Students speak out on Harrison Butker's 'uncomfortable' commencement speech
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Via: perrie-halpern • 8 months ago • 262 commentsBy: Tim Stelloh and Minyvonne Burke
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Harrison Butker's commencement speech last weekend left some graduates at Benedictine College outraged after the Kansas City Chiefs kicker asserted that one of the "most important" roles for a woman is being a homemaker and that Pride Month is an example of "deadly sin."
In the six days since the address, neither Butker, 28, nor the small Catholic school have commented publicly about the backlash — and graduates who attended the ceremony have been left to grapple with the fallout.
Kyra Misuraca, a 22-year-old graphic design major, said she was shocked that Butker used the speech to address gender roles instead of encouraging her and other graduating women to follow their dreams.
"My jaw dropped at one point," said another student, 21-year-old Susannah Leisegang, who also graduated with a graphic design degree. "It was just very uncomfortable, and I was looking back and forth at some of my friends and we were like, this is just not the time and place for this at all."
Mary Aaker, who graduated from Benedictine in 2019, said Butker's remarks were "disheartening."
"All of that was boiled down to, 'I bet you're most excited to go out and start a family,'" she said on NBC's "TODAY" show.
Butker used the speech to rail against President Joe Biden, abortion, IVF and the response to Covid-19. At one point, while criticizing a media report that mentioned the college, he said that students at the school felt "excitement and pride. Not the deadly sin 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."
Roughly 12 minutes into the speech, Butker addressed the graduating women directly and said that "the most diabolical lies" had been told to them.
"How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world."
Butker invoked his own success and attributed it to his wife, whom he said had converted to Catholicism, married him and "embraced one of the most important titles of all — homemaker," he said.
The line drew applause, but Misuraca said all the women sitting around her audibly gasped.
"I was very irritated that he would say that to a bunch of women who are graduating college with a degree in something that they're passionate about," she said.
But to another student in attendance, the outrage over the comment is misplaced. The student, who declined to be interviewed by phone but corresponded with NBC News via text and social media, said that he didn't believe Butker's comments should be interpreted as telling female students they should quit their jobs and become homemakers.
"Harrison said that women should appreciate the role of motherhood" more than they care about their jobs, he said.
"I don't agree with everything he said but it's also abundantly clear that everyone mad online didn't listen to the whole speech and are taking things out of context," he added. "I think the backlash is ridiculous; he was invited to speak at our small Catholic college where getting engaged/married right after college is a regular occurrence. He knew his audience and people on Instagram and X shouldn't be mad about something they weren't the target audience for."
Misuraca took issue with that description of the school. She said the college regularly recruits athletes — she attended on a basketball scholarship — who are non-Catholic or "barely" Catholic.
"Obviously, we come in knowing that it is a Catholic school and we are going to be around a lot of Catholic beliefs and we aren't Catholic, so we can't really say you're wrong, because that's what you believe," she said. "You can't really turn around and tell us what we believe."
The Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, a founding institution and sponsor of the college, said Butker's comments do not "represent the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college that our founders envisioned and in which we have been so invested."
"Instead of promoting unity in our church, our nation, and the world, his comments seem to have fostered division," an online statement reads.
At the end of Butker's speech, there was applause and many in the crowd rose to their feet.
But Misuraca said she remained seated and booed. Leisegang also booed. They both said they hoped that school administrators would eventually address graduates about the controversy.
Misuraca said an explanation would be appreciated, though she said ultimately it was Butker who delivered the speech, not a school official. Leisegang went further saying she wants an apology and that Butker's speech had overshadowed the day's importance.
"There were women walking across the stage with children in their hands, earning their degrees," she said. "And just to hear that — like, of course, his wife can become a homemaker. You're a millionaire. But that's not the reality for a lot of the country that we live in."
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The nuns are not happy with Buckners commencement speech. If they have rulers Buckner is in big trouble.
my mother warned me about nuns with rulers
I learned the hard way, but this kid called Big Ben learned about nuns and yardsticks
One of my all time favorite stupid mall smashing, car smashing silliness tied to a great soundtrack.
an unorthodox, but classic, car chase...
was it you that knew the movie trivia about the number of plymouths they wrecked during it's filming?
There was a time when I knew it well !
LMAO!
Sounds like Butker is a repressed and self loathing homosexual.
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with an aryan haircut...
I saw a picture of the douchebag with Josh Hawley - wearing more hair product and make up than most women I know.
I think they're lovers
after this speech I'm sure he'll be meeting a lot of gay pro players when he's inducted into the 2024 NFL season's clothesline club...
Do you deal with a lot of repressed self loathing homosexual's?
I think she ignores them...
I think it's hilarious that this dumb ass football kicker basically put a "kick me" sign on his own back. moronic crusader...
“How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”
Butker invoked his own success and attributed it to his wife, whom he said had converted to Catholicism, married him and “embraced one of the most important titles of all — homemaker,” he said.
Homemaker is right up there with all the other important titles and in many cases, women hold two of those titles.
