Just When We Thought We’d Heard It All, Someone Came Along and Gave Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker a Microphone

If anyone tells you feminists are exaggerating, play them Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College. In front of hundreds of graduates, the NFL player said one of the “most important” titles a woman can hold is “homemaker.”

Framing his speech around political issues at stake in the election year, Butker attacked the LGBTQ+ community. He rejected abortion rights and even railed against lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“How many of you are sitting here now, about to walk across this stage, and you’re thinking about all the promotions and titles you’re going to get in your career? Maybe some of you will go on to lead successful careers in the world,” Butker said. “But I would venture to guess that most of you are more excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”

A speech straight out of a Margaret Atwood book

After congratulating the class of 2024, Harrison Butker told attendees that he hoped they had “learned the important lesson that suffering in this life is only temporary.” The NFL player proceeded to talk about the “COVID fiasco” and “bad policies and bad leadership” in the country.

“Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as the growing support for degenerate cultural values and degenerate media, are a consequence of the pervasiveness of disorder,” he added. “Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith. But at the same time, is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally.”

After an elaborate rant on Catholic values, Butker said, “We must intentionally focus on our state in life and our own vocation. For most of us, that’s as married men and women.”

The athlete then proceeded to speak directly to the women present

“I want to speak to you directly briefly. Because I think it is you, women, who have been told the most diabolical lies. How many of you are sitting here now, about to walk across the stage, thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Maybe some of you will go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that most of you are more excited about your marriage. And the children you will bring into this world. I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly began when she started living her vocation as a wife and mother.”

“I am beyond blessed with the many talents God has given me. But it cannot be overstated that all of my success has been possible because a girl I met in band class in high school converted to the faith, became my wife, and embraced one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.”

And to speak to men, Harrison Butker took a cue from Andrew Tate’s handbook

“To the gentlemen here today, part of what plagues our society is this lie you have been told that men are not needed in the home or our communities. As men, we set the tone for the culture. And when that is missing, the disorder, dysfunction, and chaos that are set in this absence of men in the home is what plays a major role in the violence we see across the nation. Other countries have nowhere near the same rates of absentee fathers that we find here in the US. And a correlation can also be made in their drastically lower rates of violence. Don’t apologize for your masculinity.”

“Fight the cultural emasculation of men. Do hard things,” he added.

And if you’re wondering who pays this man’s salary, even the NFL washed its hands of the issue

“Harrison Butker delivered a speech in his personal capacity,” Jonathan Beane, the NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer, told PEOPLE in a written statement. “His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger.”

One way or another, Harrison Butker’s speech is irrefutable proof that the world needs feminism today more than ever.