Well, here we go again. Another public apology from someone claiming that they didn’t mean what they said and that they aren’t the way people are painting them. A HUGE problem with today’s society is that because it’s so easy to get caught being hateful, or bigoted, or just plain stupid, we’ve created this "public apology" method for people of no integrity to "clean" their record. It’s worst in politics, where day after day we see stories of embezzlement, tax fraud, illegal activity and most of all, manipulation of the system in general at the expense of taxpayers simply so a career politician (which is basically what they all are now) can keep their job. We have whittled accountability down to things like public denials of who we really are and what we really said to the fantasy land that is "sex rehab".
So here comes McCance, the abhorrent school board member from Arkansas, appearing on Anderson Cooper on CNN, to answer why he said that all the "fags" and "queers" should kill themselves and that the world would be a better place if all gays would contract AIDS and die, . McCance calmly and timidly denounces what he said and offers up his resignation on air for his seat on the school board. I don’t see how anyone with a rational mind can think that McCance doesn’t believe every single word he said, and that if he hadn’t been caught, would be saying them again today. This goes back to when Mel Gibson got pulled over while drunk driving and slandered Jews. Afterwards, he was protected by those who explained that "you say crazy things when you’re drunk". Sorry. You may say crazy things when you’re drunk like, "Did you know I could jump from a height of 30 feet and not hurt myself?", but you don’t shout out prejudiced and racist statements when you’re drunk if you don’t really feel that way. Alcohol does not change your opinions, it merely brings out what you really think.
And condemnation only brought about one change in McCance, and it wasn’t a change of heart or mind. No, McCance simply pretended to be someone he wasn’t in order to get out from under the public realization of who he is. You can’t blame Anderson Cooper for getting McCance on his show, and it’s enjoyable, in a way, to watch McCance squirm, but what exactly are we telling ourselves when we consistently dig for something deeper in a person with no depth? A grown man who says these things believes these things, period. And by allowing them the forum of false apology, how much fame and fortune are we bestowing upon them? McCance told everyone on the planet exactly who he is when he made those statements. People don’t become who they are when they apologize for getting caught in the act. People are who they are in the midst of the act.