Nothing at all unusual in a commencement speech at a private Catholic College.
I wonder how many people who are upset over this have taken the time to read the transcript of his speech. Doesn't seem nearly as bad as some are making it out to be.
Full Text: Harrison Butker of Kansas City Chiefs Graduation Speech| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)
It is a religious man speaking at a private religious based school. For some, that is enough to hate him. Doesn't matter, really, what he said.
Absolutely. The other aspect to this that is quite ironic is that the people, press and corporations who are so triggered by his speech are the ones actually engaging in misogyny. . They apparently believe women who graduated college are so fragile, so weak minded that for them to even hear a speaker suggest that some women are made by happy by motherhood will traumatize them. I think women are actually mentally strong enough to hear Butker talk without it any way causing them trauma.
“I think women are actually mentally strong enough to hear that without it any way causing them trauma. “
Of course they are.
That they are left to justify their standing in the face of lingering preaching by their brethren only gives them more strength and courage and support.
Yes, on the day that you graduate from college, the most important thing to you is how you are going to have children... /s
Not as important as knowing that the US is helping the Jew commit genocide in Gaza…/s
whoa, did I miss something ...?
Campus commencement protests.
i frown upon this, as protest peacefully away, but don't fck up what so many have strived to achieve and have accomplished and now deserve to celebrate
Agree.
This article is about other stuff, like parochial attitudes about women's roles in society.
I was thinking the students would be concentrating on how excited they are to be graduating with a degree in something besides "homemaking" and "how to make your husband happy".
Oh yes, leftist outrage.
Even the woke NFL got involved. The same organization that happily allowed a player to wear "pig cop" socks now disassociates itself from another player who says he adores his wife, who chose to be a homemaker.
I'm sure that the Benedictine nuns are solid leftists, you should address them directly I'm sure that they would have a response for you. Perhaps they would use a ruler.
Benedictine College Nuns Condemn Harrison Butker’s Controversial Commencement Address
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nuns are the backbone of the church. the majority of it's male clergy are troubled, useless, and hellbound...
I would think that any mention of Biden or Trump a most inappropriate topic on graduation day as were abortion and IVF.
you'd think a message of congratulations, optimism, and encouragement would be the norm...
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You'd think. But no, it had to be about his views on women, his loathing of LGBTQ people, his belief that you'll go to jail if you talk about who killed Jesus (that was veiled antisemitism. Funny how some folks are so against it until they're for it.). It had to be about Biden, abortion, family planning, and fertility care.
And his speech addressed that.
Do you think that Biden giving the address at Morehouse a mistake?
Not the time or the place to discuss the Popes management issues...
No
and I would venture to guess that there won't be any blatant religious or political nonsense in Bidens speech,
probably a couple of lawyer jokes and exaggerated stories or gaffes
Did you read the speech or did you only see the snippets that were put into news articles? The way he talked was very much spot on and as this audience is basically comprised of new adults going out into the world for the first time, the way he talked about it was very spot on. He was more talking about the spiritual leaders of the church should be leaders rather than friends.
whatever buries that failed mentality the deepest and the fastest...
“…new adults going out into the world for the first time…”
These are indeed young adults. Young adults that have negotiated the difficult times of middle school, high school and now college in times and circumstances that our generation never had to endure and cannot imagine. Give them credit for that, in spite of having to be subject to just another thing beyond their control.
Good luck to them all, at every graduation across the country…here’s hoping they overcome the mess we have left them, learn from our failures, and make this a better world.
I have faith that they will.
Is a dead word on the left, this inane attempt to resuscitate it will only lead you down the rutted road of yore. MAGA is little more than rwnj wokeism on steroids.
Harrison Butker | Commencement Address 2024 | Benedictine College (youtube.com)
Goebbels would be proud, delivered very sanely.
Possibly only one of the few actual Catholics alive in the USA /S
The TLM? Check to see who the Bishop is before you move somewhere?
The Church Priests and leadership are the problem just after declaring they were picked by God himself?
He thinks there a campaign to create single parent families and this is the down fall of American society and the source of crime?
I would be willing to bet he would die for the 2nd Amendment before he would die for any other reason.
I was waiting for him to say "I alone can solve the Problem".
Maybe after he retires from football and engineering...he can reform the church and start speaking Latin.
Presto, Change-oh, all of the sudden we are not talking about a person making a commencement address but the NFL and leftist outrage. Way to misdirect.
Excellent! Truth
pulpit bullies...
I can remember protests, bullhorns, riot gear and tear gas.
I'm sure the kids at Kent State had to endure some things as well.
Or allow sexual assault suspects and batterers continue to play
But there will be a lot of antisemitism coming from students & teachers. I'll be tuned in tomorrow.
Harrison let loose with some antisemitism. I look forward to reading your condemnation of it.
