Another in the ongoing series of posts documenting the insane statements and lies of scientology’s only public spokesperson, Fast Eddie Parkin.
Eddie as you may recall from earlier posts is a long term staff member in the Office of Special Affairs International (he used to be an assistant to Heber Jentzsch before Heber was “disappeared” many years ago).
Fast Eddie is busy on twitter. Though he blocks the people he constantly carps about, and in fact blocks ANYONE who questions him or any of his tweets, this self-proclaimed champion of free speech and human rights (as long as they are his) has people he has not blocked who see his tweets and pass them on to those he smears. He devotes most of his efforts to Leah Remini, me, The Aftermath, A&E and Disney.
Here is one of his recent tweets:
Now, this is what you call in the business being a chickenshit.
He takes some supposed statement from an unknown person and repeats it like it is something that must be announced to the world because he has been “inundated with demands.” Sure thing Eddie. The only thing inundating you is people who you feel must be blocked from your account.
Apparently Eddie doesn’t have the courage to just say it himself so he quotes someone else. It’s intended to be some sort of veiled threat I suppose?
What is so strange about it is that scientology has all the money and all the lawyers in the world. There is absolutely NOTHING stopping them from filing a lawsuit against Leah Remini, me or A&E. Unlike their victims, who do NOT have a bottomless pit of tax free money to buy lawyers.
Many DO wonder why we don’t sue scientology and why so many victims have not brought legal cases. The answer is always the same — the US legal system favors the litigant with the most money, and the vast majority of the victims of scientology have been bled dry due to their involvement in scientology.
But scientology does not have that problem. So, why no lawsuit?
Two reasons: 1. What we include in our program is the absolute truth, so scientology could never win, and 2. if they filed a lawsuit, it would open the doors to legal discovery which means they would be forced by a court to turn over documents and testify under oath. There are so many skeletons in scientology’s many closets they could never afford to engage in litigation where those doors might be opened. They know full well that if they were to file a lawsuit, a LOT of dirt would tumble out in the for of their own documents and statements. As a plaintiff they would be hard pressed to persuade a judge the defendants do not have a right to discovery. The last lawsuit they filed against anyone was Debbie Cook and look how that turned out for them…
So, Fast Eddie, the point of your tweet was what? To make it sound like filing a lawsuit was a great idea?
Where is it then?
And why won’t you come out from behind your keyboard and appear on camera to respond to things on our show? We have tons of questions. You repeatedly say we present only “one side” but you refuse to appear. You don’t mind tweeting, why are you such a coward that you will not speak in person?
Of course, we know the answer. You are not ALLOWED to speak to anyone in the media in case you said something stupid (even stupider than your tweets, which are cleared before being posted). The ONLY person who can speak for scientology is True Leader, David Miscavige. But he is so scared of the press he hires all sorts of security to ensure they cannot get anywhere near him. He is not about to answer any questions, whether puffball or tough.
The old adage is that liars are cowards and cowards are liars. You are perfect examples of both.
I tweeted this in reply to a tweet of his which maligns “Aftermath” for supposedly causing arson against Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls in my state: https://twitter.com/kitsapriver/status/1080310570119614467?s=12
“The ‘Aftermath” show on the JWs did NOT cause the attacks on JW Kingdom Halls in Washington State earlier in the year and YOU KNOW IT. The photo you show of an arson in Thurston County, WA is NOT AT ALL RELATED to “Aftermath”.”
Fucking liar.
I tweeted the following reply to a tweet of his: https://twitter.com/kitsapriver/status/1080310570119614467?s=12
The only video I’ve seen where an OSA member directly responds to a question about The Aftermath show was on YouTube. Someone caught Peter Mansell on the street outside Flag and he of course repeated the line about it being all lies or someshit. Mansell was a PR guy at Saint Hill but now appears to be at Flag.
I wish you a happy new year, Mike and all cult watchers! Thanks for what you’re doing. 🙂
Class action lawsuit? There has to be something we can all do together. Advocacy holds power, how about bombarding Capitol Hill and state Capitols with calls, emails and visits. It works in other arenas. No way scientologists have more of a voting base than those seeking social justice. There are ways to make an impact.
It’s so frustrating isn’t it?
A “class action” suit would have the same chance for success as one against any other church for failing to “deliver” what was promised.
DO make complaints about lack delivering on their public obligations as a NO FOR PROFIT entity.
I guess he’s going to take on NXIVM now. Their lawyers just called out COS for using forced labor. Let the games begin.
I’m moving the Headley’s to the top of my prayer list…may they be protected and comforted as this storm approaches!
