Benedictine Honcho Backs Butker Against American Culture War

As always, self-righteous American Catholic indignation is eternal. 

In fact, pious proclamations are great for media coverage given that outrage is far more fun, captivating and gratifying than the good deeds demanded by the Big JC.

And so . . .

This Summertime statement offers more perspective on yet another Catholic throwing stones in the direction of his political opposition . . .

"We decided not to comment publicly on the speech. For one reason, doing so could just incite the haters again.

"The other reason is even more significant: The demand that we weigh in on Butker’s speech is exactly the kind of problem Benedictine College hopes to counteract in American culture.

"We’ve hosted cardinals and bishops, a U.S. House speaker and a governor, authors and businesspeople, entertainers and athletes. Until this year, no one ever asked us if we shared their views, attacked us for hosting them, or demanded that our commencement speakers be chased from the public square, silenced and fired. This sort of reaction is wrong."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

We invited Harrison Butker to speak at our college. We won't bow to cancel culture.

The demand that we weigh in on Harrison Butker's speech is exactly the kind of problem Benedictine College hopes to counteract in American culture.