Though the Harrison Butker commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas and the subsequent attempt at a media lynching has dominated the internet during the 2024 graduation session, his was not the only good commencement speech this year. Jerry Seinfeld delivered a very solid speech at Duke University, full of good humor and good advice. Though not as hot-button as that of the traditionalist Catholic placekicker, it too was countercultural in ways that shouldn’t be—but are—in 2024. He urged the graduates to do things like work hard, take a joke, and, yes, take advantage of your “privilege” if you have it.
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