I Wish Harrison Butker Gave My Commencement Address
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker set the internet on fire this week with his commencement address at Benedictine College. Plenty of his comments were out of step with mainstream American progressive culture, but what really seemed to stir the pot was when he said, directed to the female graduates, “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.” This got me thinking about my own experience starting a family with my wife Lisa and the real cultural problems he pointed out in his speech. Whether you agree or disagree, it took real courage for Butker to stand up for his values without apology, and that’s something that most of us should practice more often.
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I thought his speech was fantastic. I spent 20 years in a career and was fortunate to have my first child at 40 after nearly 20 years of praying. I'm not returning to my career and embarking on a new path of being my child's mother, my husband's wife, and the keeper of our home. I really look forward to this career change and truly believe that THIS was always my purpose in life.
My wife and I started our family on the edge of forty. It is an adjustment but you will love every minute to come..even the hard ones w your children. My motto in the first year's was, "SURVIVE TIL FIVE."
My daughter are now in high school.
@@brianshea4177 Ha! That is a GREAT motto. I definitely wonder if this would have been easier when we were younger but my husband and I did not meet until later in life. Parenthood has been the most exhausting, wonderful, hilarious, adventure that fills my heart with so much joy every day. My husband is a wonderful human being and I am so thankful for all the hardships and life experience prior to meeting him. I appreciate him so much more now.
Well done. We know what a man is. Choose the women you commit to carefully.
Feminists women are red flags. It's women hatred for women.
Then these women Emasculate their men, which destroys the relationship through pain.
I loved his speech! I gave up my career to stay at home with my kids and after 2020, I started homeschooling them. I would not change it for the world. I NEVER thought I’d be the stay-at-home type, but God laughs at our plans and proceeds with his divine grace.
High five for homeschooling too! Now, more than ever we need a generation that is free from the miseducation of today's schools.
Agree homeschooling is the only way to keep your kids safe from free will and able to experience life for what really goes on in the world. Indoctrination doesn’t happened in a public setting. It happens in a private setting where you can control what they get to experience. Public sectors must attempt, by the constitution, to let everyone feel included and not play favorites to certain race, cults or religions. As a Catholic I disagree with how he expressed himself about humans with opposing views. If you think about it this is exactly why less and less people come to church. We like to preach but have a hard time practicing what we preach. Our church tells us to repent and we will be forgiven. How easy and convenient isn’t! We live pointing fingers and never acknowledge our own sins. I will let God judge those who dare throw the first rock. To think that we are better than thy neighbor is a matter of opinion and it’s a matter of judgment. If he would have just kept it to his views and not bring up the opposition stand and his judgement of them. It would have been a very inspiring speech. He ruined it by spewing the hate, frustration, or confusion he carries inside. I guess all he has to to is repent and all will be forgiven. Nah that is not how God works.
This is wonderful. Growing up female, I NEVER. N-E-V-E-R heard ANYONE say it was ok to “just” be a housewife. I make sure to tell my daughters it’s an absolutely valid choice and the one that will probably make them the most happy. It’s nice to hear more people say this too.
They'll be lucky to find men not so cynical they see marriage as a lose lose contractual agreement.
Coming of age in the early 80s, women were NEVER encouraged to be stay-at-home Moms, much less voice their desire to be wives & mothers lest they turn men and potential husbands away. To hold such views was seen to be out-dated and not accepting of the times and new freedoms gained for and by women. Not all, but most men were only interested in wives who had careers that were lucrative, and who were willing to suppress their inherent ability and desire to have children (until the ‘right’ time) using newly developed birth control methods with undetermined side effects, so that a woman would be available for relations at any moment, just not for building families. Then when the time was ‘ right’ for a child or maybe two, daycare, not staying at home with the child/children, would be the only choice since the wife had to keep her job/career to continue the lifestyle and income that had been conditioned from the beginning of the marriage. Looking back on that time, I’d have to say that these were the reasons a lot marriages from that era ended in divorce because it became increasingly obvious to both men and women that love - willing the good of the other, as other - was not the reason for marrying in the first place.
@@AndyJarmanyea my mom calls me cynical. But she’s been divorced twice…so maybe I’m realistic.
In the 80s, one of the beautiful voices that emerged was Mary Pride, whose book The Way Back Home told her story of abandoning the empty promises of the feminist movement for the joy of marriage, children and very creative and fulfilling homemaking.
