More anti-Rangers hatred from the Daily Record

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this time through their Glasgow Live website.

Rangers fans are right to call the club out on failure to say 'Black Lives Matter'
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/Rangers-fans-right-call-club-18354218

Rangers fans are right to call the club out on failure to say 'Black Lives Matter'
As admirable as 'Everyone Anyone' is, choosing to promote it on Tuesday played to the 'All Lives Matter' crowd
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Black Lives Matter.

That shouldn't be a controversial statement, and yet many can't hear it without defensively replying 'Eh, ALL lives matter actually'.

Unfortunately, that's the crowd Rangers played to on Tuesday. When players and clubs around the world were sharing the message that Black Lives Matter, Rangers went with 'Everyone Anyone'.

This being Scottish football, Rangers would have received criticism no matter what they posted. Had they tweeted 'Black Lives Matter', Celtic fans would have been in the comments calling them hypocrites.

By eschewing the 'Black Lives Matter' message in favour of a broader one, however, they've managed to disappoint members of their own fanbase.

When so many football fans are willing to contort themselves into all sorts of awkward positions if it means defending their team, the fact that numerous Rangers supporters called out their own club is telling.

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The messages below were all posted by Rangers fans in response to the club's tweet.

"Good intentions, but we can and should do more. This isn't about a standard message of inclusiveness. This should specifically be about black lives and standing for their rights."

"This is essentially an All Lives Matter tweet. What are you playing at?"

"Be clear in your support specifically for black people. Our best players are black, we are proud to have so many black players in our team. Acknowledge them, don’t just bundle them in with a message of ‘everyone anyone’. Not everyone is treated like they are. Disappointed by this."

"Be clear in what you are saying. Come out and say it, Black Lives Matter."

"This is definitely an ALM tweet, and I'm disappointed. Especially considering the number of exceptional black players we've had over the years."

"Almost there, Rangers. Just say it: 'Black lives matter', unambiguously, because this is too close to the 'all lives matter' liberal nonsense. Nail your colours to the mast and just say it. Black lives matter. You can do much better than this fencesitting. Black. Lives. Matter."

"I would rather we had done nothing than this. At a time when focus should be on the loss of black lives to systemic police violence this isn’t anywhere near enough."

"Be better if they said #BlackLivesMatter outright. Come on Rangers."

"A cop-out to please the bigots, only team posting but it’s still a half-arsed effort. Do better."

"Absolute wrong tweet at the wrong time. Poorly done @RangersFC."

"Don’t think this is the point. It’s definitely not the time to be promoting our own initiative/campaign. Although it’s a well-intended gesture, its completely missing the point of #BLM."

"I fully support 'Anyone Everyone' but right now is the time to focus on the one group of people that are hurting and protesting right now, and 'anyone everyone' doesn’t fully focus on the matter at hand."

"I get that #EveryoneAnyone is a groundbreaking campaign and I commend the club for it, but this seems deliberately ambiguous and misses the point totally."

And that's just it. No-one is criticising the 'Everyone Anyone' campaign. It's commendable that Rangers launched a campaign focused on inclusivity. It lists clear and coherent pledges that, if adhered to, will significantly improve the experience of many associated with the club.

In and of itself, ‘Everyone Anyone’ is a sentiment that no-one in their right mind could take issue with. Rangers deserve credit for pushing it. The message that people of all backgrounds, cultures and communities are welcome at Ibrox is vitally important, and should be repeated time and again.

Read the room though.

Now is not the time for ‘Everyone Anyone’. Tweeting that sentiment on the day that so many other clubs tweeted ‘Black Lives Matter’ is too ambiguous and plays to the ‘All Lives Matter’ crowd. Say 'Black Lives Matter'.

Unless you're incredibly insecure or a complete idiot (or both), you're not going to take that as an attack on white people, or an implication that non-black lives don't matter.

As with ‘Everyone Anyone’, no-one disagrees with the idea that every life matters. Tweeting 'All Lives Matter' in response to 'Black Lives Matter', however, is a defensive response that minimises the oppression of black people and the inequality that they are highlighting.

By this point, there is no excuse for not realising the connotations of saying 'All Lives Matter' as a retort to 'Black Lives Matter'. It's been explained clearly on so many occasions.

If your house is on fire and you try to put it out, someone whose house isn't on fire doesn't get to distract the firefighters by shouting 'What about MY house?'. If a child falls and scrapes their knee, you don't put plasters on the knees of every child in the class. If a black person complains about systemic discrimination, you don't ask 'But what about me?'.

Right now, black people need our support. They need us to show solidarity, donate, listen and educate ourselves. They need white people who might be complacent or ignorant to empathise with their struggle. Saying 'All Lives Matter' in this climate is worse than saying nothing at all.

The idea that we should be focusing on all lives right now rather than just black ones is what posting 'Everyone Anyone' on the day that everyone else is posting 'Black Lives Matter' encourages. It’s those people who Rangers have validated by focusing on everyone this week rather than being specific and showing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

It's no wonder that numerous Rangers fans have called their own club out on it. In amongst the bemused responses there’s even the bizarre sight of a Rangers fan and a Celtic fan agreeing with each other.

Other clubs have got it right. Other players have got it right. Nacho Novo got it right.

There’s no malice in Rangers’ tweet. It’s misjudged, not contrarian. Ill-advised, but well-intentioned. It highlights a worthy cause.