Just to be fair: Magnolia Tribune
He was invited by the President of Benedictine College and it's board. I have not seen any statements from them that indicate that they were not copesetic with his remarks. That said, standing ovations ain't what they used to be. Standing ovations seem to be given for any performance regardless of the quality. Also, the Benedictine College has a Graduation 2024 page on their website and they have video directly posted for several parts of the ceremony, but the Commencement speech links to an article about the speech , which has a link in it to take one to the speech, but largely avoids the more (eh-hem) preachy themes of his address.
I think that the leaders of the college are aware of the prevalent attitudes of the country and the acceptance of certain non-doctrinal attitudes held by many practicing Catholics, and, in an attempt to not alienate potential students, have made this decision to put the remarks a bit further away from the front page, so to speak.
Bugers
Antisemitism is a hatred of Jews in general,
Anti Israeli government policies aren't a hatred of Jews, they are a hatred of what Netanyahu and his government are doing, which is reminiscent of what Hitler did to the Jews in the slums of Warsaw.
Oh, the irony.
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Yeah, I'm not good with that. Does he hang out with Mel?
It is no longer in general. It is being taught on campus by leftist professors.
Anti Israeli government policies aren't a hatred of Jews,
Reciting "from the river to the sea" and "death to Jews" has put that excuse to rest.
Oh, the irony.
The irony is that Biden is counting on such people to vote for him.
Exactly, that’s why students are also demonstrating against the human rights abuses in other countries receiving US aid like Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Somali, Yemen, etc.
The non-Israeli Jew remains popular on campus.
I have to agree with you!
a dead language in a dying religion...
why is some brain washed mackerel snapping clown that kicks a football for a vocation denigrating women that have graduated college to pursue their professional dreams? when will religious relics figure out that to save their rapidly diminishing numbers and popularity among america that maybe the church is the one that should be adapting to modern culture with a modern message.
meh, on second thought, he probably bribed some collared celibate jerkoff for the privilege to speak there ...
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please quote that part of my comment.
fist in the air in support of insurrectionists on his way into the capitol, and sprinting out with his fascist tail between his legs later, knowing full well that trump's legion of maga morons would be too blinded by ignorant partisan rage to spare his worthless life...
What a dickless coward!
meh, I like when rwnj's put out the karma welcome mat ...
“I don’t see what the big crime is.” “I really don’t. And I think this is part of the problem people have with the left is that lots of people in this country are like this. Like he’s saying, some of you may go on to lead successful careers, but a lot of you are excited about this other way that people, everybody used to be. And now, can’t that just be a choice, too?”
Noted right wing social warrior bill maher,
A lot of people are outraged - imagine that in this day and age
He spoke to a graduating class at a church-oriented institution.
He spoke of "his" view on life and none of the graduates (or the outraged members of social media) are bound to follow the path he outlined
I imagine that within the ranks of the female graduates there are more than a few that will go on to do great things for society and maybe a few that will decide to become stay at home moms. And I say hats off to them all, because it is their choice and no one's business but the graduates.
People say things that we agree with and motivate us (and that is good), while others say things that shock and maybe outrage us (that is also good) so long as both are used to motivate our actions, help mold our decisions and help us achieve things in life.
If someone says something that angers you, that shocks you or surprises you and all that you get from it is outrage then you are losing out.
I am so tired of "the public being outraged" on social media by this or that - since the outrage only lasts until something new comes along to be outraged about.
Just one man's opinion
Perfectly said
I feel sorry for the people that spend all day every day looking for something to be outraged over in their search for likes or views.
Tell that to the nuns.
Benedictine College Nuns Condemn Harrison Butker’s Controversial Commencement Address
The outrage of the "nuns" is no more important than the outrage of a fast food worker, or a data scientist, or the lack of outrage by the majority of people who understand that the speech was "one man's opinion" and not something on stone tablets carried down a mountain.
Holy Moses, do I see a blizzard in the forecast...?
headed to DQ
Nonsense, none of those named work, attend, live or represent the school. The nuns may have a direct vote as to who is invited to speak at the school..That makes their voice much more important than the bozo's off the street.
Do you have some stats that the majority saw it as one man's opinion?
What the huh? Their opinion means nothing???????????????
Modern Catholics are just that...modern. Not all women want to wives and mothers. Even the RCC doesn't go out of its way to insist that women stay at home and nurse babies. Most of the lay people that you see at Mass are mostly women. They were at my church.
So he's a little old-fashioned and he got an old-fashioned girl to marry him. I hope he ends up with 5 daughters who all spit at the notion of only being wives and mothers
And nobody ever said they should only be that. There is nothing wrong with that speech.
This is why people can't stand the woke crazies.
You don't know anything about "woke". Do you really think a woman should spend all that money for an education only to just get married and raise children?
Don't bother answering
Agreed!
God forbid one speaks off liberal narrative ….must attack, marginalize and gaslight …
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It's crazy how they made up a speech and attacked it.
Are you upset that there are some that would CHOOSE that?
stick up their ass conservatives have been saying that since before 1776...
You know it cracks me up, that a pile of men are determining what a woman wants out of her life. That is the issue here. That should be a non-partisan issue, but sadly these days, everything is.