You are not a house wife. You are a man's wife and a HOME Maker for your family. The man is the head of the family but the wife is the HEART of the family. She pumps the life blood through the family and makes a house a home.
I'm a stay at home mother. My in-laws make me feel very bad about it. They laugh at me, gossip about me, call me lazy, unmotivated, etc. I was a preschool teacher for years but stopped working when i became pregnant. There was nothing in this world that could take me away from my baby. I couldn't imagine being away from her or putting her in daycare. Hearing this man's speech makes me feel a lot better about my choice to stay home with my daughter. I just feel sad that I let my in-laws comments stress me out and make me question my choices.
Recommend a book called Boundaries for you and your husband. Very sad your inlaws are so petty. Boundary issues major source of martial stress. Praying for you. 🙏
Love your channel. I graduated from Brigham Young University many years ago. I have six sons and I’ve spent all almost 24 years raising them to be young men who would give back to the world. I think motherhood is a perfectly legitimate choice and it doesn’t mean you’ll never have a career if you want one it’s just choices like you said, and we make choices, and they take us that can lead us to the greatest heights. There’s nothing better to see your kids succeed as they make choices themselves and get married and have children of their own. I commend him for being bold in his statements about things that today seem to be a negative. I’m proud to have been a homemaker and I’m grateful that my husband has had a job that has been there to support his family. I love your perspective, keep on keeping on.
@heatherlarsen2355 - BYU is renowned for its strong appeal among LDS members, and interestingly, it shares many similarities with Devout Traditional Catholics. BYU and various faithful Catholic universities across America, like Benedictine, which is recognized by the Newman College guide as a traditional institution, tend to attract conservative communities. Not all Catholic universities are alike; the more devout ones often draw conservative families and their students. Christendom College, Thomas Aquinas College, The University of Dallas, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Benedictine College, Wyoming Catholic College.
My wife started at home…..and had her Masters degree in accountancy. Her choice. I even did 2 years of stay at home dad….financially made sense at the time. We are 15 years into this marriage. Absolutely head over heels for each other. She’s back into her career, kids spent early years with her and now see her amazing accomplishments. She’s now a controller for Phillips global and just crushing everything. Very proud of her. Just wanted to brag on her. Lol
YES. You're partners in the adventure of life together. I love it.
Stop speaking for your wife. I'd like to hear what she really believes.
@@karenwinston4084 we speak pretty openly with each other, I don’t know her every thoughts, but I have a good understanding. She certainly doesn’t hesitate to speak her mind if she’s unhappy. Why you jump to an offensive conclusion is beyond me……if this is how you start conversations……it might be why you potentially struggle in relationships and project on those that don’t. And damn if that name doesn’t fit the stereotype.
@@karenwinston4084 and I was bragging on her, not speaking for her…..you turd.
@@karenwinston4084You truly are a Karen aren’t you?
My son just graduated college and Commissioned as an Officer in the Army. I wish Harrison had given the Commencement speech at my son’s college graduation. Harrison is treasured here in KC. He is always honorable and isn’t afraid to speak the truth of what really matters in life.
Well done. We know what a man is. Choose the women you commit to carefully.
Feminists women are red flags. It's women hatred for women.
Then these women Emasculate their men, which destroys the relationship through pain.
Harrison is EXACTLY RIGHT! Bravo Mr. Butker.
This was a wake up call to Christians. It's about setting the standard and calling us to exellence. We are failing and need to step up.
Wowww so true I which My parents had spoken to me like that
What an awesome man, thank you Mr Butker for your courage to speak up!
I love this!
I needed to hear this it gives me hope!
There are many young people out there who are like my own amazing G-kids who love Christ and are willing to STAND UP for traditional family values!
God bless the family!
Thank you, Harrison Butker, for standing up for family values without apology, which most of us should practice more often. I feel EXACTLY the same about my lovely wife of almost 60 years! After loving God, my wife is the MOST loving amazing person in my life, Thank you, God. And also an amazing Mother of two of the best sons! WE ARE THANKFUL TO A LOVING GOD FOR THE BLESSING OF THE CREATION OF THE FAMILY! THERE IS NOTHING BETTER IN THIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH! LOVE GOD + LOVE OF FAMILY!
