Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, working women in commencement speech

[riversedge]

Source: AP


Updated 9:58 PM CDT, May 14, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker railed against Pride month, working women, President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.

The three-time Super Bowl champion delivered the roughly 20-minute address Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts school in Atchison, Kansas, which is located about 60 miles north of Kansas City.

Butker, who has made his conservative Catholic beliefs well known, began his address by attacking what he called “dangerous gender ideologies” in an apparent reference to Pride month, which has been celebrated in June since the Stonewall riots in 1969. He also criticized an article by The Associated Press highlighting a shift toward conservativism in some parts of the Catholic Church.

The 28-year-old Butker then took aim at Biden’s policies, including his response to COVID-19, which has killed nearly 1.2 million people in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..............
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“While COVID might have played a large role throughout your formative years, it is not unique,” he said. “The bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-chiefs-harrison-butker-e00f6ee45955c99ef1e809ec447239e0

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It is slow, continuous indoctrination by people of influence--with HATE that will harm the USA.



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FILE - Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks to the media during NFL football Super Bowl 58 opening night Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

[SalamanderSleeps]

1. There is nothing worse than a mouthy kicker.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I'm not so sure, the kicker on my college team only had one arm...

[jimfields33]

18. He's getting a lot of exposure. One guy has turned into a media news discussion

He’s probably thrilled. I will ignore him after this post.

[Bev54]

27. Is he getting ready to run for office? Sounds like it.

[Dulcinea]

34. "Let's get the kicker's opinion"

said no one ever.

[chillfactor]

2. What a jackass!

He needs a woman to kick him where it hurts!

[msongs]

3. how many people has the catholic church raped, tortured, and murdered in 2000 yrs nt

[RockRaven]

4. Nobody could've foreseen a guy employed by the KC Chiefs under Andy Reid

being a complete fucking scumbag...

Nobody has ever heard of Frank "I will hit you like I hit her" Clark or Tyreek "felony domestic assault and battery by strangulation" Hill or Rashee "eight felonies and counting" Rice or Britt "nepobaby failson child-maiming DWI-ing assistant coach" Reid... Right?

Wow, this story just came out of nowhere.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. What an asshole. No comment from Benedictine College on picking such a offensive misogynist

I can see that, as Catholics, they may think his views on gender and Pride are acceptable, but what kind of speech is this to give to the women who were graduating? "All your years of hard work don't mean shit, you should be pregnant and back in the house".

He's the one with "degenerate cultural values".

[Rebl2]

26. Totally

agree with your post, especially your last sentence. Would like to know what he thinks about all the priests and ministers that have taken advantage or preyed upon children and teens to see if he feels those are degenerate values.

[SoFlaBro]

6. Butker is a real slimy MAGA motherfucker. He is another fucking pissed-on lowlife turd. Piss on that fucking turd.

[Lemon Lyman]

7. Lovely

What a douchebag.

It's nice having building a list of dumb fux to root against though:

rodgers
bosa bros
butker

[Skittles]

8. LOL

what a pathetic piece of SHIT

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

10. a bigot against everyone who doesn't look and think like him.

[Otterdaemmerung]

11. My gay marriage is literally older than this twerp.

Strange that any conservatives are taking him seriously. By their own standards, shouldn't he just shut up and kick?

[J_William_Ryan]

12. Typical

of the hateful, bigoted right.

[bmichaelh]

13. Another self-deluded MAGA

So, we are to trust someone (Trump) when it comes to healthcare:

He does not understand the complexities of healthcare and so would be incompetent

Or

He understands the complexities and is a sociopath and does not care how many lives he destroys.

[Docreed2003]

14. "Covid..is not unique"

Please do share from your infinite wisdom, Mr Butker, any other global pandemic that affected so many people in the way Covid did in our lifetime...

What an asshole and an idiot to boot

[samnsara]

15. taytays gonna write a song about him

..'Haters gotta Hate'.....

[twodogsbarking]

16. He seems, well, religious.

[Deminpenn]

17. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just ran a long

story on how liberal and moderate Catholics are leaving the church because there are now so many rw priests. It's leaving the churches to the most conservative parishoners.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/faith-religion/2024/05/05/A-step-back-in-time-America-s-Catholic-Church-sees-an-immense-shift-toward-the-old-ways/stories/202405050031

[Chi67]

41. NO

He seems like a bigot who abuses religion to suit his prejudices. Plenty of religious people in this country are not assholes like he is.

[whathehell]

45. Um, no..

He hardly speaks for the "religious"
of the world.

[twodogsbarking]

49. I never mentioned all religious people but you, well, did.

[whathehell]

50. You didn't have to..

It's implied when, as in your case, it's used without a modifier, i.e. "some", "many", etc.

[jimmiles]

19. Stop platforming hate!

This was not a national news event until others who profit from clicks made it so. Stop clicking on hate!

[CousinIT]

20. Well look at that. Another Talibangelical misogynist prick. n/t

[bluestarone]

22. Just gotta say i like your word there!!

"Talibangelical"

[TeamProg]

21. I'd guess that more than a few of the students thought Butker was a

complete asshole who forgot basic history. Biden didn’t take office til Jan 2021. I think Fox Noise corrupted his brain. Same people think Bush’s housing crash was caused by Obama.

[TxGuitar]

23. I just want to know

where these guys are finding women willing to procreate with them????

[Mysterian]

24. What kind of shit-hole college invites a place kicker

for a commencement speaker? Or any dumbass jock.