If this coward strongly believes that people have the right to any faith they choose, why then attack those who have faith in the truth about the crimes of the leader and the so called church? Just because we expose them?
Insane.
There is a work-around that makes blocking on Twitter worthless.
Just go to google and type in “Edward Parkin Twitter”
Google will show you the tweets.
Still blocks me?
You have to be signed OUT of your twitter account for it to work. Close everything so that Twitter does not have you in memory, now try it.
Log out of your account Mike. Then you can see everything. You can’t reply unless you’re logged in to another account with a different email address though.
Just shows how special you are!
You’re more than welcome to reply to him via my Twitter account. In fact, I’d be honored.
Dauntless and Defiant. I challenge David Miscavige to approach Mike and Leah for a sit down interview. How hard could that be COB? Bring your staff to record it yourself so there can be no risk of biased editing.
“Sit down interview” that would be something
to watch, like Jerry Springer’s shows. I can
see DM jumping out of his chair physically
attacking Mike or Leah but of course Leah
flicking off the little runt with her left toenail.
I agree with Eddie: Attacks on freedom of religion are reprehensible. Even worse, “harassing” people for being in a religion. Or for that matter, for having left a religion. For some strange reason, I hear more about harassment to the latter than the former. Or is that just me, Eddie?
Still, I believe that Eddie is fighting (or claiming to be) for a righteous cause! Let’s protect religions–even the iffy ones. But in order to move forward in this righteous quest, two things will have to happen:
1. We have to find out what “that Leah” has actually done wrong. Since Leah is, just like religions, protected by these pesky Constitutional guarantees that Eddie is so fond of, we can’t just “get her” for being on TV. So how about finding two or three actionable offenses she has committed? Shouldn’t be hard to do considering that she gets “everything” wrong! Even ONE will do!
2. Let’s draw up a public online petition to the only one who can get the ball rolling on what will surely be decisive and swift legal victory: “Captain” Dave. Let’s give it wide play and humbly petition COB to defend the good name of scientology in a court of law. To use a common phrase, Eddie, “I am not a scientologist but…” I will STAND with you and sign this petition. Hell, I will even compose it on behalf of religious victims of investigative reporting.
Good name of Scientology? LOL absolutely ludicrous. What good name would that be? Also, how could Eddie be fighting for a righteous cause when the “cause” hes fighting for fabricates statistics in the propaganda that it feeds its own members about supposed “good deeds” its doing? Lies lies and more lies, should be renamed to the Church of Deception! But that would be too blatantly honest of a title, now wouldn’t it be? And we all know honesty isn’t the Church of Scientology’s forte.
Also, who are you B.T.C? That’s an awfully bold assertion to sit there and claim that “EVERYTHING” Leah Remini has said is a fabrication.
I am simply taking Eddie at his word (including the cult’s CONSTANT “bold assertion” about EVERYTHING Leah presents being lies). If you find that “ludicrous,” good! That means you’re getting my point.
BTC was NOT the one saying that everything Leah says is a fabrication – SCIENTOLOGY says that. The point being made is that if they say everything is wrong, then they should be able to come up with a few examples, or stand up and speak for themselves.
You (Corey) clearly missed the sarcasm font with which BTC clearly utilized throughout the comment.
Chairman of the Board of Liars and Cowards (COB LAC) is David Miscavige. He is the one screaming that Fast Eddie in OSA do something.
The whining of Fast Eddie Parkin and Scientology are nothing more than their complaints about Free Speech.
Scientology can dish it out but can’t take it.
The voices speaking out against Scientology are never going away.
STAAD is inundated with request because it is composed of one guy spending 20 hours a week. Let’s face it, nobody wants to volunteer for their fake navy learning to tie knots onboard a rust bucket.
That’s the reason they are inundated, and absolutely not the implication that people actually care about what Fast Eddie twits out his infinitesimal wit.
So I guess he says whatever DM wants him to say to avoid following Heber’s fate of ending up in the hole? Scientology is a tragic waste of well intentioned human beings. And not so well intentioned because they are brainwashed or afraid. I would hate living my life like that!
What struck me as the MOST Brilliant comment is this:
“They would be forced by a court to turn over documents and testify under oath.”
They can bad mouth Leah & Mike & everyone else accusing them of lying & spinning untrue tales, but NO ONE in the “upper ranks” seemingly HAS the rank to step forward on TV & make ANY statements defending what’s been said during ALL of the A & E Aftermath episodes. They’ll just sit back & deny it all.
