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msongs

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1. nice to see the paramilitary boy scouts gonna teach girls how to shoot guns too nt

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Thu Oct 12, 2017, 01:30 PM

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Boy Scouting to open to girls and the misogyny I am seeing [View all] AllyCat Oct 2017 OP

nice to see the paramilitary boy scouts gonna teach girls how to shoot guns too nt msongs Oct 2017 #1

Ah, yes, that is what this is all about. AllyCat Oct 2017 #2

Nope. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #4

JFC nt Codeine Oct 2017 #13

Well, the REAL military is doing the same thing. MineralMan Oct 2017 #14

I am eagle scout and I never once shot a gun the entire time I was in scouts. tymorial Oct 2017 #16

We did here Bradical79 Oct 2017 #20

Guess I missed the paramilitary merit badge nt GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #17

I don't remember that badge on both my nephews Eagle Scout DK504 Oct 2017 #27

I think there was a "Rifle and Shotgun" or Marksmanship merit badge Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2017 #29

There are several surrounding firearms GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #31

Exactly. Not required. AllyCat Oct 2017 #36

The Girl Scouts of America org. is NOT HAPPY. Consensus is that the BSoA is massively losing boys: WinkyDink Oct 2017 #3

We know. LDS wanted their own program when we included gay Scouts AllyCat Oct 2017 #11

Trump enabled the haters, and they're going to hate. Initech Oct 2017 #5

Thank you. You are right. I have a Pack meeting to plan anyway. AllyCat Oct 2017 #10

I see NO connection to Trump here. Why politicise EVERYTHING? virgogal Oct 2017 #26

The hate, bigotry and misogyny in this country has got out of control thanks to Trump. Initech Oct 2017 #30

question hurple Oct 2017 #6

It is completely different. They have their own "brand" as they call it. AllyCat Oct 2017 #8

yes; why don't they just have Human Scouts; is the gender focus really necessary? nt TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #23

Most other nations do not. They just call it Scouts or Guides AllyCat Oct 2017 #33

...but girls have cooties. brooklynite Oct 2017 #7

Well, I think that is where a lot of this is coming from. AllyCat Oct 2017 #9

You weren't expecting the totally and completely predictable pushback... Iggo Oct 2017 #12

Not the level I am seeing. AllyCat Oct 2017 #15

It's the Boy Scouts. Iggo Oct 2017 #18

That is really insulting. We are working to make it better AllyCat Oct 2017 #19

Yes, that description of the behavior of the BSA is insulting. Iggo Oct 2017 #37

Or vice versa? Initech Oct 2017 #22

Well my sisters and I were all malaise Oct 2017 #21

Boy Scouts STILL shun nontheists yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2017 #24

True. There are many of us hoping that will be the next AllyCat Oct 2017 #34

Just because people are against it doesn't make it misogyny cbdo2007 Oct 2017 #25

They are not the same. AllyCat Oct 2017 #35

One person said the BSA should remove the word "America" from their name since this is no longer DK504 Oct 2017 #28

Change d_r Oct 2017 #32