@jeffwM to News • 8 months agoAfter years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting Americawww.npr.orgmessage-square8arrow-up1137arrow-down17starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink34•8 months agoAs a trans guy that wanted to join the Boy Scouts as a kid but couldn’t, I’m happy for the kids who will get to participate now. arrow-up138arrow-down14file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squarecomador link10•8 months agoProbably teaming up with the Catholic Church so they can be “Scouting America” together. arrow-up127arrow-down117file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@beercluelink9•8 months agoWhy didn’t they just go for “Scouts of America”? arrow-up111arrow-down12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@jeffwOPMlink1•8 months agoPartially motivated by inclusiveness… but also trying to avoid associations with past lawsuits arrow-up14arrow-down13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-10•8 months agoWas great to grow up with male only spaces. Sad that the next generation won’t get to experience that. They are missing a lot, guys don’t get what they need. arrow-up17arrow-down117file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-4•8 months agoPerhaps the slippery slope was right in this instance. They don’t want equality. They want superiority and believe they are owed it. arrow-up15arrow-down19file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squarePlap plap 𓁑𓂸 linkfedilinkEnglish-23•8 months agoNice, so now predators that prefer little girls will have more reign. And what about the Girl Scouts? Can we start letting boys in there to start selling cookies and whatever the hell else they do? arrow-up18arrow-down131file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-squarePlap plap 𓁑𓂸 linkfedilinkEnglish-7•8 months agoWhy am I a bigot? Because pedos hiding in the Boy Scouts have a wider selection of targets? Because Girl Scouts exist, so girls can join that organization to do all of the things Boy Scouts can do? Because the only thing anyone attributes to Girl Scouts are their cookies? What am I wrong on? arrow-up17arrow-down114file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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As a trans guy that wanted to join the Boy Scouts as a kid but couldn’t, I’m happy for the kids who will get to participate now.
Probably teaming up with the Catholic Church so they can be “Scouting America” together.
Why didn’t they just go for “Scouts of America”?
Partially motivated by inclusiveness… but also trying to avoid associations with past lawsuits
Was great to grow up with male only spaces. Sad that the next generation won’t get to experience that. They are missing a lot, guys don’t get what they need.
Perhaps the slippery slope was right in this instance.
They don’t want equality. They want superiority and believe they are owed it.
Nice, so now predators that prefer little girls will have more reign.
And what about the Girl Scouts? Can we start letting boys in there to start selling cookies and whatever the hell else they do?
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Why am I a bigot?
Because pedos hiding in the Boy Scouts have a wider selection of targets?
Because Girl Scouts exist, so girls can join that organization to do all of the things Boy Scouts can do?
Because the only thing anyone attributes to Girl Scouts are their cookies?
What am I wrong on?
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