re: Arkansas judge making sexist, racist comments on TD/SECr identified

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Gargantuan egos & arrogance are the downfall of many.

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Ain't nothing new under the sun

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Nah, it's like Missy said, though, he crossed the line talking about proceedings.

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He really did.

No one had to "go after" him. He did all of this himself by his own words. He made it easy for someone to find his identity because of the shitload of info, professional & personal, he posted. It's almost as though he wanted people to know who he was. He couldn't even get over himself enough not to make it incredibly easy for people to find his own daughter's identity.

Selfish, egotistical, & awful judgment =/= a good judge of any kind.

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How many eons does it take for people to get this??

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I know I ain't got my car!!

Yes, you are, OG!! I'll get it tonight!!

Funny, I remember reading a few of the "judge's" comments a while back & thinking "wow, he must be some retired judge from Louisiana. Surely, he's not a sitting judge." Had no idea that asshat was in Arky still on the bench. I don't claim him tho.

Eta - Y'all can have him.

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I find myself more and more humble the older I get.

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Same (and I'm not that old, I know ).

Old enough to realize I ain't shite and the only one's whose opinions should really matter to me are my family's.

Good Christ.

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I have no sympathy for him. If you are a public figure, you have to guard your tongue. Or, in this case, fingers. He made it very easy for someone to find out who he is. And while the ethical stuff may be borderline, many of the things he said don't meet the standard of behavior I expect for an elected officer of the court. If these comments are an example of his thoughts and actions, that's fine; he can be an arse if he wants to be. But that's not the kind of person I think should be deciding legal matters. Too immature and biased, by far.

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Agree. What's troubling is when people who are in positions where they have say in the lives of the very people they express a pattern of prejudice and/or disdain for.

When someone like a judge, officer, firefighter/first responder, prosecutor/DA, social worker etc. who serves as an extension of the government directly or via the government contracting them out to serve a government function that can cause harm to citizens to say them it's problematic to say the least. Joe and Jane average who don't work with the power of the state behind them can't lock people up, preside over cases, delay so that homes burn down or delay first responses to certain neighborhoods causing people to die via inaction, take away the children of specific groups they don't like/determine there's cause to file abuse charges against them and so on but others who work positions where they are charged by the state to execute certain functions do have that power.

It's particularly troubling when a JUDGE expresses these views because a judge has so much direct power in terms of the life of citizens and Judge must have the ability to be impartial. And from the looks of it, we're not talking about a one off comment here or a single moment of being jackwad or even more typical internet stupidity, participation in a meme or ironic statement in this case but rather a consistent pattern bashing a group and/or groups calls and that calls into question any ability to serve the public equally without prejudice or partiality.

Definitely the right call. He better focus his career in private practice at this point. He's done politically. He might also consider moving to Louisiana or Mississippi; not sure how many people in Arkansas would want to hire an attorney that seems to dislike Arkansans so much.

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Definitely the right call. He better focus his career in private practice at this point. He's done politically. He might also consider moving to Louisiana or Mississippi; not sure how many people in Arkansas would want to hire an attorney that seems to dislike Arkansans so much.

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Amen. Hope he reads this.