[Mad_Dem_X]

25. I used to be a fan of his. No more.

What a complete a*****e.

[highplainsdem]

28. Sounds like he must've practiced kicking by detaching his head and using it as a football.

[Chi67]

29. Wow!

This idiot is free to practice whatever religion he wants. He does not get to dictate how others live their lives. And DEI is tyranny? The NFL is pretty diverse. This fuckwad should quit his job if diversity is so terrible.

[Seeking Serenity]

43. How was he trying to "dictate" anything in a commencement address?

[Chi67]

47. Maybe

You should watch his speech. It's pretty clear what he thinks people should do. He clearly stated he thinks women have been "lied to" and that they should stay home and raise kids instead of having careers. That's not up for debate.

He also thinks that people like me (LGBT) do not deserve to celebrate Pride month, that we are the "deadliest sin".

What message did that send? That the kids in the audience should shun and possibly harm people like me? That is unacceptable. We face enough BS already.

[wolfie001]

30. Gawd, what a sh$t awful speech

Such a privileged jackass. His mother is a very successful professional. Couldn't be any more tone-deaf. This is the sick philosophy of Jordan "Benzos" Peterson.

[The Roux Comes First]

31. Yet Another Tawdry, Publicity-desperate Bloke Who Has (Apparently) More Leg Than Brain

Your 15 minutes is over, bub, now crawl back into your bunker.

[Bengus81]

32. Yeah well Butt..you've made over $18M in the NFL since 2017

That makes it a HELL of a lot easier for his Stepford wife to stay and home and clean IF that's what she wants. Maybe someone should inform that POS that it takes many Chiefs fans with expensive season tickets TWO people with income and then some.

Wow!! WTF....as a huge fan of the Chiefs I never knew this guy was a total MAGA FUCK HEAD!! Yeah...Biden should have done better with Covid a YEAR before he was President.

Shit!!................

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. Why should anyone pay any attention to this idiot?

[BigDemVoter]

35. Who gives a shit what he thinks?

He's just a fucking football player.

And while I'm at it, why in the FUCK would ANY institution of higher learning want someone of his ilk to give the commencement address?

[Skittles]

36. I don't get that either

rich assholes playing a game - why indeed should anyone care what they think

[FakeNoose]

42. I know right? I hope to God they didn't give him an "honorary" degree

What a sad joke this guy is ... and what a desperate out-of-step school that invited him to speak in front of graduates and their parents/family. Did anyone have any idea he'd say this shit?

[tonekat]

37. My Dx: Severe Concussion; Brain Broken

Like I'd look to a dumb jock for political advice.

[pstokely]

38. he's not going anywhere as long as he can kick field goals

but how does kicking field goals change minds on abortion or anything?

[EndlessWire]

39. So disappointed in him

Another example of talent not matching up with brain power. I just never wanted to know this about him. Well, now we're going to get to see how the team reacts and seeks to distance themselves from him. My guess is he's not going to be on the team for long.

This last Super Bowl, he played exceptionally well and really was responsible for at least one of the wins on the way to the big game. He really is a good kicker. Someone else will surely have him. But, he's now tainting the entire team with these idiotic ideas. I wonder why people shoot themselves in the foot (see what I did there?) by thinking that anyone else wants to hear their dreams to subjugate women back to the 1800s or further. I am so disappointed. Eyes on the next man up.

Please, if Mahomes is this way, I just don't want to find out until after the November election.

[Rebl2]

40. President Biden

did all he could to slow Covid and get treatments for it. He seems to have forgotten it was tfg that said all the crazy stuff about how to treat Covid and said it would go away if we would just stop talking about it-yea that a great treatment plan.

[Seeking Serenity]

44. Why are people so butthurt about a devout Catholic delivering a commencement address

Generally not out of line with Catholic doctrine at an all-women Catholic university? Has there been a post-commencement outrage amongst the women present? I listened to most of the address, and I didn't hear any boos or heckling.

Is he not allowed his beliefs and to express them, particularly when he was invited to? Is the university not permitted to invite who it wishes to give its commencement address? I don't agree with everything he said, but I really don't get the pearl-clutching and screaming by everyone else who aren't those women.

(And I'll admit that I got a little choked up when he choked up about giving the girl he met in middle school, later to be his wife, all the credit for him being where he is. That was sweet.)

[AllaN01Bear]

46. we fought long and hard and are still fighting for our rights . never again.

[Aussie105]

48. Oh, good boy!

So Harrison Butker is a kicker for the Chiefs?

Good boy!

But why does he think that makes him an expert on other topics, and why people should want to hear what his opinions are?

[LiberalFighter]

51. I read the shit head's speech

He was blaming Biden for Covid.


He made the following false statement...
Congress just passed a bill where stating something as basic as the biblical teaching of who killed Jesus could land you in jail.

If that were true it would be by a Congress that has a Republican House.

He says his Catholic faith has always been countercultural. What?

He refers to diversity, equity, and inclusion a tyranny. Seems he is a racist.

He criticizes the Catholic Church a lot.

[Silent Type]

52. Probably be running for office after football. You can't even try to excuse pride, Biden, abortion.

It’s not something I’d want to hear at graduation, but he loves his family and wants everyone to experience what he thinks everyone needs. It was stupid, corny, at best. But I can sort of understand that, as long as encouraging pursuing a career.

The other stuff is reason enough to bash the MFer. I consider Butker about like Kyle Rittenhouse, a punchable pissant.