I'm gonna get a beating for this but it's misogyny on vicious display here. They never asked us what we wanted just told us what we wanted
Oh hush up, and go make me a sandwich! /s...
My Mama say, "Yes, most of the men in my life were chauvinist pigs, but they were my pigs. It is all those other pigs that bother me"...
Go make your own sandwich and when you come back bring me a beer!
My dad didn't really believe in gender specific roles for his daughter. I got to mow grass, feed pigs, calves, and do chores around the farm. But I also got to do things my brother didn't like help mom around the house and help in the kitchen
don't forget they've got a book that says women are one rung above farm animals in social stature and intelligence...
snort
lower intelligence, eh?
Us boys ran the vacuum and loaded the dishwasher much to my Grandfather's disapproval, butt he grew up with sisters...
I fed cattle before and after school every day. There was no end to "Boy's Work" on a big farming and ranching operation. Till I was 60!
That is when I retired and became a Yankee. Praise The Lord...
Butt, when it came to laundry, I played dumb till I was in college!
Exactly. A man has no place telling a women there are many viable paths to fulfilling life. He must tell her that if she doesn't climb the corporate ladder and earn promotions and massive amounts of income she's a failure. It's was incredibly insensitive of Butker to say homemaker is also an important title.
That is the issue here.
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oh man ...
Hopefully we’ll all look back on these comments and apply the same level of tolerance to every commencement speech…even the one at Moorhead.
Another forlorn hope it seems.
Yep.
'Just one man's opinion'
regarding women
and how they choose to live their lives
Who is outraged?
If strong language such as "outraged" or "slammed" et al is used in a headline, chances are that it is propaganda. Social media must get more clicks if somebody is outraged.
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In a discussion elsewhere, some guy who reflexively posts in agreement every time something misogynistic comes up of course posted that he agrees with Butker.
He disappeared when it was pointed out that his own children were conceived only with medical assistance from a fertility clinic.
Butker also made quite a few homophobic statements, and there was a bit of veiled antisemitism in there, too.
But hey, it's just his opinion, right? He used a platform traditionally used for congratulating young people on their accomplishments and encouraging them to embrace their future challenges, and instead made it about politics and how much he doesn't like some people. No big deal.
But hey, it's just his opinion, right? He used a platform
Sounds like every what happens everytime a politician or political activist opens their mouth these days - they use the platform (regardless of the setting) to present their points of view and their messgae.
But it is their opinion no big deal right?
No big deal to you, a 'man'
hatred, misogyny, and intolerance all wrapped up nicely with a non-secular bow...
Remove the “non” and then you’re spot on.
News flash
Bears don't talk
A little humor in a serious situation
It's not funny
Possibly in a grizzly attempt to poke fun at the Bi's, polar opposite of the color spectrum, the blacks bare too much and panda to the social elitists' in a tempts to garner a kodiak moment, while the browns just hunt the deer student college bodies for the sweet honies, lookin to bee their Sugar bears to sun their bare bottoms which one needs not be a sloth with spectacles to see, asz bare bear bottoms prefer the ultra soft unorthodox flying nuns that fly through silly sally fields looking for a wrap of Reynolds, only to be caught by Smokey The bear, and his abandoned bandit, asz the nunz get hot asz hell as they search for those bi-polar ones
asz they eat penguins...
And to be fair, Butker didn't say that.
Verbatim?
No.
Those are the implications of his words, though. The praise for his wife (who's married to a millionaire, lucky her) giving up her career dreams. The accusation that women have been lied to about working outside the home. The rushing right past the women's accomplishments to the "but babies" part. The "my wife's life didn't begin until she married and had kids" part.
Please don't expect us to buy into spin that he's encouraging women to have careers and be mothers, because he's just not.
Different people can have different interpretations based on their life experiences and biases. When there's someone I really don't know, I try not to read into their words. And in the great scheme of things, this is nothing to burn the world down over. Every day someone is saying something that someone else is going to be offended over. When compared to all the other issues around the world, this seems to be very small.
Sure, Snuffy. We all know what he meant.
You have your interpretation, please don't speak for everyone.
You can spin if you like. I am not obligated to accept the spin, or let it stand unchallenged.
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Just as you can spin as you like and I'm not obligated to accept your spin or let it stand unchallenged.
But when you use the words :
you imply you are speaking for everyone rather than yourself. I was very careful in 7.3.2 to show I was speaking for myself only.
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I wonder about Graduation speeches, If the school hasn't taught you in all the classes how is some speech going to help?
Bazinga. The commencement is just tradition. More or less meaningless imo.
I graduated in December and did not go to that ceremony or want to wait for May. I just wanted the Diploma. They charged me $50 non attendance fee. I did not want to set through and listen to one more thing.
I hear ya. I was only there because it meant something to other family and friends.
It's to draw out the ceremonies. People just want to get their diplomas and get the party
precisely. my 600+ student graduation was an exercise in alphabetical mass production. eat a gram of hash, do a couple shots of tequila, go inside the auditorium to throw on the cap and gown, get handed a blank piece of paper rolled up with a ribbon, trip on my gown going down the stairs from the stage, hand over the cap and gown to the front of the line, pocket the tassel, trade the blank piece of paper for my diploma, head out to the parking lot to wait for my friends, and blackout at a party for 2 days...
