And Let's not forget about the other Deplorables

[johaninsc]

 

[johaninsc]

 

[TX-Beau]

Cancel culture doesn't work. Take action on him for espousing pretty much the platform of the Southern Baptist Convention toward women and he'll be on stage with Trump and he'll be making millions on the Christian lecture circuit as "The guy who stood up to the radical gays". Then he'll run for Congress.

The best thing to do is send him back to his job, let his teammates ostracize him and don't give him the spotlight.

I don't know what you mean by "take action." There is no law stopping him from being a bigot. Anyone who agrees with him is against us anyway, and no one is required to abet what he says because of free speech. Anyone who wants to countenance what he says is free to do so, but it says a lot about someone if that's the choice they make.

"Cancel Culture" seems to be only wrong when it's against bigotry; no one seems to have a problem with it when the shoe is on the other foot.

 

[rareboy]

Cancel culture doesn't work. Take action on him for espousing pretty much the platform of the Southern Baptist Convention toward women and he'll be on stage with Trump and he'll be making millions on the Christian lecture circuit as "The guy who stood up to the radical gays". Then he'll run for Congress.

The best thing to do is send him back to his job, let his teammates ostracize him and don't give him the spotlight.

I suspect we'll see him on the stage with Trump before long.

 

[rareboy]

In the meantime....he has gotten a wooden ruler slammed over his knuckles:

Statement in Response to the 2024 Benedictine College Commencement Address.

"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.

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.”

 

[KaraBulut]

In the meantime....he has gotten a wooden ruler slammed over his knuckles:

Yet, they didn't comment on the standing ovation from the Benedictine commencement audience...

 

[KaraBulut]

While America has been distracted by the details about Playboy models, porn actresses and Donald Trump laying on a bed in his underwear...

Rep Henry Cuellar (D-TX) will likely go to prison. Three of the individuals who paid him bribes have taken plea deals.

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar Charged with Bribery and Acting as a Foreign Agent

An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Texas charging U.S. Congressman Enrique Roberto “Henry” Cuellar, 68, and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, 67, both of Laredo, Texas, with participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering...

www.justice.gov

An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Texas charging U.S. Congressman Enrique Roberto “Henry” Cuellar, 68, and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, 67, both of Laredo, Texas, with participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering. Congressman Cuellar and Imelda Cuellar made their initial court appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena Palermo in Houston.

According to court documents, beginning in at least December 2014 and continuing through at least November 2021, Congressman Cuellar and Imelda Cuellar allegedly accepted approximately $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities: an oil and gas company wholly owned and controlled by the Government of Azerbaijan, and a bank headquartered in Mexico City. The bribe payments were allegedly laundered, pursuant to sham consulting contracts, through a series of front companies and middlemen into shell companies owned by Imelda Cuellar, who performed little to no legitimate work under the contracts. In exchange for the bribes paid by the Azerbaijani oil and gas company, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to use his office to influence U.S. foreign policy in favor of Azerbaijan. In exchange for the bribes paid by the Mexican bank, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to influence legislative activity and to advise and pressure high-ranking U.S. Executive Branch officials regarding measures beneficial to the bank.

Another Congressperson, Rep Troy Nehls (R-TX) is under an ethics investigation for directing campaign funds to his personal businesses.

Ethics review finds probable cause that Rep. Troy Nehls misused campaign funds

The independent office that reviews allegations against House members has found probable cause that Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas converted campaign funds to personal use.

apnews.com

The independent office that reviews allegations against House members found probable cause that Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas converted campaign funds to personal use, triggering an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, a new disclosure revealed Friday.

The recommendation and the full report from the Office of Congressional Ethics were both released Friday, as required under the law. The leaders of the House Ethics Committee emphasized that the disclosure does not itself mean that a violation has occurred and stressed that the investigation into Nehls is ongoing. Nehls’ lawyer told the committee the lawmaker did not profit from the arrangement that had raised red flags with the ethics office.

Nehls, a second-term Republican lawmaker, was a county sheriff for eight years before serving in the House. He’s a staunch Donald Trump supporter who attended this year’s State of the Union address wearing a T-shirt decorated with Trump’s mugshot.

And the ugly details of Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-NJ) bribery charges are being aired out in Federal Court.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/bob-menendez-trial-takeaways/index.html

The corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez is off to an explosive start, with prosecutors saying the New Jersey Democrat was “on the take” from a cast of shady characters and lawyers for Menendez and his co-defendants all casting blame on the senator’s wife, Nadine, for any potential crimes.

