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"Extremely bigoted" is a pretty unfair way to paint the Boy Scouts of America.
by rextex 13y ago
"Extremely bigoted" is a pretty unfair way to paint the Boy Scouts of America.
- brudgers 13y agoAgreed, it's just women, gays, and atheists who are discriminated against by the policies of the Boy Scouts of America. So "bigoted" is probably more fair.
- onemorepassword 13y agoI get the sarcasm, but I have to say it genuinely does piss me off if people consider hatred against gays or atheists to somehow be less offensive than racism or antisemitism. The only real difference is the historical body count.
- twoodfin 13y agoDon't you worry about devaluing the term "hatred" by throwing it around so lightly?
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoI don't know where you are, but my Troop has all of those. The national organization is pretty heavily Mormon, so that's an obstacle. But our Council just removed the rule against gay Scout. And hey, the Girl Scouts are bigoted against boys, right? That's pretty disingenious; they are purpose-selective in accordance with massive issues with prepubescent youth. Pretty hard to mentor boys when they're constantly showing off to girls - try to change that!
- vinkelhake 13y agoSeems to work pretty well in countries that don't have different scout organizations for boys and girls.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoI deny that; it seems implausible. But I have no more information than you.
- jacalata 13y agoWhat are you denying exactly? I am from Australia where they have mixed troops. Yes, it works pretty well.
- vinkelhake 13y agoYou're right in that you have no more information about it than me. I spent some 8 years in such an organization so I probably know a lot more about it. It worked really well. Mixed troops are fairly common in the rest of the world.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoWell, we have mixed Troops too, at the age of 14 and above, and its optional. But below that, a Boys-only club (and Girls-only as well of course) works pretty good for us. I'm glad your experience was good. 8 years - so you must be an Eagle Scout? Or do you do that differently?
- vinkelhake 13y agoNo, we don't have the concept of Eagle Scouts. We did have merit badges, but there wasn't much focus on getting them. We did spend a lot of time learning practical things that would help us on hikes.