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So, the Girl Scouts is up for grabs, then? (Original Post) Sugar Smack Jul 2017 OP
"Up for grabs" is not a phrase that should be used about women or girls in rzemanfl Jul 2017 #1
You know, I considered that, Sugar Smack Jul 2017 #2
My inner grammar Nazi thinks you should have said "is" if that was what you rzemanfl Jul 2017 #4
You're right. I'll change it. Sugar Smack Jul 2017 #5
But they all are selling "Lesbian Abortion Cookies." Thin mints are my faves. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #6
*snort* smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #7
The reich wing hates the Girl scouts workinclasszero Jul 2017 #3
I'll just bet. Girl Scouts are a menace to Boy Scouts, too. Sugar Smack Jul 2017 #8

Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)
2. You know, I considered that,
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 09:07 AM
Jul 2017

and figured that trump's USE of impressionable young boys indicates his view of them as voting/fighting "equipment". It objectifies them. Women & girls have always been objectified. Always. And trump's one of the worst perpetrators of them all. "Up for grabs" was indicative of the "Girl Scouts" as an institution, not per individual. And Trumpist Dumbfuckistan is exactly where we've landed.

rzemanfl

(29,556 posts)
4. My inner grammar Nazi thinks you should have said "is" if that was what you
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 09:22 AM
Jul 2017

were thinking.

I hope Twitler keeps his tiny hands off Girl Scouts.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
3. The reich wing hates the Girl scouts
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 09:14 AM
Jul 2017
Beware Lesbian Abortion Cookies! 3 Outrageous Right-Wing Attacks on the Girl Scouts
Conservative critics claim the organization is turning children into lesbian socialist activists.
By Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch March 5, 2015, 1:51 PM GMT


http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/beware-lesbian-abortion-cookies-3-outrageous-right-wing-attacks-girl-scouts

Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)
8. I'll just bet. Girl Scouts are a menace to Boy Scouts, too.
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 09:41 AM
Jul 2017

Among other things, they're becoming leaders in commerce at a very early age.

But after reading that article, I know a little better what we're all dealing with. OMG.

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