-Jerry Lingle
AMAZING! Please make more Catholic content, this is a fresh of air to see Catholic fathers speaking out on social media, love your Catholic faith perspective. 🩷🙏🏼
He may not be a practicing catholic but I like your suggestion. Maybe he is a regular NOrdu catholic or trad. Surely he is not a woke or Biden type catholic. (Fake)
Speaking as a man, I could never do the job of a housewife. And I'm just taking about the management part, let alone guiding and educating the tiny minds throughout the day's work. I'm so glad that God calls and equips women for that job!
I am 65...when feminism started it was about choice...now it's about dogmatic adherence to a certain set of values and choices. His wife made a different choice in life than the one I made but I will defend her right to make choices for her life and family. They are lucky to have each other.
She needs to answer that question. Not you or her husband.
Now that’s a man.
If a man were to say that his wife, kids and home life weren't the most important things to them, people would label them selfish monsters. But here is a man who says they are the most important thing in his life, and goes further by asserting that those things are the most important thing to his wife, and he's labelled by some as misogynist. In a world where not enough men are leaning in fully to being husbands and fathers, we shpuld be praising this man for stating clearly what people should aspire to- that is, being a committed married couple, in love, and completely committed to their children.
If Mr. Budker were only praising his wife for following her choice, her vocation to be a homemaker, no one could have a beef with that. But he postulates that for most if not all women, being a wife/homemaker is their highest calling, as if supporting a man is all that a woman can and should do. I can think of female doctors, jet pilots, science researchers as three examples of women who found fulfillment otherwise. Why should they not follow their calling?
I still remember durring women’s history month in middle school my teacher disparaging stay at home moms and talking of homemakers as if they were slaves. I remember thinking that’s the worst thing a woman could grow up to be.
(I didn’t have a mom in my home so I really took it to heart.)
Teachers should NOT be teaching their values to students, it negatively influenced the course of my life.
This man is amazing, I agree so much with you. I hate that he's under fire for APPRECIATING his wife publicly. Are the people who hate him so Awful because they're miserable and hate that he's happy? His different decisions do not make theirs invalid, and his happiness doesn't make any happiness they feel invalid. He and his wife are adults making adult choices.
I actually agree with everything he said. I have advanced education and made the choice to stay home with the kids rather than chase a career, and I don't regret a moment of it. I love that he's recognised her support and her help maintaining his sights on his family.
He never said give up your career, he said to focus on your family. After all, who is going to be holding your hand when you're dying? Your boss and workmates? or your husband and kids?
If Butker thinks the family is so important, why didn’t he address both men and women?
I don’t remember our commencement speaker. I couldn’t tell you. I’m thinking these kids will remember.
Well said, thank you.
I had a dream of being a housewife but I had a career instead but I still would have preferred to be a stay home mom..
Try not to get down about this. I have had blessing of being home 26 years after working 10 years after college. It is possible to stay home raising kids on one income but takes discipline, time and guidance from good people. Dave Ramsay's total money makeover was source of our financial independent journey years ago. Good luck!
As a Catholic millennial woman, I’ve personally noticed that there's a significant movement among young Catholics, ranging from 18 to 37 years old, toward traditional practices such as the Latin Mass, and more conservative values. This younger cohort is noticeably more conservative than the generations that came before, particularly compared to the "boomer" generation within the Church. Many students at this college seem to resonate with these traditional views, and I personally found Harrison’s recent speech on this topic to be profoundly truthful, addressing essential issues for women and the Church and our role in modern society. I personally know 15 young Catholic women ages under 25 who hold college degrees are now married and full time homemakers, many young Catholic are embracing this lifestyle now. Young people are embracing the beauty and flocking to the Latin Mass Parishes making a huge comeback to Traditional authentic Catholicism.
Traditional Catholicism, to me, represents the true essence of our faith. Pope Benedict XVI once said, "An authentic interpretation of the Bible must always be in harmony with the faith of the Catholic Church." This aligns with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states, "The Church's tradition faithfully reflects the teachings of Christ and His Apostles" (CCC 78). Sadly, not everyone understands or respects these traditional practices, and it's disheartening to see traditional Catholics face criticism for their beliefs. Harrison is speaking behalf on all the Catholics who embrace authentic Catholicism. He is sharing traditional Catholic values to a traditional Catholic audience of young Catholics who are embracing traditional values. I see nothing wrong with his views, his speech was him speaking to the choir. There is nothing wrong with a Catholic sharing Catholic values with a Catholic audience. This speech was for a niche school not for the entire world to hear, it just got so much publicity because he is a celebrity in the NFL world.
