this one isnt as bad - dunno where he makes his blanket statements abou celtic fans being unionist like (i dont remember the poll at parkhead......) but its not AS bad
As bad as what? I was not aware that both you and I were puppets for the Vatican to rid Scotland of the presbytery - admittedly though, he does say that we probably don't know it!!??!! I think that's about as "out there" a suggestion as I've ever heard.
as bad as his previous i guess and im well aware im opus ****ing dei thank you you think i went through all that flogging and scrotum twisting to be considered for the paralympics??
McMurdo'll do a blog on how much you loved the scrotum twisting due to your innate Kafflick perversions
I read his blog today and to be honest I did not think it worth publishing because all he talks about is religion. For a guy who claims not to care about religion, he seems to spend an inordinate amount of time talking about it.
I saw dalekgate elsewhere. Genuinely, it's beyond a joke, now. The guy who founded Vanguard Bears is bombarding Thomson with stuff about this. Beyond parody. Beyond fucking help
I read that daleks can't climb stairs and neither can Huns, so it is a sectarian term of abuse..........Is that about the sum of it?
I wouldn't know, but according to the BBC: The Daleks were born without any ability to feel compassion or pity and were motivated only by hate, fear and an implacable belief that they were the superior creatures in the Universe. I have no further comment.
From what I can gather, kind of. Thomson was talking about insects (he'd tweeted about the dearth of wasps in areas of the country as a story he was discussing), people tweeted about wasps and he was holding his usual ten conversations at once with the angry morons sent to harras him by the usual suspect(s). He said that wasps were like daleks - in the annoying noise that they make - he said, "they can't speak, but, if they could, they'd sound like daleks". Seriously, that was it - it was about wasps. Someone then suggested by wasps, he meant White Anglo-Saxon Protestants ( Which, unless I'm mistaken, Thomson is himself). A screenshot of the tweet (about wasps and daleks) next to another tweet about Rangers was tweeted by, frankly, bizarre morons with ludicrous agendas who accuse everyone else of having an agenda. Cue, buckets of abuse for Thomson - when someone tweeted the McMurdo blog to him, his reply was simply "madness". Some of the tweets from the VB mongs say things like "Celtic fans have long since called us daleks to mock the Ibrox disaster as daleks can't climb stairs", "How do you feel about comparing the Rangers support to daleks and mocking our dead" blah blah blah blah. I don't think it's funny anymore. The (kind of) ironic bit in it is that the people who are objecting to being called daleks (or not being called daleks as the case may be) obviously roll out all sorts of bizarre nonsense and name calling. The VB guy, in his only tweet inbetween harassing Tomo, calls Celtic "IRA supporting ***** vermin" I actually fear for humanity. Please die, Sevco, so that your children might be nicer
Two parts to this story, my comments as usual in bold, second part to follow. A Sneaky Man September 7, 2012 · by billmcmurdo · in Uncategorized I vividly remember the tears running down my motherâs face, standing at the kitchen sink, as news came through of the Ibrox Disaster on 2nd January 1971. I remember the dark days that followed, days full of horror and gut-wrenching grief as a country mourned. This grief and shock was felt keenly by all involved with Celtic, as much as Rangers. The whole world saw the Old Firm united more than they had ever been in history. I was not yet seven years old. Even today, when I play fervent Celtic man Matt McGinnâs song on the Ibrox Disaster, I am left weeping. You do not mess with any Rangers fan when it comes to the Ibrox Disaster. When I first read Alex Thomsonâs comments on Rangers fans being Daleks, it was actually prior to David Leggatâs blog on the matter. I knew right away, despite Thomsonâs subsequent protestations, that he was having a dig at Rangers fans in the odd little section on his Twitter timeline. Twitter is a strange place because you are holding multiple conversations at once most of the time, while many others are watching on and can chip in. Thomson compared a Rangers fan to a wasp and this fan, probably jokingly, told Thomson that was probably not the best word to use â given its connotations, no doubt. It was then that Thomson used the strange term Daleks, which prompted other users â clearly Celtic fans by their Twitter ids â to jump in and start talking about wasps. In a nutshell, it was obvious that they were not talking about wasps and Daleks â a conclusion reached by many who have read the feed, including David Leggat and my editor at CRO, who ran my piece on the Dalek jibe. (http://coplandroad.org/493166) To be entirely honest, I was unaware of the meaning of the Dalek term until it was pointed out to me by a source that this was one of Alex Thomsonâs blog-writing Celtic chums sick joke about the Ibrox Disaster i.e. Daleks canât climb stairs. After further investigation and verification that this was a term used to mock the terrible tragedy that took place on Stairway 13, I decided to write the piece. (So where did you do your investigation? Who exactly âVerifiedâ this tale of fantasy?) I am aware that certain people in the Rangers ranks who were cosying up to Alex Thomson werenât happy. Well, I donât write this blog or any other for their benefit. (Well arenât you full of your own self-importance?) It appears to me that there is a fair amount in the ranks of the Rangers support who bluster but have no stomach for the dirty war that is being waged against the club