Pete Hegseth senior adviser is pushing for Pentagon to cut ties with Scouting America

[skeptic]

Have no words: https://www.aol.com/news/pete-hegseth-senior-adviser-pushing-150435751.html

 

Pete Hegseth senior adviser is pushing for Pentagon to cut ties with Scouting America

 

Courtney Bruce Kubec

Edited Wednesday at 04:18 PM by skeptic
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[Eagledad]

Not surprised, not a single person in the Pentagon was a member of Scouting America. 
 

Barry

[qwazse]

This might actually be a boon for recruitment. “Hate this admin? Have we got a program for you!”

Fact remains that my scouts are more comfortable in their skin under open sky than most other recruits.

[Eagle1993]

Perhaps he should become a scout and take Signs, Signals and Codes Merit Badge.  

[fred8033]

My wife and I were talking.  Cancel culture is alive and well.   Previous years it canceled conservatives.  Now, the opposition is in power and progressives are being canceled.  Soon everyone will be canceled.

Failure To Stay Neutral ... IMHO, much of this is BSA's fault.  BSA has repeatedly burnt goodwill by picking sides social debates.  Orientation.  Membership.  DEI.  Worse, BSA has been on both sides.  In late 1990s and early 2000s, BSA alienated progressives with Dale v BSA.  Then in 2010s to now, it has been with membership and DEI changes.  BSA should have been staying neutral.  "We leave that to our charter partners ... as an organization, BSA teaches universal values such as Trustworthy, Loyal, ... and encourages outdoor adventures.".  

Perhaps I'm naive.  It feels like there is a dance to be done where BSA could have endorsed universal values without taking stances on the storm of social change.

Edited Wednesday at 07:05 PM by fred8033

[skeptic]

As long as it seems important to some to "pick sides" there will be issues.  A bit of irony with how when BSA stood against the changing societal issues they got clobbered, losing sponsors and being sued.  When they knuckled under, it just reversed itself and caused even more problems.  Nobody wins with the refusal to simply find the middle ground and work within it.  

[SiouxRanger]

3 hours ago, fred8033 said:

Soon everyone will be canceled.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller

[Tron]

Everyone is freaking out over this and the headlines are all wordsmithing to make it sound like someone important made this/these statement(s). The lady who ran her mouth about this has no military experience or ties, she has no scouting experience or ties; however, somehow everyone thinks this is an issue. This is going to be much about nothing.