Harrison Butker, a kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, is being criticized by many on social media for making a very Catholic speech at a very Catholic college. Butker himself is, you might guess, very Catholic. He's so Catholic in fact that the very inclusive National Football League doesn't want to have anything to do with him. The League issued a statement to assure the world that Butker's beliefs weren't their beliefs.
You know, there was an easy, considerate way around this, NFL. Just don't say anything. What is there, really, to say? A Catholic is out there spouting Catholic beliefs. There's no shock value there. Let his words hang in the air without comment.
But you couldn't do that. You had to make sure the world knew you were so tolerant and inclusive that his words required intolerance and exclusivity. The League probably doesn't appreciate the irony of the oxymoron.
I do. My new team is the Kansas City Chiefs. I hope they win every game on a Harrison Butker field goal.
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