So now Trump is using BSA Jamboree imagery for twitter header

[Blue_Adept]

first:



then:



But also worth noting:

[femmocrat]

1. I have been waiting to hear from parents and adults who attended.

Good for that father. I would have done exactly the same. We were a scouting family for a number of years.

[Blue_Adept]

2. There are more bits filtering out

Cardbooard was prohibited so no signs could be made

And if a scout did not want to attend the speech, they had to sit at their campsite, supervised, doing *nothing* the whole time.

I also saw one post that said that all activities for the day were canceled at 10 since there has to be on-site stuff for POTUS visit planning and security. So a really crappy day for most of the kids.

[femmocrat]

4. Yes, I read that too.

Terrible how those boys and young men were held hostage by a malignant narcissist.

[mopinko]

13. parents are all over twitter.

pummeling the head of bsa.

[FakeNoose]

29. Did you see this thread - Facebook page comments from irate parents

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9369052

There are several BSA threads today, but this is specifically about the irate parents posting on Facebook.
Their kids are at the Jamboree this week (most are not with parents) so these kids have no clue how Trump has used them.

The kids don't even know what they're cheering and booing for. Trump hasn't had a non-judgmental audience like that since last year. This should never have happened and the parents are livid.

[leftstreet]

3. Because it's 10x bigger than his inaugural crowd n/t

[LisaM]

5. It's appropriate for the BSA to invite the President to its Jamboree, but what they need to do now

is address his comments and make clear that they don't stand by them. And it's also up to the troop leaders to discuss the speech, what happened, and in particular how inappropriate it was to boo Obama and HRC.

Obviously Trump is completely unpredictable, though this seems beyond the pale even for him. I think the kids were thrown into an untenable situation. There should have been no occasion for booing anyone, but who knew that's the bent the speech was going to take? Kids do what the kids around them do.

I guess - to me - the best response by the BSA would be to take the opportunity to train their members to listen to a speech but not necessarily get egged on to be boors (just because a boor is speaking to you). Oh, and they can officially apologize to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, along with anyone else who was insulted.

I'm not really holding my breath, but to me, if they want to do damage control, that's what they need to do.

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. It's appropriate for the BSA to invite a President to its Jamboree.

It's also highly appropriate to decline to invite this President given his predictably shitty behavior.

[LisaM]

7. I don't necessarily disagree, but OTOH, who knew he'd act like this?

And it would set a dangerous precedent for not inviting future Presidents based on like or dislike.

I've worried ever since he took office that he's going to totally demean the Presidency, and that's what I see happening, just a few months in.

[Raster]

8. Who knew he'd act like this? Seriously?

If nothing else, tRump*s "performance" at the Jamboree should leave no question in anyone's mind about his potential behavior. The man is deeply, deeply flawed.

[narnian60]

21. +1

[barbtries]

23. ditto

all he wants are the adoring crowds. what president started campaigning before he even knew his way around the white house?

[Blue_Tires]

9. "...who knew he'd act like this?"

I dunno, maybe **EVERYONE** who has seen or heard a Trump speech or interview in the past eight years??

[LisaM]

10. I wouldn't expect it at a Boy Scout Jamboree.

Believe me, I dislike him as much ore more as the next person, but I'd have thought that even he could briefly hold it together when talking to kids.

[pangaia]

19. I expected it.

but I'd have thought that even he could briefly hold it together when talking to kids.

Surely you jest.

🤣

[barbtries]

25. no.

no, no, no. he is sick. really and truly unwell. his behavior is predictable; he may constantly shock people with the details, but the behavior will not change.

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. Indeed

I cannot believe people are surprised he acted so inappropriately. He's demonstrated time and time and time again that he is completely incapable!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Seriously we all knew he'd be a low-class fool. The specifics are unpredictable but the big picture

The big picture (low-class jerk using occasion for political purposes) was very predictable.

[Bettie]

26. Who knew he'd act like this?

Anyone who has ever heard him speak or read his twitter comments.

It was a given that he'd be at very least inappropriate.

[pangaia]

18. Trump is absolutely predictable

[Achilleaze]

11. republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief keeps PISSING on Boy Scout honor code

you would think the republicans would do something about Comrade Casino. Their silence is an endorsement of him as their "family-values" role model.

Deplorable.

[Ilsa]

14. Scaramoosh should apologize for the WH.

I hope BSA tightens up its speaker policy.

[elmac]

15. so he has about 30 million bot followers. nt

[pokerfan]

20. Sure, that was then

This is now....

[Duppers]

22. Difficult to tell but I don't see any dark

Skin folks in that crowd. Just the way the Shitgibbon likes his crowds.

[bpj62]

24. Youth Protection Training

YPT as it is known in Scouting is the Holy Grail iof Scouting. Every parent who Is involved in Scouting Is required to take the training and it must be renewed every two years. Trumps comment about yachts and his alluding to orgies and drugs is a clear violation of this policy. Under normal circumstances this matter would be reported to the District Counsel and in all likelihood the adult would be removed from that Pack, Troop or Venture Crew. It does not matter that their were thousands of adult leaders there. It only matters that Trump said theses things in front of minors. I received an email from our Distrrict Rep regarding the very weak response from the national office and I emailed him a response. I am going to send an email to National Headquarters regarding Trumps clear violation of the YPT policy.

[Freethinker65]

27. A captive audience of conforming youth scouts. How quaint.

[d_r]

28. one response

http://www.northernstarbsa.org/2017-national-jamboree-presidential-visit-response


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