"Another fucking cow."
Wanna know what Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns thinks of his constituents? Listen closely ...
Yesterday evening, inside its Central Library, the Huntington Beach City Council held its monthly meeting. Because it was lightly attended, citizens were granted a two-minute (as opposed to the normal one-minute) window to speak their minds
This happened …
In case you were unable to make out the final moment, that was Pat Burns—honorable Huntington Beach mayor—referring to the woman in the black dress as “another fucking cow” as she walks away from the microphone.
To repeat: The head of Huntington Beach’s governing body called a citizen who exercised her right to speak “another fucking cow.”
And there’s obviously so much wrong here. So, so, so much wrong here. But besides the slur, and besides the certainly that the stubborn-as-crabgrass Burns will never apologize (for, in his mind, apologizing suggests weakness), and besides the base-level pettiness from a soulless asshole who loves power nearly as much as he loves YouTube clips of violent ICE raids, and besides the ugliness of the shirt (and the woman’s correct point about Section 8 of United States Code), what gets me is the same thing that gets me every single time Donald Trump (not coincidentally, Burns’ hero and muse) mocks someone’s weight, someone’s looks, someone’s skin, someone’s hair.
Like, if you presented as this …
… would you be ridiculing any human’s appearance?
Seriously, would you?
Not that it should matter, but Pat Burns is hardly in a position to be shit-talking another soul’s visuals. He is, without debate, a squat little toad boy who doubles as a flaccid, Hawaiian shirt-wearing penis fighting for air time. And if you don’t believe me, check out the pic at the top of this post. I did a literal Google search for “mustached penis,” and result No. 1 was this adorable dude, who Weeble Wobbles as Huntington Beach’s mayor …
More than anything, we—as a species—need to be done with folks like Pat Burns, who turn toward meanness and cruelty as stand-ins for empathy and kindness.
Of course, any sense of decency would result in an apology.
Like a post-urination penis, however, Burns would rather shrivel and hide than admit wrongdoing.
Such are the ways of dicks.
Ah, Pat Burns, the physical manifestation of the definition of irony.
Side note, did you know obesity is a significant risk factor for erectile dysfunction? Perhaps that's why he's such an asshole - he's sexually frustrated.
This man should not be mayor. Disgusting.