Stargazer09
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Sun Aug-15-10 11:04 PM
Response to Reply #75 |
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He was just trying to make sure that some kids who were too poor to have school supplies were able to get what they needed to succeed in school.
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| -Boy Scout to outfit 50 in back-to-school drive (and an estimated 8,000 from others) |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 03:25 PM |
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That's nice. Boy Scouts of America is a homophobic discriminatory organization. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 03:26 PM |
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So, by association, Matt Tolliver is |
MrsMatt |
Aug-15-10 03:41 PM |
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At the very least, he's heard about the controversy and been |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 04:20 PM |
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Wow. |
Brickbat |
Aug-15-10 04:21 PM |
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So, does this mean you approve of organizations teaching |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 04:34 PM |
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No, it doesn't mean that at all. |
Brickbat |
Aug-15-10 04:38 PM |
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It is a problem. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 04:44 PM |
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Noted. |
Brickbat |
Aug-15-10 04:47 PM |
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Frankly, it says more about the Mormons than kids. |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-15-10 05:55 PM |
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The BSA didn't have to embrace bigotry. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 06:08 PM |
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The BSA would have lost so much funding as to endanger the org |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-15-10 06:10 PM |
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So you think that money is a valid reason to embrace bigotry? |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 06:16 PM |
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Reasonable people understand it was blackmail. |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-15-10 06:24 PM |
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If any one council and the troops in it are quietly accepting |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 06:38 PM |
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If only you knew. |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-15-10 06:46 PM |
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Good. I'm glad you are an ally. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 06:51 PM |
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Understood. |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-15-10 06:54 PM |
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The troop that has been located at our church for many, many |
JerseygirlCT |
Aug-15-10 07:54 PM |
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To do so would have meant the loss of their charter. n/t |
oneshooter |
Aug-15-10 08:49 PM |
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If the leader truly disagreed with the national organization |
JerseygirlCT |
Aug-16-10 04:53 PM |
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You've no doubt been told before that not all troops peddle that hate. |
KittyWampus |
Aug-15-10 05:00 PM |
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Yes. I know. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 05:08 PM |
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Are the scouts who are "very good people" still homophobic bigots? nt |
hack89 |
Aug-15-10 05:15 PM |
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At the very least they've chosen to remain members of a |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 05:33 PM |
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You really are bitter, aren't you? |
hack89 |
Aug-15-10 06:57 PM |
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Nice way to blow off the importance of discriminatory organizations. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 07:01 PM |
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Aug-15-10 07:39 PM |
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So your solution to bigotry is to shit all over a kid |
hack89 |
Aug-15-10 10:07 PM |
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So a gay talking about a discrimination is full of "hatred" & their compass is broken? |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 10:08 PM |
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He labeled a young kid as a homophobic bigot |
hack89 |
Aug-16-10 06:32 AM |
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How do you see anything changing if not for |
JerseygirlCT |
Aug-16-10 04:55 PM |
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The scouts I work with all the time |
hack89 |
Aug-16-10 07:13 PM |
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Gays in the military. |
redwitch |
Aug-15-10 07:57 PM |
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The Military has to be a different matter |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 08:01 PM |
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The military is also a public institution |
PacerLJ35 |
Aug-16-10 07:45 PM |
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I really like you ThomCat, but I have to say |
MrsMatt |
Aug-15-10 04:33 PM |
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I think defending any organization that actively promotes bigotry |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 04:36 PM |
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ThomCat, I am not defending the organization |
MrsMatt |
Aug-15-10 04:43 PM |
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Not in this thread you're not. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 04:46 PM |
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I guess we'll just have to disagree - n/t |
MrsMatt |
Aug-15-10 04:56 PM |
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How many people do you need to swing that broad brush? n/t |
PavePusher |
Aug-15-10 11:07 PM |
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It's quite different |
RetroLounge |
Aug-15-10 05:14 PM |
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Sorry - it was the first analogy I could think of. Obviously. |
MrsMatt |
Aug-15-10 05:35 PM |
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I spent years as a Boy Scout and became Eagle. |
Radical Activist |
Aug-15-10 05:15 PM |
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That's amazing! |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 05:39 PM |
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There was no reason for it to come up at scout meetings. |
Radical Activist |
Aug-15-10 05:54 PM |
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You may be right. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 06:15 PM |
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I also am an Eagle scout and never heard discussions on Gays as a kid. |
NutmegYankee |
Aug-15-10 06:04 PM |
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Nice assumptions. |
PavePusher |
Aug-15-10 11:02 PM |
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My point is EXACTLY what I said. The Boy Scouts are a discriminatory homophobic organization. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:34 PM |
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And the dems in power are as well - DADT and gay marriage. WHY would you vote for them? |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 06:24 PM |
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+1 |
Contrary1 |
Aug-15-10 06:36 PM |
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Aug-15-10 06:41 PM |
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Boy Scouts of America is a homophobic discriminatory organization. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 09:49 PM |
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So how's your back-to-school clothing drive going? nt |
