Petition to boot Harrison Butker from
the Kansas City Chiefs surges to 70,000
signatures after the kicker's 'sexist,
homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion
and racist' college graduation speech
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Alastair Talbot
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
5/16/2024 3:24:47 AM
A Change.org petition demanding the release of Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker from the team and NFL has gone viral in wake of his controversial graduation speech at a private college in Kansas.
Butker, an outspoken Catholic and married father-of-two, congratulated the women receiving their degrees at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, last weekend, and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married, having children and staying at home to raise them, rather than establishing their careers.
He also assailed Pride month, a particularly important time for the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and President Joe Biden's stance on abortion.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
ronniethek 5/16/2024 3:31:10 AM (No. 1718761)
These alphabet faygalehs don’t watch football. For starters. Eff em.
93 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
coyote 5/16/2024 3:33:25 AM (No. 1718762)
The Stasi had ways of enforcing the official truth.
59 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
DiegoDude 5/16/2024 4:22:10 AM (No. 1718769)
Whatever you do, don't "apologize." If anything, stand by what you say and tell the mentally deranged, to kiss both sides of your butt.
104 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 5/16/2024 4:44:18 AM (No. 1718787)
What right do these speech monitors have to raise a petition threatening the job of this man? He made his remarks at a private Catholic college. Remarks that are entirely within keeping of Catholic social teaching and, I guarantee you, were welcome by the graduates, their families and friends. God will protect this man.
It is really quite amazing that the Democrat abortion slogan of the '90s, just thirty years ago, was "safe, legal and rare." Now it is, "No baby is safe at any stage...even after birth!"
116 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 5/16/2024 4:55:53 AM (No. 1718792)
Harrison won't be cut by the Chiefs, period, no joke. He says what he believes. WGAF what he says. BTW, there are many teams in the NFL who would sign Butker if he was cut.
69 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
winmag 5/16/2024 5:03:52 AM (No. 1718794)
They teach 'em good at Georgia Tech!!
30 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rather Read 5/16/2024 5:56:22 AM (No. 1718813)
I don't think the Chiefs will bother about this. Butker is good at what he does and he's entitled to his opinion (one I agree with). The perpetually offended will find another bright shiny object to focus on very soon.
67 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
mjwall69 5/16/2024 6:11:00 AM (No. 1718821)
How many calls have there been to boot Rashee Rice from the Chiefs? I'd say his little stunt in Dallas is a lot more egregious than a guy stating his personal opinions on some subjects near and dear to communists.
38 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/16/2024 6:41:27 AM (No. 1718832)
An Orwellian twisting of the truth into something illegal. I hope the school stands behind him. Most of us could be this guy 100% except we don't play football.
31 people like this.
Of the 70,000 that "they claim," maybe 5 have ever paid to attend one of his games.
If I lived there I would be more likely to attend in support.
27 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 5/16/2024 7:16:04 AM (No. 1718857)
Watch the Chiefs give him a contract extension and bonus without his agent even asking.
20 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
petrichor 5/16/2024 7:20:10 AM (No. 1718860)
I'm glad they threw racist in there, too. These petitioners don't watch football, so who cares?
21 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
chumley 5/16/2024 7:25:50 AM (No. 1718864)
Have you ever heard a graduation speech? I've heard dozens. They are all the same speech and are all bo-ring. People start checking their watches two minutes into it, and all are forgotten before the end of the ceremony.
Sounds like this one may have been the exception. Good on him.
35 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
philsner 5/16/2024 7:37:07 AM (No. 1718873)
Catholics are "anti-abortion"! Get over it! What it really means is that we Catholic Christians want to protect the lives of the innocent and helpless unborn! I am here to tell you flat out - If the Chiefs don't stand up for Butker, the NFL will lose more than Bud Light ever thought about losing!
52 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
franq 5/16/2024 7:48:32 AM (No. 1718886)
Tolerant leftists, at it again.
33 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Hazymac 5/16/2024 7:53:13 AM (No. 1718890)
#1 is correct. To hell with these people. Suck it up, snowflakes. We don't like your kind.
30 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Catfur27 5/16/2024 8:22:42 AM (No. 1718906)
Example #4,762 of : Liberal Tolerance On Display
25 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
skacmar 5/16/2024 8:29:58 AM (No. 1718909)
Butkers speech would have been heard and applauded by his audience. The whiney liberal group protesting it is spreading Butkers message far and wide. They preach and argue for the exact opposite of what he talked about. Their world view has been threatened by his dissent so h must be stopped! Typical crybaby liberal reaction.