Menendez, 70, has been charged with acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt and assisting the government of Qatar, all while taking bribes from several New Jersey businessmen. He is being tried with Wael Hana, an Egyptian American businessman, and Fred Daibes, a New Jersey real estate developer. All three have pleaded not guilty

Menendez's attorneys seem poised to blame Menendez's wife, Nadine, for all of the gold bars, checks and cash coming in from various sources. Mrs Menendez announced this week that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

US Senator Bob Menendez reveals wife's breast cancer amid corruption trial

Bob Menendez said his spouse and co-defendant would undergo a mastectomy following her diagnosis.

www.bbc.com

While Trump's allies in the Judicial Branch are attempting to delay his Federal trials, Hunter Biden lost his bid to delay his June, 2024 trial on firearms charges.

Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to delay his June trial on federal gun charges

A judge in Delaware has denied a request by Hunter Biden's lawyers to delay his federal gun trial set for next month.

apnews.com

Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution.

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden’s request to push the trial in Delaware until September, which the defense said was necessary to line up witnesses and go through evidence handed over by prosecutors. The judge said she believes “everyone can get done what needs to get done” by the trial’s start date of June 3.

 

[rareboy]

 

[NotHardUp1]

WOAH What a sure way to upset 50% of your fan base

Although Mr. Butker's views on society are retrograde and reactionary, how sad is it that a university, even if it is the students who may have chosen, elected a football player as some paragon qualified to lead college students into a fulfilling life.

The NFL doesn't require high IQ's, and the universities feeding them shoudln't welcome athletes as exemplars of academics.

 

[Alistair]

Although Mr. Butker's views on society are retrograde and reactionary, how sad is it that a university, even if it is the students who may have chosen, elected a football player as some paragon qualified to lead college students into a fulfilling life.

The NFL doesn't require high IQ's, and the universities feeding them shoudln't welcome athletes as exemplars of academics.

I was thinking the same thing. Why was he invited to speak?

 

[NotHardUp1]

I was thinking the same thing. Why was he invited to speak?

In many colleges, the students get to nominate and invite the speaker.

 

[KaraBulut]

... how sad is it that a university...

Not a university. A college. A religiously affiliated conservative Catholic college with barely 2,000 students.

Most hiring managers would look at a resume' with the name "Benedictine College" and say, "Where's that?".

I was thinking the same thing. Why was he invited to speak?

He was invited because he's part of the same conservative Catholic movement that has a significant amount of power in American Catholicism. He brought them a speech that was exactly what the parents of the students wanted to hear. That is why he got a standing ovation.

The Catholic Church, like many Christian Churches, is shrinking in the US. These churches are only recruiting new converts in Africa. Progressive Catholics lost faith during the child sexual abuse scandals. The moderate Catholics attend mass on holidays and special occasions. What's left are the charismatics and ultra-conservatives.

It's worth noting that 6 of the 9 Supreme Court members are Catholic- Alito, Barrett, Cavanaugh, Roberts, Sotomayor and Thomas. Of the 6 Catholics, at least 4 are adherents to views similar to those expressed in the commencement address (Alito, Barrett, Cavanaugh and Thomas). It is very unlikely that we will ever see a liberal Catholic like William Brennan on the Supreme Court.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Not a university. A college. A religiously affiliated conservative Catholic college with barely 2,000 students.

Most hiring managers would look at a resume' with the name "Benedictine College" and say, "Where's that?".

Semantic difference these days.

Also, a prestige name for your alma mater is only relevant in a few career areas. It's far more important to have a great GPA across a tough curriculum and to demonstrate that you learn well, communicate well, and are adaptable.

As for Catholic numbers, at over 50 million, they have a long way to go before ever becoming insignificant politically or socially.

 

[johaninsc]

 

[rareboy]

Hardly surprising. Another self-hating closet case who thinks he needs to make a lot of noise to keep his straight followers tuned to his message of hate.

I love how Geroge Santos is going after him...and on various SM sites...there are comments from people who say that Fuentes being a closet homo has been an open secret.

 

[rareboy]

The NFL. For this kind of nothing statement.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Wrong thread.

 

[cityboy-stl]

There are always consequences for what you say. The NFL ruined the career of Colin Kaepernick for making a stand against racism; this guy will face nothing at all.

That is not as it should be.

Tolerating bigotry is not free speech.

Kind of like tolerating intolerance....huh?

 

[TX-Beau]

Kind of like tolerating intolerance....huh?

Tolerance must be reciprocal, or it's not tolerance; you get the tolerance you give. Tolerating bigotry is just capitulation at best and collusion at worst.

 

[johaninsc]

The marshal who served Rudy