WTF. . .

[plimsoll]

14. It's a hard thing for the BSA.

1) Potus is the honorary President of the BSA. He's always invited.
2) It's very clear in the BSA literature that they are not to engage in political activities while in uniform.
3) Why would anyone think the BSA could control him?

So from my perspective, the BSA leadership was between a rock and a hard spot. They can't tell him not to attend without violating their own policies, and they know he's going to violate their policies. I can't blame the scouts themselves, you want them to be enthusiastic, but the adult leaders from the troops should have been there to remind the boys that this is not a political rally even if the President wants to make it one.

Try looking at it from this perspective: the Scout Oath and Law are pretty succinct encapsulations of our cultures ideals. Those values are what we, as a society, says are the ways people should act. So if you are honest about it you'll always find conflicts trying to live up to all of the ideals. The problem with 45 is that there is pretty much no part of the Oath and Law that he seems to view as being worth striving for.

I think he viewed them as just so many more suckers.