when you lie down with wolves. Miss Haggerty has already discovered that any criticism, no matter how accurate or slight, of Paranoid FC or its supporters is simply not tolerated.

Mr Anagram is happy to make his filthy slurs from the safety of his bolt hole in Ireland, Miss Haggerty, I assume, wishes to remain in Scotland. Fame is a double edged sword and Miss Haggerty, is about to find out that the supporters of the most successful team in Scottish history have long memories.

I have no sympathy whatsoever for her. She openly writes for a republican, IRA supporting publication. She has pinned her colours to her chest and has to deal with the consequences of that. She could easily distance herself from other sickened minds such as Phil Macwhatever and stop associating with people of his ilk. She doesn't.

Then she plays the victim card. And also, I believe it was her that brought Anti Irish tones into this. Limy called her a taig, that may have sectarian tones in the eyes of the law, but he certainly didn't call her anything to which would be deemed anti Irish or racist.

Personally, I hope her career is over.

[gmcf 34,383]

do irony?

Sorry - the red mist went up in your opening sentence.

She knows fine well what she's getting into . And not only happy to go along with it , but seems to revel in it too.

No sympathy from me.

[quinty 1,445]

Sorry - the red mist went up in your opening sentence.

She knows fine well what she's getting into . And not only happy to go along with it , but seems to revel in it too.

No sympathy from me.

She'll probably get a job as a balaclava model.

[boss 1,941]

Tin Helmet on here, but I do have a (slight) degree of sympathy for Haggerty.

I stopped reading at that point. Are you mad?

[quinty 1,445]

I stopped reading at that point. Are you mad?

I'm fucking furious

[Livi-Loyalist 46]

Mon the VB's I'm semi-ed out waiting for your next piece.

[Corky True Legend 2,682]

No sympathy from me either. As regular BD readers will know, I am seriously anti football bloggers and think they should all do time if only to deflate their super-egos.

[cushynumber 25,178]

Tin Helmet on here, but I do have a (slight) degree of sympathy for Haggerty. A young woman, with an HND in journalism, she no doubt had/has aspirations to make a career as a serious journalist. These, it would appear, have gone forever. Her association with Phil McAnagaram has effectively tarred her with the same sectarian brush that has stained him. And, if you'll excuse me extending the metaphor, this is a stain that will never be glossed over. I gather that the chaps at VB are at this very minute compiling a dossier on some of the activities of young Miss Haggerty that she would no doubt wish to remain private, or at the very least hidden from her family.

However, by setting herself up, or being set up, as the poster girl for those who wish to play the Irish card she has left herself open to public scrutiny. I hope, for her sake, that her blogs and twitter musings, past, present or in the future contain nothing that could be construed or indeed proved to be either Sectarian or Racist. I hope, for her sake, that she is prepared to take the stand in a Court of Law and provide evidence against those of the Celtic Supporting fraternity who have advocated physical attacks on her, as I gather Strathclyde's finest are currently investigating these threats. The mere fact that these threats have been issued demonstrate what happens when you lie down with wolves. Miss Haggerty has already discovered that any criticism, no matter how accurate or slight, of Paranoid FC or its supporters is simply not tolerated.

Mr Anagram is happy to make his filthy slurs from the safety of his bolt hole in Ireland, Miss Haggerty, I assume, wishes to remain in Scotland. Fame is a double edged sword and Miss Haggerty, is about to find out that the supporters of the most successful team in Scottish history have long memories.

I agree with everything apart from the first sentence.

[The Educator 1,572]

"Tin Helmet on here, but I do have a (slight) degree of sympathy for Haggerty. A young woman, with an HND in journalism, she no doubt had/has aspirations to make a career as a serious journalist."

One would have expected that to become a serious journalist you would at least be required to have an ordinary degree if not a Masters. Perhaps the lack of quality in what she writes comes from a lack of a true journalistic education. Perhaps someone can clarify her position with regards to her level of qualifications.

[quinty 1,445]

HND in Practical Journalism, Cardonald College

[Getstiffed 8,863]

Legislation is not the "law of the land".

Stopped reading after that.

[quinty 1,445]

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