Crying Girl or Crying Wolf [Phil Parlock as "Protest Warrior" - sign-ripping union thug NOT his son]

dislogue.dansch.net ^ | September 17, 2004 | blogger DISLOGUE

[RonDog]

This is one of the BEST summaries of "RippedSignGate" that I have seen online yet.

For MORE comments from this marvelous blog, please CLICK HERE.

See also the MONSTER thread by FReeper rintense, who first broke this story (on FR, naturally) here:

Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
	Posted by rintense On News/Activism 09/16/2004 4:14:16 PM PDT · 1,642 replies · 47,384+ views yahoo.com ^

[RonDog]

Here are a few posts from a newbie FReeper (spiderman9) who appears to be one of Sophia Parlock's older brothers:

Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
	Posted by spiderman9 to truecons On News/Activism 09/16/2004 11:38:21 PM PDT · 1,236 of 1,592 Little girl's brother- -- snip -- What all you Freepers (I learned a new word today!) can do for my family is to show the same kind of support for our president, maybe attend Kerry/Edwards rallies yourself... showing the same kind of respect, perserverence, and steadfast resolve that we have tried to show. Please bring good credit upon yourselves and our president. BTW I will give Sophia big hug tomorrow for all of you. She is a cutie. Thank you. hmm, "Thank you" is what President Bush said to Sophia when she gave him a hug at the Bush rally last Friday. Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1,225 | View Replies
Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
	Posted by spiderman9 to RonDog On News/Activism 09/16/2004 10:55:56 PM PDT · 1,195 of 1,592 little girl's big brother- Dame Autour, yes, i am Philip, II BTW we got the plate number of the guy who threw the torn sign pieces at us and called him in to the littering hotline. Although my dad was distraught with those taking and ripping up signs, he continued to endure and show restraint- we weren't there to cause trouble, rather, we were there show the dedication of Bush supporters. Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1,169 | View Replies
Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
	Posted by spiderman9 to DameAutour On News/Activism 09/16/2004 10:36:58 PM PDT · 1,159 of 1,592 Little girl's brother- Yes, Sophia is ok, but a little confused because "the people changed and got mean" as soon as she held up her sign. We were at the visit in the hopes of winning the people who are unsure and reassuring those who support President Bush. Among those supporters, much to my surprise and delight, were one of the drivers for the Edwards motorcade (who honked and gave a thumbs up after dropping off Edwards) and some police from both WV and Ohio. Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1,101 | View Replies
Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
	Posted by spiderman9 to spiderman9 On News/Activism 09/16/2004 10:15:28 PM PDT · 1,115 of 1,592 Little girl's big brother, again- Thank you for sending this to Drudge Report, and for all of the support. I was at the Edwards visit to the tri-state airport in Kenova, WV (near Huntington). I was not up front with my dad and siblings, but at the entrance to the airport, silently greeting airport traffic, as well as Sen. Edwards with a homemade Bush sign and U.S. and West Virginia flags. Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1,095 | View Replies
Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
	Posted by spiderman9 to rintense On News/Activism 09/16/2004 10:06:44 PM PDT · 1,095 of 1,592 To: everybody. I am an older brother of the little girl. I have read many of your posts, and am dying to answer your questions you have had. For starters, someone did their homework, and, yes, you have the right Phil Parlock. Father of 10, participated in Junior Achievement, NAACP, 4 time candidate for Board of Education, 2 children in the National Guard, of which I am one. Yes, the little boy is the little girl's and my brother, upset with the IUPAT guy.

[RonDog]

"Yes, the little boy is the little girl's and my brother, upset with the IUPAT guy." - spiderman9

Some of the conspiracy/confusion about a Parlock "brother" in this picture stems from the fact that Sophie's 11-year-old big brother **is** in this picture, on the RIGHT...

...trying valiantly to find a way to protect his little sister from the union thugs.

Apparently, the DUmmies assumed that this meant that the union thug on the LEFT must also be one of the Parlock boys.

If this sign-ripping goon really WAS a "plant" - and NOT a union thug...

