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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoy Scouts Twitter account is on fire with angry reactions
https://mobile.twitter.com/LeeRberger/status/889475358533308421chillfactor
(7,576 posts)who holds the office of POTUS .... what in the hell were the boy scouts thinking to invite this piece of shit to address young boys?
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,343 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)Our son was an Eagle Scout years ago and none of us are Republicans, or voted for Trump.
Scouts, for all the negatives out there, instilled a sense of honor in boys, and taught them practical life skills such as how to repair a faucet, build things (our son built a shade structure for a local park as his Eagle Scout project), do community service, outdoor skills, and much more. He was a member long before the gay issues arose, which were unfortunate.
I know plenty of Scouting families who were progressive minded, and no doubt across the nation, many are livid at what Trump did.
It is tradition for the Jamboree to invite the current President, so this wasn't an effort by Scouts to indoctrinate kids. Obama was invited but couldn't make it, so did a speech via video, I understand.
But Scouts should right this wrong by sending a letter of apology to every scout who was there, making clear that it was inappropriate for the president to voice political views and encourage scouts to do so, knowing that many scouting families undoubtedly diasgree with those views. Apologize to all, and send a letter to the White House explaining that the rule has changed, and Trump will no longer be invited to any future Scouting Jamborees.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)greyl
(22,990 posts)Scott Poniewaz @scottpony 3h
DJT dropping swear words/touting record crowds & "fake news" at @boyscouts #jamboree2017 speech. Can't it just be a non-political speech?
Sarah Myers @Myrsss97 1h
I have never been happier to have my son age out & quit Boy Scouts. #Potus #jamboree2017 #WTFDidIJustWatch
Grace @lastrega 3h
My 85 year old aunt who was in Italy during WWII said to me months ago, OMG, just like Mussolini. She remembers.
Tom Smith @tcs1891 3h
As a former Scout whose life was made better by BSA, this hijacking of a jamboree by politicians makes me sick. Shameful. #jamboree2017
Lloyd Spencer @lloyd_t_spencer 1h
Organizers: A kind apology to fellow Scout @BarackObama would be appropriate.
https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/jamboree2017
Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)Trump is demented.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,591 posts)What's next, turning in their dem parents like brown shirts?
Doreen
(11,686 posts)I would not be surprised in the least if that happens.......nope, not at all.
joedogs
(34 posts)I think he's getting them ready for The red pioneers Lenin's version of the boy scouts
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)HEIL TRUMPLER!
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bora13
(860 posts)he's testing the waters don't yah know?
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)Also, if you remove mobile. from the link, the tweet will open in the post. (The mobile url prevents that from happening.) I'm adding it here:
Link to tweet
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)happened-to be at the top and thus was the lightning rod for people who wanted to leave a comment.
(Thanks for the tip on "mobile" formatting )
Nailzberg
(4,610 posts)BSA retweeted him, so his tweet appears at the top of the BSA page.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)3catwoman3
(23,985 posts)...lives up to what the BoyScouts pledge to be -
Trustworthy❌
Loyal❌
Helpful❌
Friendly❌
Courteous❌
Kind❌
Obedient❌
Cheerful❌
Thrifty❌
Brave❌
Clean✅
Reverent❌
He was given "clean" for his germ phobic tendencies
Doreen
(11,686 posts)tblue37
(65,343 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)When I'd first earned Eagle in 1984, I had a scout master who refused to give me the award after I told him I was an atheist. But a year later a more progressive leader replaced him and I was given a full court of honor. So this has me torn, because I know that not all scouts are on the Hitler Jugend bandwagon. Many are just as disgusted as I am right now.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Beartracks
(12,814 posts)The hammier, the better.
This is the target age for cartoon-like action figures.
Trump's persona, honestly, seems suited to teenage boys. They see a purported national leader pretending to be a tough strongman spouting patriotic nonsense, calling people names, and honestly just being an ass. And it's real life not in the movies. But, yeah, boys in that age group are gonna eat that stuff up.
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CentralMass
(15,265 posts)byronius
(7,394 posts)Either in the front lines or the bread lines.
Akamai
(1,779 posts)stand up to 45 -- don't expect these kids to do more -- they are kids with adults giving orders.
Look at the Milgram Obedience studies. So many of us would have given in as well.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)not rant.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)Suggest everyone flood them and demand an apology and more than that, that they contact every Scout who was there to let them know how wrong this was, that no Scout should dishonor a president (ie Obama) with negative chants, that no president should use profanity, and that it was wrong of Trump to voice political views with which many Scouting families and leaders no doubt disagree. I suggest every Scout, former Scout, parent, Scout leader especially voice their disgust with this.
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mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)Booing a former 1st lady and former president, clapping for the p* grabber and mounting her like a B8.
This is the new boy scouts.
FUCK THEIR POPCORN.
blue-wave
(4,353 posts)they are booing Hillary and Barack and cheering someone who would grab their mother by the p*#@y. Great job of raising fine Hitler youth!
The BSA organization is obviously vile.
bora13
(860 posts)to be the biggest, baddest, cruelest mofo out there and he'll do it
if he can pull the right strings.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)This is going to damage them.
orangecrush
(19,554 posts)Everything he touches.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Demented?
Hitler - yes
Trump - yes
Psychopath?
Hitler - yes
Trump - yes
Intelligent?
Hitler - yes
Trump - NO
Conclusion - Trump as a Stupid Hitler
Trump's new nickname - StupidHitler
IndianaDave
(612 posts)a large group of impressionable young boys, but has refused - twice, now - to meet with the NAACP. It appears that speaking to a group of adults with critical thinking skills is very, very scary.