... get teased about some of the shit I did that weekend for a few years. good times ...
A graduation speaker's presentation is designed to give the students a look at the speaker's view of the world, not to dictate the graduates' view. The graduates should take what is said in balance with their own beliefs and goals and weigh its value.
Not the time or place for his ignorant views and opinions.
why would anyone that had to work for anything they ever wanted want to listen to some jerk that had everything in life and a degree handed to him because he could kick a football. this country's attitude towards merit and value is backwards.
I'm going to disagree with you, Robert. The purpose of the speech is to inspire. Telling girls that they have just wasted their time, is does the complete opposite.
And for the record, I was pretty disgusted with our keynote speaker, Spike Lee, and wrote about it here. Schools really should vet these speeches.
That's clearly what he was doing.
good thing he didn't say that!
He said this:
Which is basically that he believes most of the women who are graduating with an advanced degree really are going to end up being homemakers anyway rather than truly pursue the career based on their formal education.
Says who? You a guy?
I don't find this inspirational:
I didn't know that women attend college to get their M.R.S. I thought they went to get an education.
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That's what I would have gone to college for - to hear at my commencement some entitled prick telling me/preaching to me - his entitled douchebag message.
Fuck him
it's the maga version of thumper lebensborn...
Meh, my commencement speaker was Admiral Zumwalt. He talked Nuclear Proliferation. I was only there because my parents wanted it.
He could have been whistling zippity do da day out his bung hole …. I could have cared less.
A Christian man expressing his views to probably mostly Chrisitan students in a Christian school graduation...oh the horror! If a Muslim man expressed similar views, he probably would be praised. To have this story rise to the level of national outrage is absurd and shows how far as a rational society we have fallen.
Historically and culturally in the past, society worldwide has fared better when children have a mother and a father. This is not always possible in today's world. Single parent and mixed families are commonplace. I fully support women doing and being all that they can be, but I think the point that Butker was making is that women shouldn't be ashamed if they aspire to be mothers and homemakers.
No, it's just a symptom of people who live on social media and think their 2 cents worth of opinion is important.
and although it's none of his business, statistically that would probably happen but Butker isn't the Pope and bitching about Biden or Trump was totally off topic.
just my 2 cents
So what should his topic have been? And why are the leftists among us so upset about one person's freedom of speech?
That comment is a complete distortion. He can say what he wants, no matter how benighted, and his critics are free to criticize him.
apparently free speech ends when conservative xtians stop talking ...
Like with Colin Kaepernick?
that usually happens to those that speak truth to power...
Now he is comparing himself to the Saints of the Catholic Church, his bravery and his calling from God....
gee, do you think that's a good idea, you know, while wearing light padding and having 300 lb athletes, that might not agree with your religious dogma, running towards you as fast as they can? it seems his god has a sense of humor.
is it pretty hilarious when the self righteous do their inevitable face plants though...
give me some time and I'll work up the odds on his statistical probabilities, but I'm already leaning hard towards him being closeted, after learning he has a clothing line...
Case in point you have Hamas supporting graduates celebrating Hamas supporting speakers at this year's college commencements.
And I think that is also inappropriate.
I didn't go to my undergraduate or graduate graduation ceremony back in the 70s. I had put myself through college as my parents could not afford to help me. I had done the work, put in the time and just wanted to be on my way.
I never had any desire to be married or have children, I wanted a career, to travel, to be independent. I did all that, was very content. Met my husband at 38 when I went to Cancun by myself on a scuba diving tour. Husband did not want children either. We both had successful careers, retired early, financially well off, continue to volunteer, travel, raise fur babies.
I have friends of all genders, faiths, demographics, some glad they had children, some not. Some glad they didn't have children, some not. Some glad they stayed home to raise a family, some not. It takes all kinds to make this world go around.
As far as the speech, I don't have issues with it, but hopefully the graduates are intelligent enough, have common sense enough to see it is one person's opinion and they make their own decisions about their lives.
BTW I was raised in a very Christian house and community, life usually revolved around church activities. Never once was being a homemaker, mother/father, having children empathized. Following biblical teachings, being grounded in faith was prioritized but never was anyone denounced for their lifestyle or choices in life.
I never wanted kids, but I married a catholic, so now I have 3 adult children that I couldn't be more proud of and can't imagine what my life would be like without them.
Well spoken, common sense is sometimes forgotten in the heat of the moment by some.
Bill Maher defends Harrison Butker amid speech uproar: 'I don't see what the big crime is' (msn.com)
Screw Bill Maher. I never really liked him.
How about if Butker gets a real job and contributes something useful to society.
He’s brought joy to millions and has paid millions in taxes at the age of 28.
A mere platitude.
How do you know how much in taxes he's paid? Show us his tax records.
