I’m an eagle scout, and I’ve been following this story.
I’m going to be returning my medal as soon as I find a good mailing address that gives it the best chance of it landing on Roger Krone’s desk.
I’ve been in touch with every eagle I know. A good handful of them are on-board with sending their medals back as well. Most of the rest of them are at least going to be writing letters and doing whatever else they can to draw some attention to this.
Look, in the grand scheme of things, the changes they’ve agreed to change little to nothing about the scout program.
But if they caved once, that just means that hegseth is just going to try again, and they’ll probably cave in next time too. And the next time.
I’m not doing it lightly, I’m damn proud of my eagle scout award, that goofy little medal ranks among my most priced possessions.
But after a couple more rounds of this bullshit, they’re going to twist scouting into something I’d no longer want to identify with, so one way or another my days of being proud of that medal are coming to an end.
Fellow Eagle Scout here. I’m so glad my son dropped out last year so he doesn’t have to deal with this bullshit. It’s so embarrassing to see them cave on their principles when tested
The threads about this on Reddit are quite illuminating. It’s a real shame, that’s all I can say.
If these rocket surgeons get what they really want, membership will be cut by 25% by kicking out girls and honestly, the organization will probably die, or at least wither away to a wisp of its former self. Absolutely brilliant nine-dimensional chess like every other stupid fascist idea.
I see people discussing this as it has been playing out and saying - don’t give in - especially if you are a girl - since that is exactly what these pieces of shit want.
I guess former members have their own choices to make, and I respect yours. I would hope that your good memories and impressions of things are not permanently spoiled by these unhinged monsters.
Deliver it in person for even more dramatic effect.
PS: Bring a reporter and a cameraman, too.
Unfortunately I live a really long way from their HQ in Texas, and have neither the time nor the money to do so.
And delivering it to my local council wouldn’t really have the same impact, my local council isn’t the problem, they actually tried to admit gay scouts back in the 90’s when the national organization was still firmly against it.
Wait to see if this really happens. Who knows if Hegseth is just spewing garbage without actually getting the scouts to agree to this nonsense.
The scouts have already agreed to at least some of the nonsense.
They bent the fucking knee and this drunk asshole will be back for even more demands later.
This is so fucked.
God forbid girls get to learn outdoor skills!! They belong in the kitchen and away from my manly motorboating merit badge.
Actually they kept girls in. What they caved on was they removed a merit badge that was specifically created in the wake of BLM to teach Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. They are now going to have a military service merit badge.
It’s still bad, just not the specific kind of bad you were thinking.
Kegsbreath has pretty clearly said that he hopes to have girls kicked out and is going to further reevaluate in 6 months though
So it’s coming.
This is exactly why they should not have bent the knee. They should have told him - see you in court, and then put out an offer for lawyers that would take this up for free. I bet there are a LOT of Eagles that are now lawyers that would gladly do so.
Hopefully, in six months, the jamboree will be over and the scouts can tell him, nah, we’ll wait you clowns out, since the jamboree is the biggest thing and you guys are lame ducks.
Two Deep Leadership really really had a new meaning now
They represent in membership what they thwart by order.
