That's fair - but I figured it would help to have some context on why this is an issue.
They did not give out his "neighborhood". They said what city he lives in - a city with over 100,000 residents spread over 65 square miles. Notably, I just searched "Harrison Butker house" and found much more information, including the purchase price and square footage, in an article from well over a year ago about the houses that all of the Chiefs starters live in. Generally speaking, the rough location (if not the specific address) of most celebrities' homes is public knowledge. It's one of the costs of being famous.
And I used to live just on the other side of the border in Kansas.
I agree - as I said, it was inappropriate. But words have meanings, and using them incorrectly cheapens them, ultimately rendering them meaningless.
You seem so confident in your analysis - have you talked to this person?
Yes. He is a conservative Catholic speaking at a private traditional Catholic university. He was invited to speak there. He was not at a public or even Protestant school where some would take umbrage to parts of his speech. I agree with what Whoopi Goldberg said on the view (and I don't watch the View) but I've read and heard what she said.
Or since 2016. Whatever.
Feminism wants women to be free to make choices. They want men to have choices, too.
To claim that Christians don’t kneel except in religious observance is a really wild thing to claim.
Kapernick got criticism because of how he was dragging politics into football games. If he had made his opinions known "off the field" instead, then he probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere near the level of dislike he did. Various athletes make their political views known, but they normally do it outside of games.
No one expects they will meet someone who believes in Sharia Law, but there are plenty of overly controlling men in the suburbs. Emotional abuse can be subtle but still make life intolerable.
Well, let's see. For normal and mundane reasons, I can kneel down if I have to get close to the ground in order to do some work. .... or perhaps pick up a pet. However, let's keep this in context as to acts of kneeling down for respect or in deference, or reverence. The only time that I have ever knelt down to a person out of respect was when I proposed marriage to my soon to be wife. That is it. Period, end of sentence. I have never knelt down to show respect for a object, or an idea unless I was kneeling down to pray to the Lord God.
The thing is, plenty of Catholics (including this one) DO take umbrage with what he said. His views are not aligned with mainline Catholicism. To quote myself from post #91:
For the umpteenth time, no one has said that he shouldn't have been allowed to say that. The 1st Amendment protects you from retaliation by the government for your speech. It does NOT mean that other citizens cannot have a negative opinion of you or choose to take their business elsewhere if they don't like what you say. That he was speaking to a private, like-minded audience (and a commencement ceremony isn't really private) doesn't change anything - his views are his views. If, for example, someone found a video of Joe Biden speaking at a KKK meeting, would you say that we should ignore it because he has freedom of speech and was speaking to fellow racists at a private meeting?
And talked down to women who choose otherwise. There are ways to express that opinion that aren't insulting to those who disagree with you - the implication that anyone telling you that a career is fulfilling is lying, the casual assumption that "most of you" are really looking forward to marriage and motherhood. Coming from a man, it comes off as quite patronizing. "A woman's place is in the kitchen" sort of stuff.
