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’d be glad to boycott the NFL, but football to me is more boring than watching paint dry. Went to a U of M game once, when I still lived near A2. Got a raging case of assparalysis and couldn’t wait to leave. And I don’t own a TV anyway.
Life is good without the NFL.
Jonathan Beane needs to lose his job, and quickly.
so much for ‘Diversity and Inclusion’
Alternate lifestyles allowed if approved by the ‘Progressives’ Homemaker is not on the list.
I also stand with him.
NFL is committing suicide
You want people that wear the same clothes and drink and eat the same things just to show they are one of the girls to suddenly grow some balls?
Ummm, number seven (Butker) isn’t the only one on the Chiefs team doing the speaking rounds not in line with the NFL, Coach Reid is, too; not to mention the Chiefs also STAND for “The National Anthem”.
When asked about politics, Patrick talks about ... football.
All sports now are gambling gambling gambling.
And it’s a social event for the celebrities (Super Bowl)
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