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In reply to the discussion: Boy Scouts Apologize Over President Trumps Remarks at Jamboree [View all]DFW
(60,192 posts)50. A day late and a dollar short. Their brand isn't just damaged. It's now thalidomide.
Anyone who tries it can be assumed to have deformed children.
This should have come five minutes after Trump's speech, not after a week of waiting to find out that it bombed.
The scouts present were cheering Trump like a Hitler Youth rally:
This is just what Trump wanted. It will NOT be what parents of present and future scouts want. Some parents will either pull their kids out, or not let them join. That will leave the hard core Hitlerjugend clones to populate the scouts.
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Boy Scouts Apologize Over President Trumps Remarks at Jamboree [View all]
workinclasszero
Jul 2017
OP
Yep, I heard part of it. Like a Hitler youth camp and he loves that shit. BSA had no
RKP5637
Jul 2017
#9
He could apologise to President Obama and Secretary Clinton for his scouts booing them
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2017
#34
I bet some of the leaders were just fine with his speech. I don't have much respect for
RKP5637
Jul 2017
#14
Trump would say exactly the same if given the chance. He's a demented asshole. n/t
RKP5637
Jul 2017
#20
He said: "We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program.
guillaumeb
Jul 2017
#32
A day late and a dollar short. Their brand isn't just damaged. It's now thalidomide.
DFW
Jul 2017
#50
I agree and by the look and sound of the Trump Youth rally/ Scout jamboree
workinclasszero
Jul 2017
#53