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Joy? By being a football player? What does he contribute to society?
Such wonderful priorities.
to be fair, I do enjoy watching those wimpy NFL kickers getting run over by the defense...
Money.
That's all
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He is one of the best at his position and when he retires, he will not have work again
Irrelevant.
Do people with regular jobs usually get asked to be commencement speakers?
Like what he said or not, he is very successful
So what?
Misplaced priorities.
So fucking what.
No, they are usually senior military leaders or politicians, past and present who know how to deliver a
commencement speech to Ba,BS,MD,MS and PHD graduates without insulting the graduates personal beliefs.
Successful financially. Is that the only measure of success?
it is for some, no matter how they came by it...
Lol. He's at the very top off his profession, has won awards, holds records, has a family and is a philanthropist, and earned tens of millions of dollars because of his elite skills.
As his handling of hostile crowds demonstrates, he can even handle criticism without acting out and engaging in petty relation towards his critics.
I think this 'guy' is jealous of all the attention Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have been getting
of course, they're living in sin ...
I see no evidence of the kicker being a philanthropist, have you any links?
I have no issue with that although I know a few professional kickers and they attribute their success to having a particular goal early on, and working tirelessly toward that goal throughout their lives practicing every day, and not generally crediting Jesus for their success.
What hostile crowds has he faced? Football games? Soccer games? Anonymous critics on the internet for the last week?
Relation?
Now he is comparing himself to the Catholic Churches Saints, Daniel being eaten by lions, and his personal calling from God.
The more he talks, the more I feel sorry for him, but he has every right to be all he wants to be including more than a hint of being antisemitic.
Butker lied several times in one sentence. Typical anti semitic inuendo from a Christian extremist. The House passed an educational bill called the Antisemitism Awareness Act which wasn't passed by the Senate and isn't a law and had no criminal penalties in it. According to the bible, the Romans crucified Jesus.
I wonder what Butker's opinions about Gaza and Israel are.
He has his own charitable foundation.
ticing every day, and not generally crediting Jesus for their success
Who could possibly care about that?
What hostile crowds has he faced? Football games? Soccer games? Anonymous critics on the internet for the last week?
Yes
more I feel sorry for him
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Who cares? Why does a kicker who gave a speech at a small private college demand so much attention from progressives? If one only paid attention to progressive schoolmarms, the only things that matter in this country are a graduation speech and a flag as they pinball between attacking Alito for not controlling his woman and then attacking Butker for suggesting women have choices in their life.
Typical anti semitic inuendo from a Christian extremist
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I'll never understand the elevation of somebody with physical prowess as a template for leadership or social significance in our culture. very rarely do those attributes combine in a positive way.
So true. They're seen as heroes to some.
I cut my teeth on fucking over arrogant jockstraps in high school on my way to the total humiliation of rwnj's today. at our 50th reunion of a graduating class of 600+, nobody organized it or showed up for it. I'm used to the division between the entitled and self righteous perpetuating the fraud of the status quo versus the normal and sane that think they should just stfu and go away. the late 60's and early 70's opened my eyes to those living in a fantasy land of hypocrisy that doesn't exist for those they consider outsiders. F them.
Bunch of dumb jocks. I agree, Fuck 'em
He's got a real job. He contributes a lot to his team and very likely much to his community. Why all the hate and lack of tolerance toward a religious person?
Where is his tolerance for LGBTQ people?
For people who conceive via IVF?
For those who use birth control to avoid having children they can't afford?
For those who cohabitate with their girlfriends or boyfriends?
For those who leave the church?
I can't stand these phonier than thou small c christians
I'm sure he saved himself for the right xtian girl, all the way thru high school and college...
There is your answer to leftist hate.
How is that even considered a real job?
Playing in the NFL is a very good real job,
If you are cool with the average life playing time of 3.3 years and dealing with every injury catching up with you in later years.
whatever
Probably a lot of date rape in his past
nah, he probably waited until they were passed out drunk...
That actually happened to me one time - I was passed out drunk from a party in my own home - and a friend raped me. That was the only way he got laid. I found out years later by asking our mutual friend - he asked the guy and he admitted to having sex with me (raping me) while I was passed out and told my friend that I was really good in bed.
I just saw this on facebook regarding the douchebag, and I was correct, he's really, really jealous of Travis and Taylor.
I didn't realize in that 'speech' that he quoted one of Taylor's songs, Bejeweled
"I actually think that Butker quoting Taylor Swift in his dumpster fire of a speech is hilarious when you consider the song he quoted (Bejeweled) is about a successful woman telling a mediocre man to step aside so she can shine"
Taylor Swift for President!
yikes. some friend ...
with friends like that who needs enemas?
Yeah, really. I had a crush on him before that. I never really knew what happened until I asked our mutual friend and I remember thinking I had dreamt about having sex with him.
He did something similar with another mutual friend of ours and she ended up having a relationship with him. JFC. Some women are so desperate for a man, any man.
