Is that like ROTC in the US?

I think it’s going to start skyrocketing in global desktop use. Maybe not in the US, but globally lots of other countries have good reason to migrate away from US based software companies

The Supreme Court literally ruled that racism was over when they overturned the voting rights act.

If he not dead he’ll be on the ticket.

If he dead it’ll be his son on the ticket.

Just to be clear, “morally straight” does not mean “sexually straight”.

And yes, “mentally awake” literally means “woke”. (Seriously. The scouts have been literally teaching “woke” for over 100 years. It’s actually a very progressive organization.)

Does your son play Rec or Select baseball. My kid plays on a select team and I don’t know any team that does no travel at all.

(There just generally aren’t enough local tournaments to even make that possible and still fill out a season.)

I really wonder how much they were paid for that endorsement…

I’m guessing a lot.

No overnight trips?

You haven’t had a kid in sports yet, huh? (Not that there is anything wrong with that.) Over night trips are generally pretty common for any kid in sports over 6th grade.

What’s… better?

So here is all of the Scout is Reverent requirements for Cub Scouts.

https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/leader-resources/pack-meeting-resources/family-reverence/

What specific lesson can you identify here that you disagree with? (Please actually cite the specific activity you take issue with. Don’t just make something up.)

So let’s back up.

What specific actual virtue of the Scouting America do you have a problem with?

Here’s the scout law to get you started:

A scout is: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.

Which one of these virtues do you want your kids to have? (And for gawd sakes, please read something about what “reverence” means before knee-jerking to that one."

That was literally a nothing announcement. Virtually nothing actually changed about the program.

Literally one merit badge was removed and one elective merit badge was added. That’s it. And all of the requirements in that one removed merit badge are repeated in multiple other merit badges, and those other merit badges didn’t get charged at all.

I promise you. No one is checking kids birth certificates when they sign up and no child is being turned away from the program.

You are upset about literally nothing because an algorithm on the Internet told you this was something to be upset about.

(I don’t understand Lemmy people. Who down votes child protection policies?)

It’s not a religious org. I’ve got lots of non-religous families in my pack.

Part of the Scout Oath is that a “Scout is reverent” but it’s generally left up to families to define what “reverent” means in their families.

I’m sorry that you hate religious people so much that you will rob your own kids of some pretty great opportunities.

He was always happy to lend his fame to the GOP.

And, I mean, it’s not exactly surprising that a rich White meat-head is MAGA. It’s only surprising when they aren’t.

Right. I just didn’t stick around to hear the second part of that statement where he said “Obama’s election will usher in 1000 years of darkness… AND WE ARE TOTALLY HERE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN!!”

Yeah, I’m generally having a hard time being sad when someone over 60 dies anymore.

Literally everyone on earth except Republicans and mainstream media journalists: “Yeah, we know.”

I personally prefer the Heath Ledger Joker as the best Joker.

He has no origin and he has no motive. He’s just a crazy MF’er that is intent on causing as much chaos as possible for his own amusement.

(Granted I did see a fan theory a few years ago that argued that there is evidence that he was an integral member of the League of Shadows, even possibly their lead explosives engineer. He either got tired of waiting for them to strike or got kicked out for being to crazy for them. I liked that theory too.)

The child protection policies in Scouting America (previously Boy Scouts) are very rigorous today. If a troop or pack today is following the policies there really isn’t any opportunity for an adult to abuse a scout. If you are still interested in scouts you should take the scouts Youth Protection Training to learn for yourself the policies. (I’m a Cubmaster and I strongly recommend, practically beg, all my parents to complete the training.)

But the truth is, there is just no youth organization that doesn’t have a history with abuse. It’s amazing to me that parents that have every reasonable reservation against putting their kids in scouts seem to have no issues with, like, youth sports -which have way more opportunities for child abuse and instances of it.