In addition to spiritual and other educational pursuits, many young Catholics, myself included, aspire to embrace traditional family roles. I hold a graduate degree Masters and although I’m educated, my dream is to become a mother one day. Despite personal challenges like infertility in my marriage, my dream is to become a stay-at-home mother. C.S. Lewis encapsulated this aspiration beautifully, saying, “The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.” To further emphasize the sanctity of motherhood, Pope Francis has expressed deep reverence for this role, stating, "Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for." His words echo the Church's enduring defense of motherhood as a fundamental pillar of family and society.
Traditional Catholicism is not a cult-it represents true, authentic Catholicism. As Pope Benedict XVI once stated, "An authentic interpretation of the Bible must always be in harmony with the faith of the Catholic Church." Furthermore, the Catechism of the Catholic Church underscores this, noting, "The Church's tradition faithfully reflects the teachings of Christ and His Apostles" (CCC 78).
This is true bravery
The truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth. Go Harrison! ❤
I went to a Women’s Catholic College over thirty years ago & you would not have heard a man encouraging you to stay home. I think people would acknowledge it’s a valid choice.
Most of the graduates didn’t get married right out of college. Most worked & lived life, later deciding to stay home & raise the children.
I know women who would have loved to stay home, but they couldn’t afford to.
Child care is so expensive, often it isn’t worth working.
very good video--you and your wife seem to be solid as a rock. congrats and congrats to your son. stay strong!
I’m ashamed that the university that my daughters’ graduated from years ago had Bernie Sanders as their commencement speaker this year.
Yes he is; actually listen to what he states!
Thank in you for this! This was my son‘s commencement speech. I had no idea who he was or who the commencement speaker was going to be. Before the actual ceremony, we had a conversation with our son whose faith has grown so immeasurably starting his junior year that he is a complete changed person because of the surroundings that Benedictine has has provided. This commencement speech was just icing on the cake we all gave him a standing ovation. The conversation we had with our son was telling him when you leave your Benedictine College bubble be ready for Satan try to take you down because the real world is dark. he told us when the speech went viral mom dad that didn’t take very long but you know I’m prepared. I see the light I don’t live in the darkness. I bawled!
A boy is not a man until his wife guides him!
YES, HE'S RIGHT.....he chose God and Gods will. This speech is awesome 🎉
When you live in a society where lies, deception, corruption, evil agendas and so forth have become the accepted norm, the truth will always be viewed as an act of aggression and attacked accordingly.
The answer: Yes, he is.
Somehow, we have forgotten what it is to be human. How to live sacrificially. How not to manipulate others for our own benefit. It's easier to label others and then discard.
No, we demand the right to be who we are and give others the right to be exactly who we tell them to be.
Sola fide.
Yes!
A professional woman here, with sisters and cousins and mom and aunts there have being too. Biologically for a woman, you can go to school great, but after you get married and you have children, they should be first, she is the light and heart of the family and she can either work part time from home maybe after your kids are in school all day or not and when they are older maybe part time or full. Or none. Maybe you don't need that money to make a living. It is up to the woman. The one main thing is that if a marriage is not Christ and family center ends up a tragedy. Family is the cell of society.
Wonderful speech!
Of course he's right! That needs to even be asked??!
He's speaking truth in a sea of lies.
I wish he gave mine too. Chuck Schumer gave my commencement speech 🤮🤮🤮
Butker also reminded the graduating class that the Jews killed Jesus. We should totally be into reminding people about that. What could go wrong?
Not enough attention is paid to that. Why aren’t Jews talking about it? Dad saves America wishes he gave his commencement address. Butker gave a Christian nationalist speech.
@@cgpcgp3239 I doubt he actually listened to the whole speech.
@LucienRothmann. The arrogance is off the charts. Both Dad and Butker are real old testament patriarchs. Here’s hoping for an interesting uptick in the Chief’s locker room dialectic. And the tears…
@@richardthurston2171 I want a journalist to ask butker 1 question. Who killed Jesus?
