"I refuse to buy cookies from you because I strongly disagree with the politics of the Girl Scouts!"

[NickB79]

This is what an angry-sounding middle-aged man said to my 12-yr old daughter while we were standing in front of a Walmart this morning doing a cookie booth in windy, 30 degree, snowy weather. She politely smiled and told him to have a nice day, he walked off, and then asked me what his problem was. I had no clue

Some people are so hateful at the world that they feel the need to raise their voice even at Girl Scouts, I guess.

Joke's on him though, we sold almost 100 boxes in 2 hours.

On edit: this is what I was able to dig up by Googling about Girl Scouts and politics. It's what I kind of thought, but wasn't sure of, since our area is pretty rural and pro-life.

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/exaggerated-claims-about-girl-scout-cookies/

One popular meme circulating on social media claims: “Before you buy Girl Scout cookies, be aware that they support Planned Parenthood, which now endorses full term abortions.”

Some version of that claim has been going around for years. It dates to at least 2004 — the same year that Facebook began — when John Pisciotta, an anti-abortion activist in Waco, Texas, bought ads on a local Christian radio station calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies.

On NBC’s “Today” show, host Lester Holt interviewed Pisciotta and Kathy Cloninger, who had become the CEO of the national Girl Scouts six months earlier, about a local boycott that made national headlines.

[hlthe2b]

1. I'm so sorry for the jackasses out there. She has NOTHING to earn her anything but smiles, sales and

kudos!

[MustBeTheBooz]

2. "...because of the politics of the Girl Scouts."

Get the fuck out of here! What politics!? My girls sold cookies and learned the importance of being a good person to all.

That jackass has issues beyond the scouts.
Jeebus! SMDH

[Sky Jewels]

12. It's because The Girl Scouts organization doesn't hate Teh Gays and

all the other horrible degenerates that have the audacity to not be straight white Christian males.

[CrispyQ]

3. Good! More for us!

Great sales!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. I was the cookie dad for both daughters

If a girl scout asks me to buy cookies, I buy at least two boxes of cookies

[Grins]

19. What pisses me off is...

…I never hear about the sale until it’s over! No ads, no marketing, no nothing. You just have to be at some store where a GS is selling them. And selling so many - they run out!

C’mon Girl Scouts. Get with the program!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. I had my daughters go up to my firm and sell cookies themselves

I delivered the cookies but I felt that I was important for my daughters to make the sale

[hippywife]

22. This should help:

https://www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies/how-to-buy-cookies.html

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Not A Cookie Guy

I just give them a couple bucks & get no cookies.
I do the same for all these kids' fundraisers. I even went to a cheerleaders' car wash, but didn't want to put the top up until it dried, so I gave them a few bucks & went home.
Except of youth football. I don't approve of 11 year old kids playing tackle football. I'm not helping their parents out. Let them pay for it.

[DFW]

5. I had no idea the Girl Scouts HAD any politics.

Maybe some secret radical agenda like "be nice to people" or something equally disturbing?

[Shermann]

6. The Boy/Girl Scouts tend to be pro-environment

Environmental issues really shouldn't be partisan issues, but sadly they are. There's one side who's responsible for that, and it's all very intentional.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Well, I do disagree w/ some of their policies, but I would never take it out on the girls. The

angry-sounding middle-aged man was wrong, and I would have told him to his face too, that is, if he had an issue, pick on someone his 'size' (by this I mean Age here).

Tell your daughter to keep up the good work, she is doing good work raising money, learning the skills of how a business works, and plus, learning how to deal w/ people. If you ask me, she is pretty smart already!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. Curious, which policies?

[Javaman]

8. Just another right wing nut job coward

Who feels tough standing up to a little girl to state his ignorant political stance on the politics of the Girl Scouts somehow owns them.

The girls scouts promote the right of girls and young women to improve their lives.

He was nothing more than a middle aged incel who fucked up in life and blames all his problems on Dems and women.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes a coward. What kind of man verbally attacks a little girl in public for no reason?