I agree - an overpaid jock getting paid millions of dollars - doesn't constitute a real job to me. Screw this entitled overpaid dick
I've never been a fan of organized sports in the first place though I'm a fan of Orioles fans, my hometown baseball team.
I'm not against football players in general. I know/I'm sure there are a ton of decent ones out there that do give freely to worthy causes and their communities.
I'm not against any organized sports players in general either.
I just don't like entitled privileged pricks like this.
What’s a real job according to you? Do you think that entertainer doesn’t qualify or just sports entertainer?
Harrison Butker.
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I’ll leave that for the triggered.
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Harrison Butker.
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Comment 17.2 is a transparent attempt to cover for his misogyny and homophobia.
Knowing that some women thrive at being mothers and wives is not misogyny and not SUPPORTING a lifestyle he does not agree with is not homophobia.
Try again.
Ask many of the women there whether they thought his speech was misogynistic.
Not homophobic? Perhaps you're not aware of what he said:
What degree did she receive? If it is anything like "gender studies" or "social worker", then she will probably be unemployed, with either cats or settle down to have a family. Many women can handle both a career and being a mother. Most leftist women want life handed to them and do not know how to multi task.
"Perhaps you're not aware of what he said:
Obviously, you've never met any. Nice smear of millions of hard-working women, though. That comment is pure reactionary hate. I'm sure Butker agrees with you.
Thinking it's a "deadly sin" most definitely is.
Butker's mother works in radiation oncology. I'm sure her patients are glad she had a career outside of the home. Seems to me that saving lives is pretty important work, too.
Harrison has a clothing line with NOVUS, his first entrepreneurial venture to put his early excess income to use.
Then he co founded a clothing manufacturer that specializes in custom men's suits.
His father was a investment adviser so Harrison partnered with his best friend to open a holding company where his father now works.
Excessive amounts of money works wonders in what one can accomplish and believe.
Honestly, I don't care how he comes by his money, so long as he's not harming or defrauding people. I would say that some careers are more important than others. In my book, health professionals will always be more important than professional athletes.
I do care that he sweeps away the career ambitions of women when he was raised by a highly-educated, successful professional woman.
Hear! Hear! Well said.
Good Dentists and Doctors help more people than Kickers or Quarterbacks.
And I think Pro athletes should stick to playing their games and making goofy commercials, I like them better when they keep their politics and religion to themselves.
Thank you.
I don't even mind them making speeches. But I think it's best to tailor those speeches to their audience and the occasion. Graduation shouldn't be political, and it's about celebrating the accomplishments of graduates, instead of downplaying them. Butkers downplayed those accomplishments. He sort of said, "It's great that you got your MRS degree, girls. Now it's time to start birthin' some babies. My wife loves birthin' babies. You should, too."
A man can also be a good husband, father, and homemaker.
Yeah! How come nobody ever mentions men in that way?
that job doesn't pay enough...
Along with bring back Latin and Purgatory et.al. to "fix" the USA
SMH
His fixation on the Traditional Latin Mass was a bit confusing for me, TBH. Maybe it's because I'm not Catholic. But is a mass said in a dead language somehow holier than one said in a language understood by the congregation? What's the point of giving a sermon in which only a few words will be understood by most of the audience?
To me, it always seemed that holding proceedings in Latin was a way the priesthood kept the power of the Church, which in times past influenced not just religious but secular life, to themselves. If lay men and women don't know what's being said, how can they judge for themselves whether it's consistent with what the Church claims is its message and mission?
Having it's own words and language is part of being a Profession, definitionally. There are words in any profession that sets the professional apart from the everyday person. One of the benefits of all priests knowing Latin was that any priest, anywhere, could talk to another priest.
I once knew a Southern Baptist Minister who learned Latin because he wanted to read the versions that came before to compare, contrast and learn more about the Bible. I enjoyed my conversations with him even though he was a true believer and I was a godless libertarian because we both respected the other as a person.
I can see that advantage.
But the Church actually made it illegal to have a Bible printed in any language other than Latin. William Tyndale died for translating it. Henry VIII finally made it legal in England, in defiance of Rome.
So I think it's likely a bit of both.
I once challenged a priest because his sermon wasn't what the reading from the Bible was and the adult woman who gave the reading was greatly upset with the priest. He was pissed that we understood Latin; His excuse was that he wasn't prepared so he just went with a standard sermon he loved and adlibbed.
Between all of the fees, (donations) for Masses, Baptisms, First Communions, Weddings and Funerals I quickly realized that this was simply a business.
As I got older and realized how much real estate and art work the Catholic Church owns while it churns every parish daily for money for upkeep I wondered if they ever spent anything on the poor or remembered Christ's mission.
a tax exempt business...
Yeah, for an organization that makes its priests and nuns take a vow of poverty, it seems to be awfully rich.
believe me there are plenty of workarounds. My grandfather always garaged one of his nicer cars at whatever convent my Aunt was assigned to.
Likewise one of her sisters always made a week or two available to the whole convent to stay at the beach.
Many nuns had a lot of "borrowed" possessions.
