NFL kicker tells young women to be homemakers — but his own mom is a scientist

[anon67050589]

One of your better ones, Flossy! Great references in there. Thousands of years–worth. 10/10

[Dasylupe]

I bet there are a few moms who wouldn’t have been there for their children if Butker’s mother had stayed at home.

[Flossaluzitarin]

Well, in case he doesn’t make end of life while employed as a kicker, he can zip along and grab the credit hours to credential for some of the (see video supplements) https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scirobotics.adh2479 and …darn, can’t find the nice AI guided shortest-path-to-embolism robot embolism removal thing, but they were already calling that common in 2022 somehow, so maybe the new hotness is also not getting air in the patient’s blood tubes (also called an embolism, bah) when your robot hand somehow makes them fizz (and buzz!) or introducing air. Then there’s an excuse to square up with mom over the topical hard tangents, for that kicker.

New excuse for cutting out sodas; ‘I could stroke out any moment listening to that kicker, can’t have the CO2 just fizzing out during any medical fixup.’ (Not how it happens, looks like it’s trapped CO2 reeling off an embattled organ whose fixup missed the imperfect venous content, or holes (‘ovules’) in the ol’ heart ducting that pull venous stuff straight to arteries, or area suction pulling irrational exuberance.)

[danimagoo]

Some of the people associated with that college were not happy with Butker’s speech. Specifically, the nuns, which, if you think about it a minute, makes total sense (they have devoted their lives to a higher purpose than raising families). From their Facebook post:

As a founding institution and sponsor of Benedictine College, the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica find it necessary to respond to the controversial remarks of Harrison Butker as commencement speaker.
Statement in Response to the 2024 Benedictine College Commencement Address
The sisters of Mount St. Scholastica do not believe that Harrison Butker’s comments in his 2024 Benedictine College commencement address 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. One of our concerns was the assertion that being a homemaker is the highest calling for a woman. We sisters have dedicated our lives to God and God’s people, including the many women whom we have taught and influenced during the past 160 years. These women have made a tremendous difference in the world in their roles as wives and mothers and through their God-given gifts in leadership, scholarship, and their careers.
Our community has taught young women and men not just how to be “homemakers” in a limited sense, but rather how to make a Gospel-centered, compassionate home within themselves where they can welcome others as Christ, empowering them to be the best versions of themselves. We reject a narrow definition of what it means to be Catholic. We are faithful members of the Catholic Church who embrace and promote the values of the Gospel, St. Benedict, and Vatican II and the teachings of Pope Francis.
We want to be known as an inclusive, welcoming community, embracing Benedictine values that have endured for more than 1500 years and have spread through every continent and nation. We believe those values are the core of Benedictine College.
We thank all who are supportive of our Mount community and the values we hold. With St. Benedict, we pray, “Let us prefer nothing whatever to Christ, and may he lead us all together to life everlasting.”