Posted on 05/17/2024 9:37:46 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Harrison Butker, a kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, is in a heap of trouble these days. The NFL has issued a statement distancing itself from him, there is a petition at Change.org calling for him to be released, and outraged commentators across our fair land have lined up to condemn him and declare him unworthy to be in the company of decent people. What Butker did to get all this abuse is a sad indication of what life is like in this Age of Absurdity.
If this were a sane society, you might get the impression that Butker did something like take a knee for the National Anthem in protest against an imaginary “systemic racism.” Or you might think that he mortally offended his employers by likening the NFL draft to a slave auction, saying: “What they don’t want you to understand is what’s being established is a power dynamic. Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod, and examine you searching for any defect that might affect your performance. No boundary respect. No dignity left intact.”
Yet Harrison Butker did not do those things; Colin Kaepernick did. Butker’s outrageous crime was that he gave a commencement speech at Benedictine College, and took aim at some of the most cherished idols of our age. He encouraged the graduates to take pride in themselves and their accomplishments: “Not the deadly sins sort of Pride that has an entire month dedicated to it, but the true God-centered pride that is cooperating with the holy ghost to glorify him.” As far as leftists are concerned, to criticize Pride Month would be akin to ripping up Betsy Ross’ American flag while standing in front of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and Butker wasn’t finished.
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I don’t understand the liberal meltdown over this.
He made some comments that women students will find gratification from being wives and mothers someday. He urged young men to be masculine. He urged everyone not to give into fears but to have courage.
What exactly are we supposed to be outraged about? He makes some cimments about the benefits of traditional values, and it’s the end of the world, per liberals?
What a beautiful speech. I am going to find a Traditional Latin Mass even though I married a deeply religious Lutheran and our Lutheran church is more conservative than most Catholic Churches.
Bud Lite was easy to boycott since there is endless beer brands to choose from and most of them are better than Bud Lite.
Most conservatives lack the fortitude to skip watching a football game no matter how much the NFL insults them.
Can’t boycott the NFL that I quit paying attention to after it killed the Redskins and started kneeling down to the communists.
It never dawned on me that this guy was speaking on behalf of his employer, and it’s likely it never dawned on him neither./sarc
Be interesting to hear fan reaction (to him) at next Chiefs home game.
NFL is dead to me. I was just starting to get back to watching, but this does it.
You mean the Woke NFL.
Thou shalt not speak ill of killing babies.
Really it doesn’t matter to me. The main problem is that the games are catered to gamblers and celebrities now.
Communists are extremely tolerant of everyone they agree with.
Too many white, middle aged, TV addicted fans of felon ball to make that work.
Why does any American watch the NFL, or any of these sports? Every single one of them is run by evil monsters. There are no exceoptions.
The NFL, Noosecar, and the NBA are far more interested in promoting far-left lunacy than they are competition in the sports arena.
All three are dead to me.
...and goodbye nfl.
There are other sports to watch. However I strongly suggest that one stops watching other gifted athletes and focus on ones own health and athletic skills.
That’s where I am/was. Started easing back but this seals the deal. NFL and my once beloved Bears are DEAD to me.
This is my straw. All done.
‘Harrison Butker Does Not Reflect Our Values,’ Says League Of Woman Beaters
https://babylonbee.com/news/harrison-butker-does-not-reflect-our-values-says-league-of-woman-beaters
Someone inside the NFL gave his personal information to officials in the Kansas City government who went public telling people where Butker lives.
Kneeling to fake racism okay
Praying to God and having Christian values no way
Sure as night follows day all Conservative politicians are "far right" or "extremist", so too are any public comments which dissent from the Woke agenda "controversial". Such pejoratives are NEVER applied to Leftists, not even admitted communist. Thus does the Democrat Smear Machine (the MSM) fulfill its role to vilify any opponents to the leftist agenda.
The NFL really needs to apologize, quickly.
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