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1 posted on 07/11/2023 10:58:06 AM PDT by george76
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So, the Boy Scouts of America weren’t prepared?


2 posted on 07/11/2023 11:00:00 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so.)
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At its peak, the BSA hosted 50,960 attendees at the 1964 Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa

I think that was the year The Flintstones attended!

3 posted on 07/11/2023 11:00:23 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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What is the point of the Boy Scouts if they now allow girls?

What is the reason for being of such an organization now?

Do the Girl Scouts allow boys?


4 posted on 07/11/2023 11:04:22 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I find it hard to understand the mindset of certain people, who would be offended that the president of the United States would address a Boy Scout jamboree.

Maybe a stupid question , but do certain people just have no respect for the office of the presidency, even if the president is someone they did not support?


5 posted on 07/11/2023 11:07:40 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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BSA is in its end-stage. Everything the left touches turns to $#!t.


7 posted on 07/11/2023 11:12:09 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can control you.)
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There is no such things as “Boy” Scouts any longer.....


8 posted on 07/11/2023 11:14:47 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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It was finally time to quash the last remaining bastion of toxic masculinity

Well, there's still the Orthodox and Catholic priesthoods, Freemasons, Knights of Columbus.
11 posted on 07/11/2023 11:18:10 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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I hear the Boy Scouts are introducing new “tuck friendly” uniforms and am embarrassed to have ever been a Boy Scout.


14 posted on 07/11/2023 11:20:10 AM PDT by glorgau
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I thought the Boy Scouts were history.

I guess they kept it viable as a grooming club.


15 posted on 07/11/2023 11:20:36 AM PDT by hattend (F U Pedo Joe.)
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Scouts at the Jambo can hear from luminaries such as former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah L. Birx or Elaine P. Ho, the Chief Diversity Officer at NASA.

Eeeww.

22 posted on 07/11/2023 11:25:40 AM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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BSA was an environment where boys could get away from home, experience nature, take risks and get ready for adulthood and/or the military.

My scoutmaster was ex-military, and so gave us a taste of military discipline. Plus we got to play with knives, guns, fire, to sleep on the ground, to eat squirrel that we had caught, all without getting hurt.

But it changed. That little bit of maleness was too much for the left, and they let girls in. Interestingly, the Girl Scouts don’t let boys in.


27 posted on 07/11/2023 11:47:53 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. Cat = cat.)
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Though I was never a scout, I encouraged both my sons. They are both Eagle Scouts and fine young men.

My wife assisted with their scouting program as I travelled extensively for work and she absolutely loved it. Being a scout leader and seeing boys grow into young men with leadership qualities truly made her appreciate the program.

When we moved to Australia not long after they got their Eagles, I had free time and became a scout leader here in Australia. It is a dismal program here. It is mixed boys and girls and many of the things that boys should be doing were lost. Instead they should have kept the sexes apart. The Girl Guides are only female.

There are many activities that can be coordinated between boy scouts and Girl guides that would be great for both. However the individual groups should really be gender/sex separated.

I gave up being a scout master due to health reasons, but I still think about the kids every day. Even though the program is broken here, it still provides great value to the kids. BTW, the scout uniforms are very different here. Apparently some time back a bunch of mom’s petitioned the national leadership and got them changed so they wouldn’t look militaristic. Another loss for the program.

Please remember the problem is national leadership and not the kids. Most local units are still great, but they are fighting a losing battle unless national leadership is changed.


29 posted on 07/11/2023 11:55:37 AM PDT by JosephW (Lost women seek a new daddy by voting for left wing candidates, instead of having strong husbands.)
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The Gray Ranks – The Fighting Boy-Scouts Of The Polish WWII Resistance

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/grey-ranks-fighting-boy-scouts-polish-wwii-resistance.html


31 posted on 07/11/2023 11:56:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Mr Trump made a inappropriate campaign speech to the scouts. One of the more embarrassing moments of his presidency........


33 posted on 07/11/2023 12:14:25 PM PDT by teofila
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"A seminal moment"

... ...uh...

36 posted on 07/11/2023 12:24:22 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Going into debt is like taking the canoe out WITH the tide and coming back AGAINST the tide!)
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More would have attended but they couldn’t decide to wear pants or dresses .... just skipped it.


39 posted on 07/11/2023 1:53:57 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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Wonder how many of the 15,000 are drag queens.

When they went woke it cost them.


41 posted on 07/11/2023 2:54:18 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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And now, may the Great Scoutmaster of all good scouts be with us now, until we meet again . . .

Oh, who am I kidding? I’m pretty sure the Great Scoutmaster has left the building for now.


48 posted on 07/12/2023 4:28:54 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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