Richard, you're too funny. "Old testament patriarch". Amazing stuff. The legion of powerful women in my life both at home and at my office would laugh you into another dimension for this hilariously ignorant miss.
Nobody paying attention to this channel could mistake me for an anti-semite. I watched Butker's whole speech three times, and read the text of it. I don't love every word. I'm not endorsing every word. I said what I said, which was broadly a message of choice and empowerment. You can ignore that if you want because internet arguments with strangers are pretty fun. I get it.
He's got one line you're talking about here:
"Congress just passed a bill where stating something as basic as the biblical teaching of who killed Jesus could land you in jail."
Do I personally love this particular example? No. I don't. But it's a functional example of the deep problems with that horrendously unconstitutional bill. Would the bill "land you in jail" as written? I hadn't read it closely enough to confirm that. Regardless, this one line points to a historical tension between Christians and Jews, to be sure. But it isn't, prima facia, a case-closed-ignore-this-hatemonger statement if you're remotely reasonable.
Is there a problem of anti-semitism on the right as well as the pro-hamas hysterical left? Yes. I oppose BOTH. But this singular line is simply not, in my judgement, worth of mass extrapolation. Saying "the Jews killed Jesus" is protected speech, period. Jesus WAS A JEW... so there's that.
You guys are engaged in a very strange and frankly dishonest discourse in this thread considering that the biggest rise in anti-semitism we're seeing is CLEARLY coming from the secular progressive left across the first world. This looks like a "let's not engage in real discourse, but instead nitpick a separate flashpoint of our own making so we can ignore the discussion". Again, why do I think you may have more sympathy for the "river to the sea" throngs spewing actual genocidal slogans? Am I wrong on that score? Maybe I am. Maybe you're more thoughtful than your comments suggest. I hope you are.
I think "Christian nationalist" is quickly becoming the new "far right" of anti-discourse weasel wording... and I'm a classical liberal who in rightwing circles would be seen as being anti-Christian Nationalism.
I’m not Catholic. I totally agree with him on surrogacy, IVF. I don’t agree that he should speak for her. Because we now need to hear from her. And he can’t put her in that position. Wives definitely need financial security and not be totally dependent on her husband. Because he can leave and still be safe in the world. Motherhood is wonderful he is right about that. But I also understand some of his critics. Most women aren’t married to a professional athlete. Or even someone really devoted to their wellbeing.
Have you not heard of alimony or child support? My great grandmother didn’t work for the rest of her life after she got divorced. Decades of alimony payments
Thanks for speaking the truth of love..... spouses can & do speak for each other when hearts are united in desiring heaven.....are you ready to be canceled by the left?
Yes, he is right.
I'm a childless, working woman by choice, but I see nothing wrong with his speech, in fact it's beautiful. Women should have a choice to be stay at home mom's if they want to, because that role is so important to society as a whole.
Really too bad that the current iteration of feminism shames that role, and seems to demand that women act like men, advanced degrees and high powered jobs seem all that's deemed right with them. He teared up he loves his wife so much. If only more men felt the same. Anyone who didn't like this speech must be ether very immature and inexperienced at life, or very psychologically damaged and emotionally dark.
Butker is absolutely right in every word he spoke. This is the Truth that this generation be heard. Truth that came from the very word of God.
Conservatives are more pro-choice for women. They think women can work, that's fine. Since about 30% of time among married couples the wife earns more, I don't have a problem with that. But biologically women have a very short time to have children, most women want to be Mothers, they now have no choice. They are forced to work by their feminism, which created a two income economy for households. Conservatives just think women should have more choice: the choice to stay at home with the kids. Come to think of it, men should have that choice too.
I'm in favor of tax credits for the one parent that the couple decides, should stay home with the kids. If it's the woman, fine. If it's the man, fine. This is a real problem for young people, most of whom have said we don't want families. Why? Because it's too hard, financially. And there is a ton of data supporting the obvious: kids do far, far, far better in life, when raised by two parents. The problem is, feminism pushed single parents as the social model, now 50% of children grow up in a single gender family. It's a social disaster.
Including: Peter Zeihan has a recent video on crashing birth rates in America. Eventually our choices catch up with us. Choice is fine for women, but if they stop having kids, it ends America. And when women are older and childless and no one wants them, they usually regret it. Like that lady from Sex and the City Candace Bushnell, who regretted being childless and alone feminist career woman, a few years back. Being single and alone and female and working, that works great in your 20s as a woman. After that? It's a trainwreck.
