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  • Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker criticized Pride Month and suggested women should stay in the kitchen during a commencement address.
  • Butker has had a successful career in the NFL, but his views on gender roles and Pride Month have sparked controversy.
  • He also criticized the "church of nice" and expressed his beliefs in speaking truth despite going against diversity and inclusion.
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[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago

I thought kickers usually avoided the kind of brain damage that would explain what could only be described as a blatant attempt to get canceled.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 19 points 1 month ago

a blatant attempt to get canceled.

Except "getting cancelled" isn't a thing, the right will embrace him and give him the platform which is what he is actually aiming for, and he'll be on all their podcasts, and sponsor their brands, and keep most of his fans and gain more, and create a whole comfortable living for himself from being a bigot, like so so so many others before him.

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