Like universities…
I remember when a new pastor came to the convent and had a cow because a few of the ladies had
laptops that they used for teaching, grading, making reports etc for the grade school.
The laptops technically belonged to other family members etc.
The priest was having none of it and confiscated all of their extras reminding them of their vows of poverty.
A day or two later the pastor was in a tizzy because "his" Chrysler was missing.
The Mother Superior reminded him of his vow of poverty and told him to take the bus to meet the Bishop,
unless he could apologize to the nuns and have dinner with my grandfather,
who would gladly return the Chrysler in exchange for a good old fashioned Mass in his house.
Most of the nun's belongings were returned post haste except for the beer and makeup, lol.
CMTSU
not surprising. I've mentioned a few scandals I got caught up in the denver archdiocese here a couple times. I'm fairly confident that if there is a heaven, 99% of male catholic clergy didn't/won't make the cut. I even had some priest at a church refuge for troubled male clergy square off with me when I told the facility manager that some damaged stucco would need to be repaired after we were done with the project because of water damage.
I was referred directly to them by the archdiocese as their preferred contractor and after that episode I never submitted a bid. I later heard one of their parishioner/contractors totally fucked that place up. too bad... my secret to being a successful contractor was knowing which projects not to take.
That's the organization, not it's members
Agreed.
I watched the whole thing and I didn’t think it warranted the dramatic responses I’ve seen. That is not to say I agree with him on everything. I think his obsession with holding mass in Latin is misguided, but to each his own. Additionally, he took an unnecessary, childish, and obnoxious shot at LGBT+ people.
But most of what he said to women seemed ok. I think his remarks at that section of his speech are being distorted. He didn’t say women shouldn’t have a career. He also didn’t say a woman was incomplete if she didn’t have children and stay at home to raise them. He said that he and his wife found their greatest joy in family and the home.
There’s honestly nothing wrong with that. There have been plenty of people who were successful in business but regret their lack of children or their poor record in domestic relationships.
Seemed ok? I agree to disagree. IMHO. Telling these women they've been lied to and preaching to them about IVF and ignorance about LGBTQ+ folks and talking against President Biden - none of that had any place there.
But as you say, to each their own
I wonder how much work he did on the speech. It seems carefully crafted to largely avoid directly telling people how to live their lives. So I extended to him the benefit of the doubt, even though I suspect his true heart is less tolerant. In my experience, the Catholic Church is not so “live and let live.” And the suggestion that people actually move so they can hear mass in Latin is a hint to me that he is actually an extremist conservative even for a Catholic. His jab at Pride indicates he might be an asshole.
But those are personal impressions. I’m not going to attack him for something he didn’t explicitly say.
Like in most things, some are and some aren’t. Catholics being live and let live that is. Related to the church, I grew up catholic and don’t recall women being discouraged from a career other than housewife. Of course I’m a guy so simply might not have noticed it.
I think his most current contract was for 3.6 million. That's absolutely not what's going to happen to the vast majority of the
graduates. When my first wife and I went to the priest for marriage counseling he made it quite clear to her that abortion
and birth control were grounds for excommunication...
Years later, my second wife took my first son to the rectory and they checked their computers and essentially threw her out,
told her my son was a bastard destined to hell because I had gotten a divorce and remarried "illegally".
Five years later, my parents were visiting the Naval hospital where my youngest was born and we were all at the NICU
looking at all of the babies and I was retelling that story when another visitor in civies interrupted and expressed his horror and disbelief at overhearing this.
This stranger was the Chief Chaplain of the United States and arranged to baptize all the children at once.
He had no misgivings about my feelings about the Church, he did it to assuage my parent's and grandparent's fears
about the kiddos going to hell. It was an act of kindness.
Yeah I’m not generally a fan of the Catholic Church, although I do see signs of progress in recent years.
my 90 year old mother is still troubled that I'm the only one in the family that wasn't baptized. she's even apologized to me about it during covid. I laughed it off and told her "too late", as in I would never let that take place now.
religious forgiveness in action...
I remember my best friend growing up, Michael, who I didn't realize suffered from depression, you would have never known, told his pastor that he was gay and his pastor told him that he was going to burn in hell.
Years later, not due to this, he committed suicide. Stepped in front of a subway train after an appointment, he had been getting treatment at Johns Hopkins for depression.
I was in a head on collision about 20 years ago and suffered a closed head injury. besides memory loss and a few other symptoms, I was having insomnia and lost my appetite. a doctor prescribed an antidepressant, which made me feel loaded all the time, and I hated the side effects. I finally told my doc I stopped taking them and he became alarmed and said there was a higher risk of suicide, have I had any suicidal thoughts, do I own any guns, etc, etc. I laughed and told him I could never do that to my kids, and it would be way too much trouble. he asked me why it would be too much trouble and I told him that I'd be settling a few scores and making sure quite a few others would be passing thru the exit before I did. it was about a 10 year span of appts before I saw him again and I got to deal with his assistants that actually had a sense of humor.
Agreed.
Is that supposed to mean something?
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