We’ve seen “muffins”, but that’s about it….& wow, that didn’t seem to come off very well. So what’s the issue then, doesn’t “Fast Eddie” have the RANK to make a public appearance to defend much loved & devoted to “religion”? Fast Eddie who sits behind his computer & BLOCKS anyone who stands up to his comments.
It seems that someone, somewhere, OTHER than the COB himself would be able to not trip all over their tongues to “impress us” with their defense tactics. Seriously, if someone is so damned DEVOTED to this church, WHY wouldn’t they make a statement when they’ve been invited by A & E to APPEAR in flesh & blood form, other than the continued “printed blub” of “the church blah blah blah”.
We’ve seen Kirstie “natter” on and on about how WE are ALL her enemies if we say anything negative about her church. When was the last time anyone SAW Kirstie on a “new TV show, movie, ANYTHING? The bubble has seeming blinded her to the fact that Ahhh, umm, has Kirstie NOTICED that her career has taken a downhill slide?
What about the other so called “favored buddies”…..Cruise & Travolta…do THEY as “top notch celebs” NOT have the RANK to come on TV and answer any and ALL questions. Well, then again, they probably have NO IDEA where all the “donated money” has gone to, despite they themselves being treated to a gourmet meal & other luxuries by DM?
Well, it HAS to be that DM’s much loved celebs are NOT permitted to speak out in defense of their much love religion….even THEY, despite the millions they’ve donated to COS, don’t have the RANK to open their mouths on TV either….
I enjoy your blogs very much and while the topic in general is about the horrible things Scientology does, your response always puts a smile on my face. Keep going!!
With the word games these guys like to play, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was at least some modicum of truth that the folks at STAAD League technically were being “inundated” with demands to stop Leah’s so-called “harassment”.
It would make perfect sense if we ever found out one day that they’re actually being inundated with dozens of messages every day from one David Miscavige demanding they do something to stop the exposure of his abusive nature. That sounds exactly like something he would do (John Sweeney’s book, Church of Fear, documented his demanding nature very well).
Eddie probably needs to somehow justify in his mind that what he’s saying is the truth (without revealing the whole truth, of course). This is what I believe they call an “acceptable truth” (more commonly known in the real world as “total bullshit”).
Oh Miscavige is no doubt inundating OSA with screeching, whining, threatening, insulting demands to handle Leah, Mike and the show. He has a long term pattern of creating enemies with his abusive reign of terror, and fair gaming, then blaming OSA for not handling his mess. He is a real crybaby whiner about it too.
If Fast Eddie came out from behind his keyboard and appeared on camera, he would rapidly enter the hole. For all we know, he may be there now and Fast Eddie is just another iteration of Karin Pouw, i.e. David Miscavige speaking pretending to be someone else.
At best, Fast Eddie is parroting phrases fed to him from above.
I keep thinking that the people behind these hate sites will begin to realize how redundant they all sound then I realize I sounded the same when I was in and truly believed I was pulling the wool over peoples eyes.
Here’s a spoiler for Ed Parkin. Truth will out.
Ed Parkin is real. I had a run in with him. And yes, the truth will out.
Mike, you are too hard on Mr. Parkin. He is a human version of those Mattel learning toys that are programmed to teach a child the alphabet. In this case Mr. Parkin is programmed to teach us about bigotry towards Scientology. Like any robotic device he responds based on his programming. He cannot do otherwise. The most humane thing we could do for him is remove his batteries and replace his instructions chip with a chip that allows learning actual true facts. Until then stop beating up on this flesh and blood robotic cult toy!
Meh. I don’t think Last Eddie’s tweets are anything but red meat for the bubble dwellers. Sure, they aren’t supposed to be anywhere near all the internet entheta out there, but many of them are so Last Eddie makes it look like they are Doing Something About It.
That’s the thing about the Cult of Scientology – it’s always about making it look Acceptable, not actually being acceptable. It’s always about telling Acceptable Truth (aka, lies) and not actually telling Truth. It’s always about convincing yourself and others you have Freedom when you’re actually becoming more a slave to the Cult every day.
It’s always about being and appearing to be something you’re not. Still-Ins, staff, public, SO, whoever – how much of your time do you spend pretending? How much of the other Scientologist you know’s time is spend pretending?
Yeah, that’s the whole reactive mind justification. They just refuse to see their own programmed mind. It’s the frog in hot water syndrome. Humans can have things like emotions and reactions, while robots to an ideology cannot. Homo.whateverus is luckily going the way of the Neanderthals.