...you can be sure that we would have heard about it from the KerryRATs by now, IMHO.

Still, it would be nice to know the TRUE IDENTITY of this sign-ripping, three-year-old-girl attacking, Kerry/Edwards-supporting "girlie man" union thug - ASAP.

[RonDog]

And, THIS appears to be from little Sophia's big SISTER (newbie FReeper big_sis_10):

Evidenced that the crying girl was staged (a summary) (DU Barf Alert)
	Posted by big_sis_10 to Ciexyz On Bloggers & Personal 09/17/2004 11:13:37 AM PDT · 32 of 36 To all: I've already been on another thread defending my family and the legitimacy of this photo and the story that goes with it. In the picture of our family on the truck, I'm the one driving it. I'm the oldest and I feel compelled to defend my family. Many people have already said they don't believe I'm Sophia's sister. That's understandable considering how many whackos there are out there, but I am Sophia and Alex's sister. The picture is legit. THERE IS NO RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE THUG AND MY BROTHER. I will try to see if Dad will post a better family pic somewhere on here so you can all see for yourselves that the Democrats are ashamed of the union man but are trying to play it off as if it was staged. It is sad that they can't just say they're sorry for the actions of one or two thugs and move on. Instead they twist it around to shame my father and discredit our family. SHAME ON THEM!!! My sister is THREE YEARS OLD!!! How many kids that old can cry on cue????? She is one of the best-natured kids there are and she hardly ever cries. I just wanted to get on here and clarify that the picture is legit. The Democrats are just ashamed at what happened and are trying to put the blame elsewhere. Well, let me tell you what.... THAT THUG HAD NO RIGHT TO TEAR HER SIGN AND ANTAGONIZE MY FAMILY!!! HOW DARE HE MAKE HER CRY!!!! I just wished I could have been there. Dad is a better person than I and put her safety before revenge. He did not take any violent actions against the man. I'm not so sure I would have been able to be so patient. Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies
Little girl has sign ripped up by anti-Bush protestor
	Posted by big_sis_10 to diamond6 On News/Activism 09/17/2004 10:52:28 AM PDT · 179 of 189 Wow! This is all very new to me (free republic). Thanks so much, all of you. I understand there are still many skeptics out there and that is understandable considering how many people have access to a computer these days. I wish I had a better family picture to post. Unfortunately I don't have a scanner. I will try to get Dad to perhaps post a better picture so that all of you will be able to see that there IS NO RESEMBLANCE between the thug and my brother. They are both white and that's about it. The picture that has been put up was from two years ago when I got deployed. Hopefully sometime soon we will get a better picture up. Once again thank you for your support. BTW, yes Dad has gone to other rallies in the past, but if you notice he never goes with intent to antagonize, only to try to peacefully change minds by passively holding up signs in support of his conservative ideals. In my opinion it is easy to show support when surrounded by supporters, but much braver to passively show support in the face of opposition. No matter how you feel about Dad and him taking his family with him to political rallies, I hope you agree that it is unfortunate this incident happened. It is even more unfortunate we have people out there like the union man who can't find someone his own size to pick on!!!! Post Reply | Private Reply | To 173 | View Replies
Little girl has sign ripped up by anti-Bush protestor
	Posted by big_sis_10 to babble-on On News/Activism 09/17/2004 8:46:20 AM PDT · 96 of 189 To everyone: I am the eldest of the Parlock clan. I am Sophia's older sister. To clarify for all of you, the photo WAS NOT A SET-UP. Perhaps it is hard for some of you to believe that Kerry supporters really can be that cruel. She is crying real tears, the thug in the picture is NOT one of our brothers, Dad really IS upset, and boy on the right is a brother and has fists clenched ready to fight. I am disappointed that some of you think a Bush supporter would actually set something like that up. One of my other brothers has been on some of the other threads clarifying other questions. I thought I should get on here and clarify before things got blown out of proportion. To the rest of you who have shown nothing but support THANK YOU! Dad had no intention of causing problems. He merely took my sister and brother out to show support of the President. It is a sad day when we cannot assemble peacefully in support of the President. Someone mentioned it was a shame Dad took a 3-year old with him in protest. There is a difference in protesting and supporting. He was not heckling, not chanting, yelling, nor antagonizing. He was merely standing there with signs. There is no crime against that. This is America, one should think that he would be able to take his young daughter out and show support without being concerned about her safety among fellow West Virginians. Also, I am disappointed with the WV comment. No, not everyone in WV is related. BTW My brothers look NOTHING like that thug in the photo! Zoom in and take a better look! Post Reply | Private Reply | To 78 | View Replies

and, more recently, from:

