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TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:10 PM Jul 2017

Great. Let's Teach Boy Scouts How To Be Petty, Vindictive, Partisan, And

...and disrespectful of former U.S. Presidents.

There goes 107 years of Boy Scouts of America tradition in five minutes, thanks to this a$$hat.

Are we keeping track? How many Executive Branch traditions has this clown destroyed in the last six months?

1. Tradition of Presidential candidates releasing their tax returns. Gone.
2. Tradition of Presidential candidates releasing their medical records. Gone.
3. Tradition of Presidents not profiting from being in office. Gone.
4. Tradition of non-partisan neutrality of the Justice Department. Gone. (Overtly)
5. Tradition of non-partisan neutrality of the FBI. Gone.
6. Tradition of not using nepotism to give government jobs to your kids. Gone.
7. Tradition of not trying to make the military partisan. Gone (Trumps speech to sailors today)
8. Tradition of not accepting help from spy agencies from foreign countries to get elected. Gone.
9. Tradition of using the Secret Service for protection, and not having your own personal body guards. Gone.

Banana republic status--here we come.


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Great. Let's Teach Boy Scouts How To Be Petty, Vindictive, Partisan, And (Original Post) TrollBuster9090 Jul 2017 OP
Tradition of having at least the semblance of respect for your political opponents... welivetotreadonkings Jul 2017 #1
He wants his own BROWN SHIRTS--his very own "Hitler YOUTH" hlthe2b Jul 2017 #2
well said K & R JHan Jul 2017 #3
Parents should be outraged C_U_L8R Jul 2017 #4
Too fucking late, the Boy Scouts have already The_Casual_Observer Jul 2017 #5
Are you in the Scouts bpj62 Jul 2017 #8
I was a Scoutmaster for 8 years and The_Casual_Observer Jul 2017 #9
Trump speech bpj62 Jul 2017 #10
Yeah, I know better than to have any involvement with The_Casual_Observer Jul 2017 #11
Frustration bpj62 Jul 2017 #12
We have an asshole for our president. Ohioboy Jul 2017 #6
Ya'know this speech was mostly about HIM... yuiyoshida Jul 2017 #7
1. Tradition of having at least the semblance of respect for your political opponents...
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:16 PM
Jul 2017

Rather than threatening to jail them or insinuating they should be assassinated.

hlthe2b

(102,192 posts)
2. He wants his own BROWN SHIRTS--his very own "Hitler YOUTH"
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:19 PM
Jul 2017

This is about the most depressing thing I've seen him do in the past few days (and there has been a LOT)

C_U_L8R

(44,996 posts)
4. Parents should be outraged
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:24 PM
Jul 2017

when their kids come home lying, bloviating, pussygrabbing like dumbass Donald.

What a turd of a role model.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
5. Too fucking late, the Boy Scouts have already
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:34 PM
Jul 2017

Been indoctrinated by Gump-ass parents who believe in that shit for brains. It's always been bad but it's a lot worse since trump. It would guess its pure hitler youth.

bpj62

(999 posts)
8. Are you in the Scouts
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:45 PM
Jul 2017

I have two boys in the Scouts and the last thing they are is Hitler Youth. I learned life saving in the Scouts and when I was 15 years old my neighbor accidentally set himself on fire. The training I received allowed me to act in a calm manner and put him out. Go read the Scout Law and tell me which of the 12 laws would lead you to believe that the Scouts are nothing but Hitler Youth.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
9. I was a Scoutmaster for 8 years and
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:51 PM
Jul 2017

Had 28 Eagle Scouts during that time, went to Philmont 5 times. My son is an Eagle Scout and OA vigil member.

I'm afraid to say that the reception that that bastard got could lead to no other conclusion. My heart is broken

bpj62

(999 posts)
10. Trump speech
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 02:07 AM
Jul 2017

Than you should know better than to make a comment like that. I am currently the committee chair and I gave had 4 Eagles during my first year. We have 11 Life Scouts including one of my son's in various stages along their Eagle journey. The Scouts have so much to compete against and in not setting parameters for Trumps speech they have just put one more obstacle in our recruiting efforts. I live in a very purple area of Virginia so our Troop gets quite the mixture of kids and patents.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
11. Yeah, I know better than to have any involvement with
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 11:20 AM
Jul 2017

An organization that would allow that asshole to give a speech like that to the boys and then to see the appalling reaction to it by that pack of goobers. I'm sad to see what has happened to it, truly sad.

bpj62

(999 posts)
12. Frustration
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 03:42 PM
Jul 2017

The BSA has had an open invitation for every President to attend. The leadership clearly didn't think this through. If Trump was unwilling to be apolitical then I would have rescinded the invitation. I also understand your frustration because it is clear what Scouting has meant to you and your family.

Ohioboy

(3,240 posts)
6. We have an asshole for our president.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:35 PM
Jul 2017

It's on you Trump supporters, whether you're too stupid to know it or not.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
7. Ya'know this speech was mostly about HIM...
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 10:44 PM
Jul 2017

HOW GREAT IT IS TO LIVE IN AMERICA WITH TRUMP running it...I wanted to gag.

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