17 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
slipstik 5/16/2024 8:34:26 AM (No. 1718912)
Id sign that petition in a heartbeat...with my butane torch lighter.
What's next? Ejecting Peru from the Useless Nations for having the guts to call the entire LGBTQ1A+-/TG crowd what they really are, mentally ill??
1984 in 2024.
26 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
red1066 5/16/2024 8:53:02 AM (No. 1718919)
I wonder how many of those signatures are fake names generated by ten people or fewer.
27 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
ironchefw 5/16/2024 9:03:11 AM (No. 1718929)
The alphabet mafia wants to write everyone's speeches.
For them you can love who you want to love, but you can't say what you want to say.
13 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/16/2024 9:15:09 AM (No. 1718938)
Each of those signatures should be checked and verified before the team makes its decision. Too many possible bots.
12 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 5/16/2024 9:44:47 AM (No. 1718954)
What with the Internet "bots" of today, these "on-line petitions" mean NOTHING. The petition that counts in official proceedings is paper petitions hand signed with proper identification. Anything less is just noise. Of course the ever disgusting, overpaid piece of human excrement known to the public as Roger "Godless" Goodell will probably take this "Bot Poll" to mean a "mandate" for the football team, known by an inappropriate moniker, operating out of Kansas City, MUST change this kicker immediately in order that the NFL remain in good stead with males who don't want to be male and the women who hate men to the point they want to become substitutes for men. These are Goodell's huge fans of testosterone enhanced, steroid injected, all male American football where physical violence reigns supreme on a grassy field covered in sweat, blood and profanities. Sure thing... it's a perfect fit, Rodge. /s
13 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/16/2024 9:53:38 AM (No. 1718957)
My view is that a graduation speech is not the time to give a political speech. Young people are at the beginning of their careers, families, and future. Give them inspiration and blessings.
3 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 5/16/2024 10:48:04 AM (No. 1718990)
Its a long way from eating goldfish on a lark and wearing raccoon coats, eh? No wait, these are pros. They already went thru the indoctrination centers and now all bets are on.
1 person likes this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
daisey 5/16/2024 11:08:27 AM (No. 1719004)
Yes, kick him off. Harrison is not entitled to his own beliefs or ideology. It is imperative we all think alike and bow at the altar of lgbtq+. And the lgbtq are entitled to their parades, their celebration month, and we must all celebrate with them. No divergence of thought allowed in the US anymore. Heavy sarcasm.
8 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Talk2 5/16/2024 11:49:19 AM (No. 1719040)
People signing that either have their heads stuck up where the sun don't shine OR they are useful idiots for a cause full of mentally ill useful idiots.
7 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
JackBurton 5/16/2024 12:07:01 PM (No. 1719053)
I hope y'all remember when'
Kneeling during the anthem was protected speech.
7 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
konocti95 5/16/2024 12:18:30 PM (No. 1719067)
I watched the whole thing and thought it was a worthwhile 20 minutes but nothing one doesn't hear each Sunday. Except for the fellow taking three or four hundred steps over a cumulative couple minutes each year in front of tens of thousands of wagging tongues, he wouldn't be noticed. As it was, he got a standing ovation.
8 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
kono 5/16/2024 12:40:08 PM (No. 1719083)
Contradicting any part of the Left's dogma attracts derision and threats. And by daring to contradict a bunch of the most prominent beliefs, Harrison Butker shows himself to be a simple, butt-kicking prophet of our day and evokes the predictable calls for his cancellation.
5 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
kono 5/16/2024 12:47:15 PM (No. 1719088)
And speech on the job, in uniform, is not the same as a commencement address on private time, out of uniform. The former doesn't merit the same protected status as the latter, #28 notwithstanding.
4 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
dst4life 5/16/2024 1:47:14 PM (No. 1719110)
#24, then what time is good to give a political speech?
7 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
zoidberg 5/16/2024 3:28:50 PM (No. 1719166)
He should mount the podium, take a copy of the petition, and rub it up and down his buttocks.
1 person likes this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
DVC 5/16/2024 3:53:41 PM (No. 1719182)
Give him a raise!
2 people like this.
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