and its fans. Thatâs for them to deal with. (Youâre a ****ing hero) Alex Thomson maintains he was just talking about wasps and Daleks and wasps that talk like Daleks. This is a man employed by Channel 4 to go to war zones and report on serious issues. Maybe they ought to check him for shell shock. Mr Thomsonâs credibility has been torn to shreds several times recently by several national newspapers who question his veracity and his judgment. In addition, he has been outspoken in his criticism of the Scottish media pack. (I would love you to provide a source and show exactly which national newspapers have torn him to shreds, I certainly have not seen any evidence of this, maybe you are talking about âThe Sunâ? I suspect you are.) His arrogance is evident just by reading his Twitter account. (What a ridiculous comment) His anti-Rangers attitude and cosy relationships with known Rangers-haters have enraged legions of Rangers fans. Quite frankly, he is just a sneaky mischief-maker, intent on winding up Rangers fans and turning them against the club and each other. (Oh for Christâs sake, make up your mind, is he Anti Rangers or just a sneaky mischief maker, he cannot be both?) Just like his pal with several names. Alex Thomson is what you would call an old-fashioned baiter. And he is very good at it. So good you could say that he is a master baiter. (Brilliant, where do you get this banter?) I try to be reasonable in my blogging. () But, like many Rangers fans, I am touchy about that terrible day when 66 people lost their lives on Stairway 13. Only the sickest of minds would find anything funny in the Ibrox Disaster. (I agree, but what I find equally sick is people taking offence about it when none was given, even worse is when none was given but malice was invented just so you could clamber onto the moral high ground) If Alex Thomson really was just talking nonsense with no malice or ill-intent, then I would happily apologise for my piece. (Would you? I sincerely doubt it having seen your scribblings) However, he does himself no favours with his sneering, sneaky attitude to Rangers FC and its supporters. (That sounds like a Fatwah?)
At what point does this man's position become untenable? by Bill McMurdo | CRO contributor | @williammcmurdo | Alex Thomson, the Channel 4 newscaster, who only this week was mired in the controversy surrounding outed bigot Phil Mac Giolla Bhain, has thrown petrol onto the fire with his latest vile outburst. Thomson has joined the disgusting ranks of those who mock one of the worst days in football history by referring to Rangers fans as “Daleks” – a well-known reference in Scotland to the Ibrox Disaster. The sick joke concerns Daleks’ inability to climb the stairs and is used by sectarian haters who seem to view this dark day as an object of twisted fun. One can only wonder where Mr Thomson learned this evil jibe from but, given that he has inveigled his way into the company of known bigots like Phil Mac Giolla Bhain, it is not entirely unsurprising that their sectarian mindset is rubbing off on him. Thomson is also known to be cosy with another Celtic blogger who is well-known for using this repugnant jibe in reference to the Ibrox Disaster. You also have to wonder just how much Thomson’s Channel 4 bosses can take of his Frank Spencer-esque ability to stumble from one publicity disaster to another. Only the other day, Thomson’s own journalistic credentials were cast into doubt by The Sun newspaper’s withering remarks concerning his endorsement of Phil Mac Giolla Bhain’s book on Rangers FC. This on the back of his wasting the time of Strathclyde Police with exaggerated claims of being threatened with assault by a Scottish journalist. For exaggerated, read “fabricated”. There is also the matter of his tale of skullduggery and derring-do in the badlands of Syria, which prompted another newspaper to sum up thus: “Impossible to verify.” It appears Mr Thomson has a credibility problem with his fellow media colleagues. But it is the deeply insulting jibe directed at Rangers supporters which will damage both his and Channel 4′s reputation in Scotland, not because he has insulted Rangers fans who are used to his abuse, but because he has offended the memory of 66 dead Rangers supporters who perished on Stairway 13. Alex Thomson may think that having a sick dig at Rangers fans is acceptable and endears him to a certain section of the Celtic support that openly mocks the terrible events of 2nd January 1971, and this is certainly not his first foray into the territory following his mocking of the memorial back in June. However, even decent Celtic fans will no doubt be sickened by this man’s latest bitter attack on the fans of Rangers. It is a terrible state of affairs when a national television journalist wades in to stir up the flames of sectarian hatred and insult the families of those who lost their lives on the grimmest day in Scottish footballing history. Alex Thomson pushed his way into the Rangers crisis a few month’s ago and from the off seemed to exhibit a strong anti-Rangers agenda. His descent into bigotry and hatred perhaps is indicative of the company he keeps and reminds you of the old saying that birds of a feather fly together. Ironically, the title of the book foreworded by Alex Thomson and written by his pal Phil Mac Giolla Bhain could be used as a biographical summary of them both: Downfall. Of course, Mr Thomson may have another reason for using such an odd term to describe those who follow Rangers. Perhaps he would like to furnish it. Gold star to the 1st person to spot the contradiction.
Has anyone ever heard of this well known reference to the Ibrox Disaster prior to this? It's so well known apparently that McMurdo had to check with other people Simply Unbeliveable.