Washington Whispers: Bush poster child (President to contact 3-year-old Sophia Parlock!)

Posted by big_sis_10 to Brad's Gramma On News/Activism 09/17/2004 8:32:49 PM PDT · 191 of 284 Once again I'd like to say thanks everybody! Thanks for the support and thanks for the welcome to Freepers territory. I don't think I've ever received such a warm welcome before. I know Sophia will be thrilled by the poster the President is sending. I was the one holding her when she got to hug him last week and I've never seen her more excited. Mom and Dad have been keeping her updated on what's going on. I realize she's only 3, but she is a bright one for her age. And yeah, spiderman9 is my brother...some I know weren't too sure.

[RonDog]

"...And that is also consistent with my conclusion, that the Parlock family are informal "protest warriors" who make a point of showing the intolerance of Democratic supporters.

How useful this is is an open question.
It is certainly not illegal on its face.
Unlike the response they provoke." - blogger dan from DISLOGUE

See also:

www.ProtestWarrior.com

Apparently, Phil Parlock (and his family) were NOT officially "FReepers" or "Protest Warriors" PRIOR to this event...

...but perhaps they should all be made HONORARY members of both organizations now. :o)

[RaceBannon]

Many Freepers like myself have been assaulted while just standing there on the side of the street, many times, and we were NOT in the middle of the opposition, we were on our own side, our own corner, with Cops standing near by also!

I dont have to stretch much to believe this guy was assaulted just for standing there.

He may be an idiot to keep doing it knowing from his own personal experience that the left assaults peope freely, but that does not excuse their attacks.

[Bonaparte]

If you're talking about the guy on the far left with the backwards cap, I can tell you right now he's got convict written all over him. All I have to do is look and that much is clear.

[RaceBannon]

His sign is upside down, too, look at the guy in the background, with the cap on, his sign is upside down!

[Bonaparte]

"If Phil Parlock is attending these events and faking these attacks, that's terribly dishonest and possibly illegal. And if he can be prosecuted under some pertinent law, he should be."

This is where I stopped reading. "Dan" simply flew off the tracks here.

[TAdams8591]

Please, STOP! Just stop. Don't even go there.

This is the same load of crap they attempted to use against Don and myself. Union leader, John Morris, intitiating the attack against us to motivate his base to get out and vote for him by accusing my brother on the local evening news of being "planted" by his political rival, Jim Hoffa.

And then accusing us of wanting a fight and on and on.

It was my first EVER public protest, BTW.

Most respectfully, if Mr. Parlock was aware of their tactics, because of his prior experience, it was unwise of him to bring along his three year old little girl and his eleven year old son. That was his only mistake.

Otherwise, if he wants to peacefully protest the opposition, there is nothing wrong with that, even if he is attacked again and again.

The signs of the protesters are their property. No one has a right to grab them and rip them up. It is theft and debasing property.

If the police don't arrest these people for the above, then protesters should start filing private criminal complaints to have them prosecuted and then sue them civilly for violating their rights to peacable assembly and freedom of speech. Period.

[TAdams8591]

Please, STOP! Just stop. Don't even go there.

This is the same load of crap they attempted to use against Don and myself. Union leader, John Morris, intitiating the attack against us to motivate his base to get out and vote for him by accusing my brother on the local evening news of being "planted" by his political rival, Jim Hoffa.

And then accusing us of wanting a fight and on and on.

It was my first EVER public protest, BTW.