A pathetic coward of a man. A disgrace.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Adult American men verbally attacking little girls in public.

For no reason whatsoever.

The PutinGOP plan to spread hatred and division among Americans has been very successful.

[CTyankee]

36. women hating has gone on for ages. The PutinGOP plan is just the latest reverberation.

[Irish_Dem]

39. Yes that is why it is such an easy sell for the GOP.

[ExtremelyWokeMatt]

11. I had family that used to say/do that growing up

I figured out the laundry list of evangelical/puritan style restrictions was hogwash by age 4 or 5.


Speaking of, can’t wait to get myself some of those new raspberry varieties

[Sky Jewels]

13. I'm so sorry! What an a-hole that guy is!

One request: Please don't use the right wing propaganda term of "pro-life" ... "Anti-abortion" is better.

[NoRethugFriends]

14. or anti-choice

[Sky Jewels]

26. Right!

I knew there was a better term. I need more coffee. Thanks.

[NickB79]

27. Can do!

Thanks!

[Sky Jewels]

29. Thank you!

[Paladin]

15. I'm having a couple extra Lemonades (Lord, are they tasty)...

...by way of dishonoring that brain-dead, child-abusing schmuck who was so rude to your daughter. Glad to hear about the great sales total.

[NickB79]

28. My wife promised to make me a lemon cheesecake

Using crushed Lemonade cookies instead of graham crackers for the crust. Good Lord I'm excited for it!

[Paladin]

34. Your wife is an inspired baker. Lucky you! (nt)

[BannonsLiver]

16. To hell with that guy. Pass the Thin Mints!

[Grins]

17. An "...anti-abortion activist in Waco, Texas"

Waco, Texas!!! Aka, “Jerusalem on the Brazos!”

[roamer65]

18. Fucking cheapskate didn't wanna buy the cookies.

Fuck him.

[rurallib]

23. "be aware that they support Planned Parenthood, which now endorses full term abortions."

JESUS CHRIST AND MARY MAGDELENE THESE PEOPLE ARE SO INCREDIBLY STUPID!

"full term abortions" WTF?????

[Niagara]

24. Angry Man most likely doesn't like GS's promoting education and leadership opportunities for girls.

He most likely thinks they should be bare-foot, pregnant and in the kitchen at a young age.


Policies and politics are two separate things, Angry Man.








Girl Scout Policy Agenda.
https://www.girlscouts.org/en/support-us/advocacy/policy-agenda.html

[pansypoo53219]

30. palm oil, + the cookies i had sucked. i make my own ckies. heck, i came up w/ my own coconut

cookie. a coconut shortbread.

toasted coconut
1/2+ cup sugar
1 stick butter melted
1/2 tsp baking soda for flavor
1 cup flour.

i bake them 350 over 20 min cause i like them darker. i should test baking powder.

[Martin Eden]

31. Anti-abortionists are NOT "pro-life"

That's what they call themselves, but it's a false frame I refuse to use.

Sorry about the nitpick, but they endanger the lives of women.

[JuJuChen]

32. it's ok, I don't go to chick-fil-et because their stance on LGBT rights

[Emile]

33. Girl Scouts are now baby killers!

[Bucky]

35. Dude wants to nag a Girl Scout about corporate politics, but shops at Walmart? 😆

GTFO!

[Trenzalore]

37. If you need to broadcast your politics to a 12 year old stranger you are a sad loser.

[gulliver]

38. Some people, left and right, are just a little bit nuts. nt

[Oneironaut]

40. Why can't people just say, "No thanks." Instead, they have to pontificate when nobody gives a shit.

It’s the same with people who announce that they’re leaving a forum. No one cares.

If you disagree with the politics of the Girl Scouts, no one cares - especially a 10 year old girl who has no idea what you’re talking about. Just don’t buy the cookies. People are nuts.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. Happy birthday to the @GirlScouts !

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