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Sheesh. Some of the best things I ever did involved the risk of getting hurt. And yes, I guess I could see someone very left-leaning hating on an Eagle Scout bu

Sheesh. Some of the best things I ever did involved the risk of getting hurt. And yes, I guess I could see someone very left-leaning hating on an Eagle Scout but it would still probably be rare thankfully.

micromacrofoot 4y ago
What's the liberal complaint about scouting?
- themodelplumber 4y ago
  For the big ones, read about the history of scouting, including when BSP visited Portland OR. You'll understand right away.
  - mikestew 4y ago
    That is the worst homework assignment ever: read the complete history of Boy Scouts, including when an unexpanded not-common acronym visited Portland. Was a link asking too much?
    - atdrummond 4y ago
      https://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0811/d-wwas.html https://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0811/d-wwas.html I assume this is a reference to the political fracas that Baden-Powell encountered with a group of Socialists in Portland.
  - micromacrofoot 4y ago
    what's BSP?
    - atdrummond 4y ago
      I assume this is a malformed initialism for Baden-Powell, scouting’s founder.
- convolvatron 4y ago
  i think it was the 90s or early aughts, there was a lot of media-heavy and forth about gay scoutmasters. and I guess gay scouts too.
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- gcheong 4y ago
  There are certainly complaints to be made about the BSA policies as an organization but I wouldn’t hold that against someone who went through scouting.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  From one side its overt religious bias. From the other it's being too inclusive by admitting girls.
  - micromacrofoot 4y ago
    Hmm yeah, one of those seems a lot more rational than the others... but I suppose if I were to say which one someone would claim that it's just my partisan bias.
themodelplumber 4y ago
Oh, you should see a right-leaning person screaming obscenities at a boy scout, if you're open to new perspectives. You know they have been teaching Environmental Science since at least the '80s? I almost saw an adult fight break out because of that one. Scouts always had randos protesting their indoctrination. Zone of the political spectrum depended on the contextual hot take.

micromacrofoot 4y ago

What's the liberal complaint about scouting?

themodelplumber 4y ago
For the big ones, read about the history of scouting, including when BSP visited Portland OR. You'll understand right away.
- mikestew 4y ago
  That is the worst homework assignment ever: read the complete history of Boy Scouts, including when an unexpanded not-common acronym visited Portland. Was a link asking too much?
  - atdrummond 4y ago
    https://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0811/d-wwas.html https://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0811/d-wwas.html I assume this is a reference to the political fracas that Baden-Powell encountered with a group of Socialists in Portland.
- micromacrofoot 4y ago
  what's BSP?
  - atdrummond 4y ago
    I assume this is a malformed initialism for Baden-Powell, scouting’s founder.
convolvatron 4y ago
i think it was the 90s or early aughts, there was a lot of media-heavy and forth about gay scoutmasters. and I guess gay scouts too.
- deleted 4y ago
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gcheong 4y ago
There are certainly complaints to be made about the BSA policies as an organization but I wouldn’t hold that against someone who went through scouting.
kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
From one side its overt religious bias. From the other it's being too inclusive by admitting girls.
- micromacrofoot 4y ago
  Hmm yeah, one of those seems a lot more rational than the others... but I suppose if I were to say which one someone would claim that it's just my partisan bias.

themodelplumber 4y ago

Oh, you should see a right-leaning person screaming obscenities at a boy scout, if you're open to new perspectives. You know they have been teaching Environmental Science since at least the '80s? I almost saw an adult fight break out because of that one. Scouts always had randos protesting their indoctrination. Zone of the political spectrum depended on the contextual hot take.