Interesting perspective by Dennis Prager yesterday talking to John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Dennis said, "Only 2% of women are happy being childless and just focusing on career."
Super creepy.
Is there any other country that takes seriously people like this horses rear end?
There is a divinely ordained order for our lives and if we accept our roles it will lead to a happy and stable society.
I like what you said about the fact that the world doesn’t have a mind. I understand what you mean. Of course God, the divine intelligence rules the universe. But for all of humanity, especially those who do not walk by faith, the world does not consider their lot in life. The world doesn’t care how oppressed they are and fight for their cause. The world doesn’t owe young people (nor the rest of us) anything at all.
To dedicate oneself to fostering the next generation is, I would say, the highest vocation. I say this as we are slamming toward a demographic catastrophe ahead. In Western society, we have pumped poison pills into young people’s heads, and now a devastatingly small number of youth are interested in growing a family. In some schools over 50% identify as LGBTQIA++. That lifestyle has little interest in producing stable progeny. What will happen to our cities and towns when the population drops precipitously. I’m not excited to see Detroit become the model for all cities.
I appreciate Harrison’s sentiment. However, as a woman who went to college and has had a wonderful career, I felt his words to be a bit insulting to the women of the college, graduating. It was a “good for you but these accomplishments don’t matter. You all actually just want to be homemakers”. And so telling people that the 100k + money they spent on a degree is silly.
He did not say that outright of course but that is definitely the sentiment and in my opinion, insulting.
As a Catholic you should not be telling women to do what she wants but rather to seek the will of God. The vocation of a Catholic is to know, love and serve God. The abandonment of this principle in the spirit of Vatican II is exactly why the world is screwed up.
Fathers are not supposed to give younger people advice about what might make them truly happy in a world where every major authority is pushing them away from family and fatherhood/motherhood? I’m not familiar with this doctrine in Catholicism.
For me, as a wife, mother of 4, and homemaker of over 10 years, I found the words he said about his wife deeply touching. I understood what he meant. For me, I didn’t finish my degree, and I’d been planning on going back and finishing, then I met my husband, and my world changed. The things that were important to me changed. We got married quickly, and I knew I wanted to be a mother right away, and stay home with my children. I cannot explain how deeply I felt about this. I wouldn’t change my choice for anything in the world! It’s also helped me to truly know what it is that I actually do want to do when they are grown. I will finish my degree one day, and when I do, it will be in what I’m actually passionate about, instead of settling on something because I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with my life.
So you got married because you didn't know what you wanted to do with your life?
@@karenwinston4084 No, I got married because I met the love of my life, and wanted to get married. I’d always wanted to get married from the time I was a small child, but I’d been made to believe that I HAD to want a career, even if I didn’t know what kind of job I wanted to do. My greatest desire was always to get married, and have children. That said, having a college degree is something that was also always important to me as a personal goal of achievement, and it still is, however, it was not more important to me than my desire to get married, and have a family. Also, I’m quite glad now that I didn’t finish because I was getting a degree in something that I wasn’t truly passionate about. Now I know what I am passionate about, health and good nutrition, so it’s my desire to earn whatever degrees are necessary in dietetics, and become a dietitian one day, after my children are grown.
@@karenwinston4084 no, I got married because I met the love of my life, and my priorities changed.
Harrison for president 🙏🙏🙏
When all else fails, just call someone a misogynist. Nonsense.
Hmm. I wonder how your wife feels about this.
Hmm.... I think it's obvious if you listened to him talking about his wife...
My wife and I work together and I get her feedback on virtually everything. She’s a producing BEAST.
Also, my wife is a hardcore, pro-life Catholic. AND great to have you back in the comments Richard. I missed you!
@richardCThurston don’t love being called a BEAST but I’m cool with the other stuff. The hardcore pro-life comes from my love and respect of all living beings - I am also mostly vegan since 1989. I don’t eat eggs but we do eat pizza on Fridays nights. We are, after all, Italian. 😊
@@lisamarieversaci Where are your people from in Italy? We go every September. This year it's Sicily.
