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The Boy Scouts of America boo Hillary Clinton (Original Post) ehrnst Jul 2017 OP
This is frigging unbelievable. LisaM Jul 2017 #1
im not at all surprised BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #20
Not necessarily, BUT.... LisaM Jul 2017 #21
Deplorables are still deplorables regardless of whatever uniform they put on. BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #23
Just threw up in my mouth a little... Zoonart Jul 2017 #2
Nice little Hitler Youth malaise Jul 2017 #3
Did anyone that looks like her ever molest them? underpants Jul 2017 #4
We have jumped the shark. Protect your family, when Putin comes , and he is Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #5
That Was a Shitty Thing for Them to Do Leith Jul 2017 #6
Just went through GaryCnf Jul 2017 #7
....The Handmaids Tale..... alittlelark Jul 2017 #8
Fox and twits will lead with this in the morning I bet Watchfoxheadexplodes Jul 2017 #9
See also emulatorloo Jul 2017 #10
Don't give the Boy Scouts credit. Blue_true Jul 2017 #14
Agree! mountain grammy Jul 2017 #31
She is, after all, the Bride of Satan. Boomerproud Jul 2017 #11
Introducing the Trump Youth. BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #12
Nice way to respect our system of government. Obviously, they don't have decent manners. nikibatts Jul 2017 #13
using children as political props Skittles Jul 2017 #15
Some are more than willing BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #16
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2017 #17
It's fucking pathetic. Trump has no fucking couth or decorum. m-lekktor Jul 2017 #33
Fuck the Boy Scouts. TeamPooka Jul 2017 #18
Boy Scouts CONTACT: leftstreet Jul 2017 #19
SHRED Jul 2017 #29
Thank you. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #32
They forgot to chant "Build the Wall!" dalton99a Jul 2017 #22
i know it looks/sounds terrible but......... Takket Jul 2017 #24
Deplorable Boy Scouts mountain grammy Jul 2017 #25
Trump politicizing of a gathering of children twice in one day (after the health bill speech). Doodley Jul 2017 #26
Who is Jenna Johnson? The 'boos' were directed at Obama. Trial_By_Fire Jul 2017 #27
She writes for the Washington Post LisaM Jul 2017 #30
Thank you for this... Trial_By_Fire Jul 2017 #36
I hadn't heard of her either, actually LisaM Jul 2017 #38
As opposed to an anonymouis post on a message board? Iggo Jul 2017 #34
Show me the link for a reputably news source for this... Trial_By_Fire Jul 2017 #35
I just heard about this a few minutes ago. Iggo Jul 2017 #39
Sorry that I did not provide a link... Trial_By_Fire Jul 2017 #40
Here is a transcript from TIME ehrnst Jul 2017 #42
God fucking damn him. Initech Jul 2017 #28
Inappropriate Raine Jul 2017 #37
Hard to spontaneously force kids to boo. What have they been taught at thier BS meetings that lunasun Jul 2017 #41

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
1. This is frigging unbelievable.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:12 PM
Jul 2017

I certainly hopes this comes back to haunt him. What's wrong with him, and what's wrong with the Boy Scout troop leaders who are permitting this to happen?

BannonsLiver

(16,352 posts)
20. im not at all surprised
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:55 PM
Jul 2017

Because there are scouts from every state in the union at the jamboree. Do you think some scout leader from Alabama or Idaho or West Virginia is more likely to be a Trump supporter or a Hillary/Dem supporter?

LisaM

(27,800 posts)
21. Not necessarily, BUT....
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:01 PM
Jul 2017

I'd hope that they'd understand that their organization should have some decorum and manners.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
5. We have jumped the shark. Protect your family, when Putin comes , and he is
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:19 PM
Jul 2017

band together and see if you can keep your land.

 

GaryCnf

(1,399 posts)
7. Just went through
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:20 PM
Jul 2017

J. Johnson's whole twitter string on this speech.

Trump literally makes me sick.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
8. ....The Handmaids Tale.....
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:20 PM
Jul 2017

I remember reading it at least 15 years ago and kinda chuckling "It could never happen here......"

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
14. Don't give the Boy Scouts credit.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:32 PM
Jul 2017

They should know better. They have ruined the future of the organization. Let's see how they try to walk this back.

Boomerproud

(7,951 posts)
11. She is, after all, the Bride of Satan.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 07:28 PM
Jul 2017

I used to use the term Daughter of Satan, but with "Bride" you get 2 for 1. Been living with the hate since 1992. It will never go away.

m-lekktor

(3,675 posts)
33. It's fucking pathetic. Trump has no fucking couth or decorum.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:09 PM
Jul 2017

I can't picture any other president, Democrat or Republican, who would ever do this.

Takket

(21,552 posts)
24. i know it looks/sounds terrible but.........
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:20 PM
Jul 2017

Statistics tell us at least around 1/3 of them are sons of deplorables, making most of the noise. some are bound to join in just because they are in awe of seeing the (illegitimate) president plus the simply crowd/mob mentality to boo because you want to fit in or think it is funny.

Long story short the boy scouts are not a bastion of deplorables any more than the rest of the population. just some youth being manipulated by an insecure attention seeking authority figure.

Fuck 45 for encouraging them to a bully-like behavior. He is despicable.

mountain grammy

(26,614 posts)
25. Deplorable Boy Scouts
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:22 PM
Jul 2017

never did like those brown shirts.. but, seriously, can you imagine any president in your lifetime doing this? Disgusting.

Doodley

(9,078 posts)
26. Trump politicizing of a gathering of children twice in one day (after the health bill speech).
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 08:33 PM
Jul 2017

When most adults can see through his his lies, I guess he has to move on to the nation's children like a dirty old pervert.

Iggo

(47,547 posts)
34. As opposed to an anonymouis post on a message board?
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:11 PM
Jul 2017

Not that I don't believe you, but do you see how that works?

Iggo

(47,547 posts)
39. I just heard about this a few minutes ago.
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:25 PM
Jul 2017

A ton of threads popped up saying Clinton was boo'd by Boy Scouts. This is the one I clicked on.

Yours was the first claim I saw saying it wasn't Clinton who was being boo'd, but Obama, and you were mad(?) that people would believe an unsupported tweet, even though you offered no support for your claim that it was actually Obama.

Just wanted you to step outside of yourself and look at it how I was looking at it.

My apologies.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
42. Here is a transcript from TIME
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 07:41 AM
Jul 2017

"So -- and we worked hard there. You know, my opponent didn't work hard there, because she was told...
(BOOING)

She was told she was going to win Michigan, and I said, well, wait a minute. The car industry is moving to Mexico. Why is she going to move -- she's there. Why are they allowing it to move? And by the way, do you see those car industry -- do you see what's happening? They're coming back to Michigan. They're coming back to Ohio. They're starting to peel back in. "


http://time.com/4872118/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech-transcript/

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
41. Hard to spontaneously force kids to boo. What have they been taught at thier BS meetings that
Mon Jul 24, 2017, 09:32 PM
Jul 2017

elicited that response ??
I can't stand thier gay and atheist discrimination history as it is
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