Harassment is in the eye of the beholder. I suppose if I were to say, “Eddie boy, you’re so full of crap, it’s bubbling out the top of your head,” that might be considered harassment from a certain perspective. But as we know, one man’s crap is another man’s sacred doctrine. And it’s up to the individual to decide which is which. Truth can never be achieved through force and intimidation–much as cults and totalitarian states might try.
Another point: Per the Public Relations policy of Hubbard, the Fast Eddie tweets re: Aftermath are 100% glutz PR – puts the attention right on Leah, you, the show, the fact the show is still airing, and that the C of S doesn’t like it. All in addition to sounding stupid.
“Now, this is what you call in the business being a chickenshit.” Hilarious.
Yes, Eddie, we on the outside have our own jargon for what you dish out, but unlike living in your world, it doesn’t take years of deprogramming to unravel from it.
I loved that line of Mike’s, too!
Your response below was equally accurate AND funny!
Happy New Year, Mary!
Holy Moly Edward Parkin, why don’t you try reading the words of Jesus Christ to learn something of the truth for a change and find some real peace in your life.
Wow! Foolproof is as stupid on Twitter as he is here on the blog.
It’s almost as if his/her screen name is ironic (esp considering most of what they post is moronic)!
Eddie the scumbag.
It makes me dry reach to imagine what he thinks of himself when he looks in the mirror.
I thought only SP’s used “generalities?” “Inundated with requests?” Who is inundating him? Who, specifically, are the specifics from? Sheeeesh
Eddie NEVER cites sources if he can avoid it. I have caught him citing himself in a STAND League blog post before, though. ? The trick is not to put a byline for the article, then cite yourself in the body as though you were some credible source worth quoting.
I believe that every Scientology entity on Twitter has a shared blocklist that they all subscribe to. I got blocked by Kirstie Alley and now every COS-related account does, even the brand new ones made for STAND.
Yep – I mentioned a couple days ago that I had somehow made it onto the big blocklist (my guess was that it was either because I follow a handful of Scientology critics and exes, or because I’ve Tweeted on occasion about “Aftermath”). Of course, if I really wanted to see all of their inane tweets, I could just look at Twitter on a web browser where I wasn’t signed in… but what would be the point?
Great article, Mike. Tipping to the scam in a succinct and understandable way.
The guy who shows up here once in a while in the comments section to take a snappy swipe at you, that could also be coward Ed. Or was it even Cee-Ohh-Bee himself not being able to restrain himself, but only restrain his F-word ejection to not give himself away?
Of course, creepy Ed never responds to what the people tell to whom Leah is giving a platform to speak out what they have experienced. Strictly according to Hubbard policy: “Never talk about us − only them!”
Here here! I 2nd that! Fast EddueEd a coward as well as a liar! ?
Love the Fast Eddie title. Well, when Fast Eddie gets kicked to the curb he could try to sell used cars the way the cult tries to sell all the advances people are expected to believe they will receive, (ya know, they way he’s been taught), without any proof that is, just trust us. So Fast Eddie has this used Rolls Royce, to be purchased as-is. There’s a picture of a beautiful car with the disclaimer actual car not exactly as depicted. So, you pay him in installments until you have reached the asked-for price. Only thing is there’s no engine, no motor, no transmission, no gas tank, no windshield, no seats, no steering wheel, no wheels, no doors, just a frame and some pieces laying on what’s left of the inside – hmmm, something’s wrong but hey, you agreed to purchase this Rolls Royce as-is.
I think there’s a real career in this for Eddie.
(Does DM drive an electric car? Someone who’s so worried about saving the planet surely would. The environment and all that ya know. Maybe Fast Eddie could sell one to him?)
Peggy,
Two thoughts: Baghdad Bob, spokes person for Saddam Hussein, faded into obscurity. He did one paid interview for money, but became a recluse. Maybe Eddy will follow the same path, if he is lucky. Most folks close to DM tend to disappear….
DM and an electric car? I think not. My guess is he rides in an armored SUV provided by Talon security. And their 2-3 escort SUVs. Try to get close and you get dead.
Oh my gosh I forgot about Baghdad Bob. Yes, he and Fast Eddy do have a lot in common. Good comparison Jim.
Thank you Mike for exposing the bullies. By dealing in the truth, you keep people from going in and help those who are in, to get out. No one but the clubbed seals are going to believe the bullshit that spews from the mouth of Ed Parkin.
To quote a well known non-Scientologist celebrity….”Bazinga!!!!!!”
Fast Eddie must be from Yorkshire: “Parkin is baked to a hard cake but with resting becomes moist and even sometimes sticky.” (Wikipedia).
I just threw up a little in my mouth…lmao