He neglected to mention his mother and the 40 year career to provide him with a wealthy and affluent home life. She holds a couple of degrees. So yea, be a housewife. Why did you waste your parents' money to go to college and get a "degree" in housewife? Good choice.
To say that you’re reading him uncharitably here is an understatement. You seem to be confirming the entire premise of his speech.
Any celebration of motherhood is met with derision and scare quotes. Not cool.
@DadSavesAmerica I'll repeat, what about his mother and her 40 year career. She managed to raise her son while working in her career choice. Also, why should these young ladies waste their parents money on earning a degree just to stay at home and raise a family. This speech should have been given at high school graduation, not college graduation. These young ladies could already be married and be working on baby number 3.
@@DadSavesAmerica”Any celebration of motherhood is met with derision and scare quotes. Not cool.” Ridiculous. This is preposterous even for you, Dad. And you’re overdoing the eye rolling, head shaking, and air quotes.
What a couple of emotional betas, get Jesse Lee Peterson on your show.
“Betas”. Funny. Real men don’t get squirmy and uncomfortable with emotion, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the women we love.
@@DadSavesAmerica it would be funnier if you were familiar with Jesse Lee Peterson. Jesse's been "rebuilding the family by rebuilding the man" for some 35 years, he's worth looking into if you're on a quest for dads to save America.
While I believe he means well, and his words ARE unfairly being twisted, I can’t help but think he’s trying to build up the foundation as a future political grifter.
Professional sports is a finite career path, even for a successful kicker: If he ends up becoming yet another talking head, trying to spin up his listeners for either a spot in politics, a podcast, or some radio/television dolt hawking cash-4-gold & pillows, we’ll be able to look back at this moment as strategically planned out.
(Hey, that’d how sad politics has gotten these days: It’s difficult to really trust anyone anymore.)
No thank you. Every person is an individual and to make such broad sweeping statements is inaccurate. Also, in case you didn't know, people don't like being told what they are, largely because it's not your decision, it's theirs.
Maybe you should dire your ire at the massive movement explicitly devoted to limiting women’s choices by denigrating family and motherhood, instead of those of us saying “you can be whatever you want to me… and if it turns out you want to be a mom, which is statistically very likely… that’s totally valid. Go for it”.
You’re confused about who is trying to be controlling and who is promoting liberation.
@@DadSavesAmerica I came across a little strong as this was the first exposure I had to this. You are absolutely correct, everyone gets to make their own choices as to what fulfills them in life.
He was wrong. He was wrong on multiple counts. Note what you shared, "All of my success" is about that young woman he married. His success, not their success. He was wrong.
A hero for misogyny
What exactly did he say that was misogynist?
@@Zzyzzyx ‘Women have had diabolical lies told to them.’ Such as?
@@dannysullivan3951 You might argue that it's an untrue statement. But how is it *misogynist?*
@@Zzyzzyx Butker was smart enough not to specify, but the ‘lies’ were undoubtedly the idea of equality for women. What do you think he was referring to?
@@dannysullivan3951 I think he was referring to the lie that being a homemaker is low-status; that if you don't want a career you're lazy, lame, embarrassing, or stupid; and that women are *likelier* to get fulfillment from a career than from being a wife and mother.
He wasn't attacking women with careers, he was defending those women who are most excited about starting families.
I hate it when women (or men) talk about a woman "giving up" her career to raise kids. Like it was such a huge sacrifice to "give up" your cubicle and spreadsheets to spend time raising your own flesh and blood offspring. You didn't give anything up. You're doing what all women should be expected to do.
I don’t know about that. We all face real trade offs. Every choice has benefits AND costs. Sacrifice is part of the choice, which IS about giving things up. I don’t know that minimizing that fact is helpful. Nor should we expect all of anyone do become parents. What about priests and nuns? That’s just one example that should temper the absolute claim.
@@DadSavesAmerica well that’s a false comparison because A. The Church teaches that becoming a priest/monk/nun is a separate and legitimate life vocation apart from the vocations of husband/wife. And B. Monks/priests/nuns also don’t have traditional “careers” they all either take a vow of poverty or to live a “simple life”, and I would also push back against the idea that they “gave up” a career. Your job is simply how you make money to feed your family. If someone’s job is having that big of an affect on how they approach their true life vocation (whether marriage or the religious life) then they are putting their job in a place in their life where it should never be for anyone.