Celtic-supporting BBC producer in 'Orange Crushed' joke storm.

22 September 2011 00:38
Phil McGarvey runs into some trouble on Twitter. Wednesday wasn’t a good day for Rangers. Or indeed for REM fans. One BBC Radio 2 Producer – Phil McGarvey – chose to take to Twitter to make a joke on the subject(s). Sadly for Phil it doesn’t seem to be a laughing matter.     This hilarious 'joke' was quickly re-tweeted by two other BBC men – second and sixth in the list of little pictures you can see above. Tweeted originally by Celtic fan and Radio producer Phil McGarvey.  https://twitter.com/#!/philmcgarveyRe-tweeted by Alan Clayton, Hibs fan.  https://twitter.com/#!/alansclayton And Colin Paterson, Showbiz sort.  https://twitter.com/#!/ColinGPaterson Now, it may well be the case that Phil (and more likely the others who simply RT the joke) is not aware that the term ‘Orange Crushed’ is often used to desecrate the memory of the sixty-six who died in the 1971 Ibrox Disaster. As Phil said when asked about this: “genuinely didn’t see hash-tag on clip and don’t have a sectarian bone in my body. Only banter, sorry if people offended.” This hash-tag mention is in reference to an earlier Phil re-tweet from Celtic fan-site The Huddleboard which contains the sectarian term. As Phil follows this account he is no doubt familiar with the pathological use of the H word by whoever is in charge. You can look yourself and will not need to look hard to find the common term. It may not be stretching credibility to suggest that if Phil follows the Huddleboard he may read and post on their forum. Perhaps: Perhaps not. If he does, then the likelihood of him not being aware of the meaning of “Orange Crushed” seems remote. But let’s say this is all, at best, an ill-advised use of some seriously unsuitable and clearly sectarian language and a ‘joke’ which was inappropriate and doesn’t reflect well on Phil or by association his employers. We didn’t have the chance to reply to the Tweet quoted above because Phil has since made his profile private and protected his tweets. We can only assume that, perhaps, our intention to give him the benefit of the doubt was misplaced. He clearly doesn’t like “the hassle.” But he's still laughing. On Facebook. For now.

Source: FOOTYMAD