# I dunno what's saddest... (AR school board member and really anti-gay commentary) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630 "2010-10-28T06:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/21 "2010-10-28T16:48:14Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Wait, this guy’s on the school board? He writes and spells like a 12 year old. Sadly, that’s not unique. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/22 "2010-10-28T17:00:21Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Wait, this guy’s on the school board? He writes and spells like a 12 year old. Yeah, I read his rants and thought “stupid high school kid”. Unfortunately, in many school districts being provocatively stupid and obnoxious is what gets you long-term board tenure. (remembers covering school boards as a reporter, shudders) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/23 "2010-10-28T17:04:51Z")
> [@](#): > > In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. - Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/24 "2010-10-28T17:08:46Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Wait, this guy’s on the school board? He writes and spells like a 12 year old. And his shit’s all retarded. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/25 "2010-10-28T17:23:55Z")
Hmm. Maybe Mr. McCance can make things all better for himself by getting his son to confess to going on Dad’s fb account and posting those things. Then he can disown his son. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/26 "2010-10-28T17:26:11Z")
> [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Wait, this guy’s on the school board? He writes and spells like a 12 year old. “God made idiots for practice. Then He created school boards.” Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/27 "2010-10-28T17:29:09Z")
Time before Clint McCance is outed? Or is he not famous enough… ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/28 "2010-10-28T17:34:32Z")
And he has now guaranteed himself a 27% base in the next election from the crazy bigot faction. ---
**Author:** ![GreenHell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/29 "2010-10-28T17:41:19Z")
Or that a member of the school board would be innocent regarding the proper use of punctuation, capitalization and the distinction between “there” and “their”. “Thereselves”? Really? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/30 "2010-10-28T17:44:17Z")
Not famous enough. The odds on his kid or dad being gay, however, just skyrocketed. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/31 "2010-10-28T17:44:51Z")
> [@GreenHell](#): > > Or that a member of the school board would be innocent regarding the proper use of punctuation, capitalization and the distinction between “there” and “their”. > > “Thereselves”? Really? Well sure. If he runs them off, they’re over _there_. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/32 "2010-10-28T17:49:03Z")
In all fairness, it’s not this guy’s fault that gay people created the AIDS, and that gay sex is really super gross. Well, with guys. It’s okay with chicks. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/33 "2010-10-28T18:21:22Z")
> [@GreenHell](#): > > Or that a member of the school board would be innocent regarding the proper use of punctuation, capitalization and the distinction between “there” and “their”. > > “Thereselves”? Really? On the Internet, nobody knows you’re not a 12-year-old chatroom twit. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/34 "2010-10-28T19:02:05Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sure he can. I’m sure there are recall procedures in place, as well as methods of discipline available to the School Board. According to _The Advocate_: > [@](#): > > “In Arkansas law, the only way to recall a school board member is over a felony [committed by him or her] or absentee issues,” said Julie Johnson Thompson, the director of communications for the Arkansas Department of Education in Little Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/35 "2010-10-28T19:09:59Z")
**Leaper** and **Paul from Qatar** both started threads on this topic, so I’ve merged them together. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/36 "2010-10-28T21:29:20Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Time before Clint McCance is outed? Or is he not famous enough… Yep, this guy is most definitely a self-hating gay who’s stuck in the closet. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he was caught hanging with the boys. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/37 "2010-10-28T21:58:48Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > According to _The Advocate_ > [quoted material about criteria for removal from office omitted] > : Unfortunately, in Arkansas stupidity is not a felony. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/38 "2010-10-28T22:05:43Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > In all fairness, it’s not this guy’s fault that gay people created the AIDS, and that gay sex is really super gross. Well, with guys. It’s okay with chicks. “Okay” doesn’t even begin to give it enough credit! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/39 "2010-10-29T02:29:02Z")
He is on Anderson Cooper right now and making a groveling apology. Not a “if I offended anyone” non-apology, but the real deal. He seems genuinely sorry and he will resign. He has done all he can do and seems to have learned a lesson. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630/40 "2010-10-29T02:44:26Z")
That’s a start. I actually feel a bit sorry for the poor bigoted jerk. A bit. But what he did was inexcusable, and he was right to resign. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dunno-whats-saddest-ar-school-board-member-and-really-anti-gay-commentary/558630.md?page=3)