An outreach coordinator in Arkansas Treasurer Dennis Milligan’s office has resigned after a backlash over his misogynistic and antigay social media posts.
Hunter Hatcher, who is also a member of the Arkansas National Guard, tweeted on Friday, “Y’all in Trump’s America now! Time to flick that chip off ya shoulder and quit being so offended. Gay jokes are back on ya bunch of homos.”
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His Twitter account is currently set to private.
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On the following day, he shared an article about the Arkansas Women’s March, a sister march of the one held in Washington, D.C., including a sexist remark.
“If all these women are at the Capitol, who’s making lunch?” he wrote.
On Jan. 1 he made a Facebook post with a similar message.
“I love Subway cause I can tell a woman to make me a sandwich and she does it with a smile on her face…Don’t get equal, get to cooking woman, get equal on your own time,” he wrote.
“It is my intent to focus on my military service to my country,” Hatcher’s emailed resignation reads. “I would like to offer my sincere apologies to all who were offended by my egregious remarks, as it was not becoming of a Soldier. I am very contrite but will continue to focus on my mission with the Army.”
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“We are obviously very disappointed in some recent outbursts on social media by one of our employees who is currently on military leave,” Milligan wrote Sunday. “Insinuating that women belong only in the home is insulting. These statements, and the others he made, in no way represent the views of the Treasurer, who does not and has never held such audacious viewpoints.”
He made another statement the following day.
“I want to reemphasize my earlier statement: The comments made by a member of my staff were insulting, unprofessional, unbecoming of a state employee and have no place in a public office,” Milligan said in the follow-up statement. “Again, he is on unpaid military leave from my office at this time. When he returns we will be discussing this situation and his role within my office.”
Hatcher has also faced consequences from the National Guard.
His commander in Texas took away his computer and phone privileges as of Monday morning, according to Arkansas Army National Guard Spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Joel Lynch, KATV reports.
“He should not have posted that, we encourage and actually tell all of our soldiers and airmen that they represent the organization all the time, whether it’s on social media, when you’re walking downtown, when you’re in public…you’re always representing the organization and we do not tolerate that kind of behavior,” Lynch said.
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Some consequences include a reduction in rank, or being kicked off the deployment Hatcher is scheduled for in Africa.
“It’s very clear when we have training on this every year, we have policies and they’re posted on all of the facilities that we’re at so it’s not a mystery that we feel this way,” Lynch added.
b2rocketfan
What a total f*ck head. I’ve tried to be rational and civil… but I’m just ready to be done with people who think that one person in the White House gives them the right to be total assh*les. He has disrespected the uniform he wears and all Americans. He should probably go live in a bunker somewhere and never come out if he thinks This is at all appropriate.
Still, he does have freedom of speech…but look where his hate speech got him. I’d tell him to go eat a bag of dicks, but he isn’t worthy of such a delicacy. 🙂
LubbockGayMale
He has freedom of speech, and he has the freedom to make a fool of himself, a freedom to cost himself a job, etc, etc, etc. Give him rope enough, he’ll hang himself, and soon!
Neonegro
Nothing wrong with jokes about any group. Humour is good for the soul.
ChrisK
Except it wan’t funny fake black man.
Realitycheck
An officer in a public government position should know better then behaving like an uneducated neanderthal baboon! And I agree with Chris you are fake.
Neonegro
funny or not is not the point.
nothing should be sacred and be beyond being mocked.
ChrisK
As RC pointed out he’s a government employee and should be held to a higher standard. I don’t care which affiliation you belong to. Should be easy to understand.
Realitycheck
I am glad the uneducated hater was fired for a very important reason, we are still the same
society that has been working to improve human rights and dignity for all, women, minority,
people with disability and LGBT.
tRump in the white house, makes no difference and we are still here to fight for our rights,
anyone thinking otherwise suffers from a serious delusion.
Time doesn’t roll back! The one thing missing is a very appropriate and needed apology from that failure of a military officer.
Kieran
Y’all in Trump’s GOP Now. You remember Donald Trump, the first GOP presidential nominee to wave a gay flag at his campaign rally and unapologetically appeal to gay Americans for their votes? The Republican president who has said that legal gay marriage is now settled law in the US.