Most respectfully, if Mr. Parlock was aware of their tactics, because of his prior experience, it was unwise of him to bring along his three year old little girl and his eleven year old son. That was his only mistake.

Otherwise, if he wants to peacefully protest the opposition, there is nothing wrong with that, even if he is attacked again and again.

The signs of the protesters are their property. No one has a right to grab them and rip them up. It is theft and debasing property.

If the police don't arrest these people for the above, then protesters should start filing private criminal complaints to have them prosecuted and then sue them civilly for violating their rights to peacable assembly and freedom of speech. Period.

[absalom01]

he's got convict written all over him

Yup. At the very least, he's familiar with the rountine at the county lockup.

[lowbridge]

bump

[TAdams8591]

Sorry for the double post. My first post looked as though it hadn't posted even after I pressed the refresh button.

This stuff is right out of their unofficial playbook.

[absalom01]

Thanks for posting a coherent summary, dawg!

It's kind of interesting to see the left melt down over this, almost as if they're embarassed over the behavior of their "painter's union" goons at public venues. Which is strange, because at every single event that I've attended over the last four years at which the "painter's union" shows up, there has been some sort of violence. It's not limited to them, of course, but if the union "enforcers" are wearing a painter's union shirt or cap, you can bet that they are there to mix it up. Every. Single. Time. It can't be an accident.

[Cinnamon Girl]

We know full well that it doesn't take a "set-up" for the leftist commies to attack. They do it all the time. They are disrespectful jackasses and this kind of behavior (like ripping a sign away from a baby) is disgusting and typical.

[Bonaparte]

Look, the union only pays him $40 an hour to be there and hold a sign. If they want him to hold the sign right-side-up, then first, he's going to have to get clearance from the right-side-up sign holders' union local. Then he's going to have to get specialized training in right-side-up sign holding technology, which means he's also going to have to learn to read. This will put him at a much higher hourly union scale and that sort of thing diverts too much money from the kerry campaign. The smart thing for the union to do is to put the signs on long sticks and arrange to have the shovel-leaners union (the $40 per hour guys you always see by the side of the freeway) come in there and simply apply the same shovel-leaning skills they have honed and perfected over many years.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Apparently, the DUmmies assumed that this meant that the union thug on the LEFT must also be one of the Parlock boys.

Yeah right. You know... the "D" stands for dummy

[RonDog]

From that DUmmy allegation thread:

...According to Parlock, in a description of the scuffle that in the Washington, DC, Times yesterday, “They just pounced on us. She was crying; they were pushing and shoving her. She was scared.” (3)

As the little girl’s photo circulated the internet, many members of Democratic Underground questioned the incident. After scouring the internet, they discovered that the photographer, Randy Snyder, who captured the image of the crying toddler, is chief photo editor of one newspaper that has frequently featured Phil Parlock’s conservative activism and interned with another newspaper that carried article about Parlock. Therefore, the photograph was not just a lucky shot by some AP photographer who happened to witness the ugly scene. Could Snyder and Parlock have planned the nasty shot? Could they have been working in collusion? Would a true journalist stoop so low? (4)

But there’s an additional twist—a twist that demonstrates just how twisted men like Parlock can be. One very perceptive DUer found a photograph of the Parlock clan on the internet—at the Herald-Dispatch website, which employs camerabug Snyder—and she noticed that one of the older sons bears a striking resemblance to the union worker who accosted Parlock’s shouldered daughter:

The Parlock clan:


A comparison of the “union worker” and the Parlock son:


And, to demonstrate the familial similarities, a comparison of the “union worker” and Phil Parlock:

>>>>>>>

Michelle Malin was right: these leftist maroons want to discover a hoax as powerful as our RA^THGATE story so badly that they will grasp at ANY straw in this story, no matter how minimally gounded it is in fact.

Their CURRENT charges against the Parlocks are more or less summarized as follows:

"All them white boys in West Viginia look alike, so they MUST be related."

How racist of them. :o)

[RaceBannon]

That double post is just fine, your broher was not just assaulted like some were but out-right beaten.