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Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes ( apnews.com )

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There's a lot I don't like about the organization, but this is something a love--a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As...

meyotch ,

I’m so ambivalent about this change. I had fun in the BSA but it’s also where I experienced the worst bullying as a gay neuro-atypical kid. This was in a Mormon associated troop long before the schizm over how exactly to enable child abuse.

meyotch ,

I’m proud that my tax dollars fund this, seriously. Frankly it probably costs very little. Someone probably has to read and approve the submissions.

How else would I know where a fancy cat goes to the bathroom?

meyotch ,

Nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills. You would be irresistible!

meyotch ,

We are all freely interchangeable widgets in their calculations. They don’t have time to consider that some people might be better than the job than others.

meyotch ,

Fuck right off with the ‘low-skill’ shit.

meyotch ,

He has been mentoring for years. He is a better mentor while still in office where he can work side by side with freshpersons.

meyotch ,

I think that’s fair. Star trek has always had a weird mix of ultra-professionalism and horn-dogging.

They have not only eliminated scarcity, they have eliminated sexual jealousy too. Don’t ask how. Now go talk to the nice green lady!

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