LubbockGayMale
The president who is going to nominate a SCOTUS judge who is against gay marriage AND abortion? He’s the same POTUS who went into the factories and union shops to get their votes, then proposes doing away with EPA and FDA oversight of chemicals in the work place. What’s next, outlawing OSHA and equal pay?
aidan_
Bruh, he literally he didn’t even hold the flag the right way; it was upside down. Just because he holds a pride flag doesn’t mean he is pro LGBT.
Brian
Oh, look, the humor-phobic gay community takes offense at the slightest joke. Grow up, snowflakes.
Neonegro
Well said Brian…lol..lol
KaiserVonScheiss
Yep. Ridiculous. Political correctness needs to die. If you can take a dick, you can take a joke.
cabe
Most people know when something is a joke and when it isn’t. Even this dude’s superior knew it was something just mean spirited and not a joke.
Also, that “snowflake” phrase is so lame and tired, It’s something some 80-year-old, out of touch redneck from Mississippi would say (or a Trumpeter)
JoeyRamone
Lol, Cabe, but the gurl called Brianne, she can’t help it. Probably gets dressed up as Tammy Wynette in the dim lights of her room.
Louis
Get over yourself Brian I swear its LGBT men like you who continue to embarrass our community.
Your kind have no empathy whatsoever only ego and pathetically fragile machismo its tiring educate yourself already and stop acting like petulant entitled children who think anytime someone is offended that its then your personal right to mock and condemn them for reacting to it.
Welcome to America genius when people intentionally set out to offend as Americans we have the equal right to confront it and stand up to and against it its your issue if that bothers you not the rest of ours.
One last thing cut the crap already with that infantile stupidity snowflake your party has consistently repeated the same juvenile insults over and over and its pathetic to witness.
You act like overgrown children stuck in a perpetual school yard bully mentality in this country you’re the ones whom are no better then those on Fox News.
TomChicago
jokes are supposed to be funny.
captainburrito
There is no one thinner skinned and easily offended than Trump. lol
Prinny
Hahaha such original jokes/s
Jack Meoff
I hope he gets a female commanding officer when he is back on duty. Then he can be the one to smile while he obediently does what he is told.
QJ201
y’all do realize our military is FILLED with men like him?
MaxTaste
Joke’s on him. He was fired. Hahahahahahahaahah
scotshot
@Neonegro
Talking to someone in a derogatory or denigrating way is not funny.
What he said about women and gays was not called for.
He talks about the First Amendment but failed to recognized that sometimes you have to pay for it.
Neonegro
Yes he made his bed and he paid the price.
That is his right and his choice.
ErikO
Is he surprised he was fired or something?
Louis
What an asshole Im glad he was reprimanded its disgraceful to act this way especially when you serve this country .
My father was a veteran in the Vietnam War he would have never behaved in such a shameful and incendiary manner as this despicable man did.
Dot Beech
Mr. Hatcher is going to focus on his military service. Good.
Don’t step on a land mine, asshole.
But if you do, well… whatever.
And don’t be looking to your beloved President Trump to ensure you have health care with that new pre-existing condition.
Sluggo2007
Why is everybody getting so twisted over this? It’s Arkansas, for God’s sake! It’s a given!
virtuoso1980
It is obvious that the original posts and the apology were written by different people.
The use of the English language is far more complex and intelligent in the apology. The social media posts were clearly written by a simpleton.
He BGB
This was bound to happen after the “election”and I bet there will be more ignorant tasteless jokes.
fur_hunter
Well….Isn’t he just a fine example of the wonderful, caring and classy people who live in Arkansas. (You did know that was sarcasm, didn’t you?) So now he can tell all the jokes he likes and laughs a ll he wants. WHO CARES?????
radiooutmike
I’ll say one thing or maybe another.
He did not do one of those, “if you were offended…” apologies. He also called his own remarks “egregious”. While this does not excuse the jokes he made, it is refreshing to see someone who can at least manage to appear sincere.
I do hope he is though.
Denver1
“KaiserVonScheiss
Yep. Ridiculous. Political correctness needs to die. If you can take a dick, you can take a joke.”
Hey bud, I agree with you! It is ridiculous. I hope political correctness doesn’t find your ass and stuffs its big dick up your ass for a joke. I mean if you can give a joke you can take a dick.
Karlis
I just love how they took away his computer and phone privileges. As if he were a teenage boy. Did they also ground him and take away his allowance?