WolverineDG |
Aug-15-10 03:45 PM |
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+1. Organizations are what you make of them. |
Statistical |
Aug-15-10 03:50 PM |
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What gets me is this: |
WolverineDG |
Aug-15-10 06:31 PM |
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+1 |
LostinVA |
Aug-15-10 03:51 PM |
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Oh well. "Organizations are what you make of them." |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:39 PM |
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People need to be reminded that this organization FIGHTS for |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 04:28 PM |
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+1 |
AlabamaLibrul |
Aug-15-10 04:45 PM |
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Really? |
digitaln3rd |
Aug-15-10 04:47 PM |
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Take your passive aggressive snark elsewhere. The Boys Scouts FIGHT for the right to discriminate. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:36 PM |
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No good deed goes unpunished. BTW, did you vote for Obama? |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 05:24 PM |
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Of course I voted for Obama. What's your insinuation? |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:35 PM |
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What has been his stand on gays? (nt) |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 05:37 PM |
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I would have thought you would have paid more attention. I don't have time to fill you in right now. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:38 PM |
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So you won't be voting for him next election on principle? |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 05:44 PM |
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Aug-15-10 05:45 PM |
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I just said as much beneath you here. Fucking unreal. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:46 PM |
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Tryin' to pick a fight are ya? What's YOUR views on the homophobia of the BSA? |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 05:46 PM |
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My view? |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 06:04 PM |
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well stated |
MrsMatt |
Aug-15-10 06:10 PM |
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Try being someone who the Boy Scouts don't want to let IN & come back and comment. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 09:44 PM |
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So you not getting into the Boy Scouts |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 11:02 PM |
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Who said I "hate" every boy scout? Yeah, me not getting in is irritating & you tolerate it. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 11:08 PM |
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Sure |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 11:12 PM |
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I wouldn't let my kids in an organization that excluded blacks or Jews, for instance. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 11:14 PM |
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I'm female - don't think the boy scouts would let me join. n/t |
MrsMatt |
Aug-16-10 02:31 AM |
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ha ha good one |
Bluebear |
Aug-16-10 10:33 AM |
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+1 |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 06:46 PM |
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1) Nobody "bashed" the boy. 2) 'the organization as a whole isn't the evil monster ' = |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 09:45 PM |
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Uh, no, I don't, actually |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 11:00 PM |
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'Hatred such as yours' - Yes. always blame the victim. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 11:06 PM |
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LOL |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 11:11 PM |
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Good for him! Well done, Matt! |
Brickbat |
Aug-15-10 03:48 PM |
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Maybe his Eagle Scout project should have been GLBT rights? |
RetroLounge |
Aug-15-10 05:11 PM |
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No fundy nutballs here in Rhode Island |
hack89 |
Aug-15-10 05:16 PM |
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If so, then I hope they are mounting a fight to overturn the BSA's |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 05:44 PM |
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I think they are more concerned with raising their kids. |
hack89 |
Aug-15-10 06:54 PM |
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Then the BSA gets a never-ending pass to keep discriminating. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 07:02 PM |
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Atheism is a choice, being gay is not |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 07:22 PM |
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Because the BSA discriminates against both. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 07:28 PM |
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As a Christian here I can tell you |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 07:44 PM |
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Christians face stereotyping, but Jews, Muslims and Buddhists don't? |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 07:52 PM |
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I was talking about HERE on DU |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 08:13 PM |
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I'm talking about here on DU too. |
ThomCat |
Aug-15-10 08:34 PM |
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Um...what the hell are you talking about? |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-10 09:30 PM |
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Great, now are schools are being funded by militaristic homophobic bigots. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-15-10 08:19 PM |
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Actually |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 11:04 PM |
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Boy Scouts of America is a homophobic discriminatory organization. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 11:09 PM |
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So don't join them |
Stargazer09 |
Aug-15-10 11:13 PM |
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I can't join them, they won't have me. And you tolerate bigotry, ignoring me or not. |
Bluebear |
Aug-15-10 11:15 PM |
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+1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
Odin2005 |
Aug-15-10 11:24 PM |
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I find it astonishing that so many choose to ignore the good deed this kid is doing. |
proteus_lives |
Aug-16-10 03:36 AM |
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Welcome to politics |
PacerLJ35 |
Aug-16-10 07:41 PM |
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This sounds like a great project...my son became a Life Scout this past weekend, so he needs |
Pendrench |
Aug-16-10 07:11 PM |
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He's obviously an evil homophobic child if he's made it that far |
PacerLJ35 |
Aug-16-10 07:42 PM |
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Hi PacerLJ35 - Thanks for your kind words...he also went to the Jamboree a few weeks ago and had a |
Pendrench |
Aug-16-10 09:32 PM |
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Good job |
PacerLJ35 |
Aug-16-10 07:46 PM |
#109 |
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