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That doesn’t mean, though, that the misjudgement should go unremarked upon. Rangers have over 542,000 Twitter followers. What the official club account posts carries weight, and on this occasion they missed the mark.

There's no 'but' or 'actually' about this situation. A black man died after a police officer put his knee on him for eight minutes. Now is not the time for ambiguity.

Black Lives Matter.
 
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The club released a tweet yesterday with the words anyone everyone, exactly the right thing to link it back to the existing campaign the club has against discrimination of all kinds
Exactly I dont like the people coming out and saying all lives matter because its not all people going through it. But here our club are showing that they are already trying to tackle discrimination and ensure equality.
 
In front of a black screen. Obviously not good enough for some handwringers.
And then followed by a no. of other players Defoe, Tav, Davis, Katic with the black screen blackout Tuesday # fail to see what the Record are playing at here. Whatever folks own individual views on the matter are the club have done nothing newsworthy, and I seen some bizarre I hope you post on the 12th comments which could certainly be open to scrutiny
 
No, no, no. If that is the case that apparent "fans" or others are upset at the club not showing more support for the black community then this another clear smear campaign. Using a national tragedy as a stick to beat us with is absolutely disgusting agenda driven nonsense. The assumption that people are racist until they say they aren't is ridiculous, it's as if there's a badge of honor for claiming someone is racist. I can't stress enough how horrid Scotland has become.
 
The article works if you go their homepage. Rangers are at a point where they are damned if they speak and damned if they don't. What an unhealthy, deranged nation Scotland is. I'm genuinely at a loss, so over how insane people react towards anything Rangers do.
 
@mdingwall The link seems to have gone. A complaint may well have been made.
Article still up **

Black Lives Matter.
That shouldn't be a controversial statement, and yet many can't hear it without defensively replying 'Eh, ALL lives matter actually'.

Unfortunately, that's the crowd Rangers played to on Tuesday. When players and clubs around the world were sharing the message that Black Lives Matter, Rangers went with 'Everyone Anyone'.

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This being Scottish football, Rangers would have received criticism no matter what they posted. Had they tweeted 'Black Lives Matter', Celtic fans would have been in the comments calling them hypocrites.
By eschewing the 'Black Lives Matter' message in favour of a broader one, however, they've managed to disappoint members of their own fanbase.
When so many football fans are willing to contort themselves into all sorts of awkward positions if it means defending their team, the fact that numerous Rangers supporters called out their own club is telling.
 
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Be clear in your support specifically for black people. Our best players are black, we are proud to have so many black players in our team. Acknowledge them, don’t just bundle them in with a message of ‘everyone anyone’. Not everyone is treated like they are. Disappointed by this."
"Our best players are black" What a sweeping, generalising racist statement to make. People are losing their minds and are desperate to jump on Rangers as usual. Any messege of support should be applauded not picked apart and scrutinised to fit a petulant hatred for a football club. Honestly this is absolutely insane.
 
Article still up **

Black Lives Matter.
That shouldn't be a controversial statement, and yet many can't hear it without defensively replying 'Eh, ALL lives matter actually'.

Unfortunately, that's the crowd Rangers played to on Tuesday. When players and clubs around the world were sharing the message that Black Lives Matter, Rangers went with 'Everyone Anyone'.

775 people are talking about this


This being Scottish football, Rangers would have received criticism no matter what they posted. Had they tweeted 'Black Lives Matter', Celtic fans would have been in the comments calling them hypocrites.
By eschewing the 'Black Lives Matter' message in favour of a broader one, however, they've managed to disappoint members of their own fanbase.
When so many football fans are willing to contort themselves into all sorts of awkward positions if it means defending their team, the fact that numerous Rangers supporters called out their own club is telling.
I'm 100% in support of the black lives matter cause, but the amount of virtue signalling surrounding a football club 1000 miles away from the situation is strange behaviour. You saw it with Humza Useless towards the Tories the other day also. Seems to be silent on issues closer to home though
 
From the same Bastards who have kept stoom for the last 50 years, as young boys were being sodomised at their favourite fitba club. These vermin of so called journalists have no shame.
 
To be fair Mark, what did you expect them to moan about when they can’t have a go at Alfredo or the fans? Did you really expect them to turn their attentions to something else? Not as if there’s anything else going on with other football clubs in the city.
 
Rather than virtue signal and say BLM and offer no solution. Rangers linked it to their community projects that doesn’t just tackle racism but also sectarianism, homophobia, islamophobia and disability discrimination.

Fucking shambles of an article.
 
How many of those were made by and are rangers fans?

I'll start the bidding at 1. Anyone want to go higher?
 
Didn’t realise there was a handwringer-o-meter that gave a score, and we‘re apparently all wrong for not being specific to just one ethnic grouping.

Any stick at all to beat us with
 
Where were all these people when Alfie was racially abused at the paedo Palace on camera with clear audio? This is trend driven hyperbolic nonsense.
 
They are Rangers haters.

The black background was linking the outrage at the police murder to our own equality campaign. We were not aligning to the "all lives matter" campaign.

The players posted as well with the black background. Conveniently ignored as it does not fit the agenda.
 
mask really slipped over the last 6 months with that one, quite obviously one of them

He's also very touchy about anyone wearing to contradict him.

Anyway, his shite has been exposed so let's not spend too much time on him.

They don't realise that by confirming their toxicity the Record jounros are hastening their own demise.
 
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