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:
1 posted on
09/19/2004 9:54:48 AM PDT by
RonDog
To: rintense; spiderman9
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
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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-
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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.
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Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
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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.
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Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
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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.
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Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
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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.
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Kerry Supporters Tear Up Bush-Cheney Sign, Make Little Girl Cry
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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. |
2 posted on
09/19/2004 10:01:43 AM PDT by
RonDog
To: 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)
5 posted on
09/19/2004 10:37:55 AM PDT by
RonDog
To: RonDog
"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.
9 posted on
09/19/2004 10:58:49 AM PDT by
Bonaparte
(and guess who sighs his lullabies, to nights that never end...)
To: RonDog
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.
To: RonDog
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.
To: RonDog
13 posted on
09/19/2004 11:47:35 AM PDT by
lowbridge
(I wouldn't want to be a liberals caps lock key on election day)
To: RonDog
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.
To: RonDog
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.
To: RonDog; Outraged
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.
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