mdingwall
Administrator
Keeping the foot on the Record’s throat
The problem with Rangers fans is that we don’t stay angry for long.
That’s a human problem which in many ways I’m happy we have - life goes on, it’s for enjoying, not wrapping yourself up in paranoia and hate and finding more and ludicrous things to be offended about.
The nutcases never really enjoy life, they don’t smell the flowers, their hearts aren’t filled with the simple joys of following your team, celebrating a goal, cursing a miss or wondering how good the new signing will be. They aren’t really football fans like us.
But, it’s also a wee bit of a problem.
You can tell already from the Daily Record that they are preparing the ground for a whitewash. The devil is in the detail.
Note that their tweet doesn’t specify how many journalists they have received complaints about, nor how many are staff or freelancers or if any have been suspended.
Their first priority will be to minimise the harm, to whittle down the numbers, put time between the complaint and any eventual action - effectively play for time and hope people forget.
There is a wee problem with that of course - Mr Edgar was employed for many years as a recruitment consultant and knows the ropes intimately - just a thought for the Record hierarchy to mull over1
Their problem is of course that their original attack on Heart & Hand set the bar so high and that Heart & Hand’s reply was so swift and effective. They demanded bodies, suspensions, sackings, etc. The age of most of the tweets they used as examples are also counter-productive to them, effectively they have set the bar so high that any tweet no matter how old or in what context, jocular or not, is now fair game.
I suspect they will throw the freelancers to the wolves and claim they were not employees. Then they will find and accept any old guff as an excuse - for instance, that “Hun” has only recently become offensive, etc, etc. The offenders they can’t concoct a free pass for will make a tearful declaration of sadness, undergo a training course and restart their careers as if nothing has happened.
Unless, of course, it isn’t allowed to slip away.
Sadly, part of our culture is arguing over fine details and getting ugly over it. Keep your eyes on the prize.
And the prize is the emasculation and destruction of the Daily Record as a anti-Rangers cesspit.
There won’t be a single knock out blow - it will be the death of a thousand cuts. Keep their hate fresh in the minds of others. It’s bad for business.
And this is where folks in business can play their part. If your company has advertising with them then you can raise the issue that it’s seen as an anti-Rangers and that money would be better spent elsewhere. Every business decision is arguable - moving your promotional budget elsewhere and telling them why would be a good move. Don't get arsey over what others are doing, do something yourself.
Give it a try.
The problem with Rangers fans is that we don’t stay angry for long.
That’s a human problem which in many ways I’m happy we have - life goes on, it’s for enjoying, not wrapping yourself up in paranoia and hate and finding more and ludicrous things to be offended about.
The nutcases never really enjoy life, they don’t smell the flowers, their hearts aren’t filled with the simple joys of following your team, celebrating a goal, cursing a miss or wondering how good the new signing will be. They aren’t really football fans like us.
But, it’s also a wee bit of a problem.
You can tell already from the Daily Record that they are preparing the ground for a whitewash. The devil is in the detail.
Note that their tweet doesn’t specify how many journalists they have received complaints about, nor how many are staff or freelancers or if any have been suspended.
Their first priority will be to minimise the harm, to whittle down the numbers, put time between the complaint and any eventual action - effectively play for time and hope people forget.
There is a wee problem with that of course - Mr Edgar was employed for many years as a recruitment consultant and knows the ropes intimately - just a thought for the Record hierarchy to mull over1
Their problem is of course that their original attack on Heart & Hand set the bar so high and that Heart & Hand’s reply was so swift and effective. They demanded bodies, suspensions, sackings, etc. The age of most of the tweets they used as examples are also counter-productive to them, effectively they have set the bar so high that any tweet no matter how old or in what context, jocular or not, is now fair game.
I suspect they will throw the freelancers to the wolves and claim they were not employees. Then they will find and accept any old guff as an excuse - for instance, that “Hun” has only recently become offensive, etc, etc. The offenders they can’t concoct a free pass for will make a tearful declaration of sadness, undergo a training course and restart their careers as if nothing has happened.
Unless, of course, it isn’t allowed to slip away.
Sadly, part of our culture is arguing over fine details and getting ugly over it. Keep your eyes on the prize.
And the prize is the emasculation and destruction of the Daily Record as a anti-Rangers cesspit.
There won’t be a single knock out blow - it will be the death of a thousand cuts. Keep their hate fresh in the minds of others. It’s bad for business.
And this is where folks in business can play their part. If your company has advertising with them then you can raise the issue that it’s seen as an anti-Rangers and that money would be better spent elsewhere. Every business decision is arguable - moving your promotional budget elsewhere and telling them why would be a good move. Don't get arsey over what others are doing, do something yourself.
Give it a try.
