Pete’s excuses for killing the partnership is stupid because it’s based on MEME and not REALITY. “Concerns over Inclusivity and “Boy-Friendly Spaces”: In 2025, a proposal surfaced from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to sever ties with Scouting America. Hegseth argued that the organization was no longer a meritocracy, had become “genderless” by allowing girls to join, and was “attacking boy-friendly spaces”. He also claimed that Scouting America’s emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) did not align with traditional masculine values or military discipline.” (an AI summary of events) but Republican Representative Glenn Thompson of PA, the Congressional Scouting Caucus’ co-chair, focusing on Scouting as a RECRUITMENT TOOL – when it only ever barely functioned as that (by the numbers) but it _did_ help create a lot of good citizens, can go f’off. Scouting will have to manage

Pete’s excuses for killing the partnership is stupid because it’s based on MEME and not REALITY.
“Concerns over Inclusivity and “Boy-Friendly Spaces”: In 2025, a proposal surfaced from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to sever ties with Scouting America. Hegseth argued that the organization was no longer a meritocracy, had become “genderless” by allowing girls to join, and was “attacking boy-friendly spaces”. He also claimed that Scouting America’s emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) did not align with traditional masculine values or military discipline.”
(an AI summary of events)
but
Republican Representative Glenn Thompson of PA, the Congressional Scouting Caucus’ co-chair, focusing on Scouting as a RECRUITMENT TOOL – when it only ever barely functioned as that (by the numbers) but it _did_ help create a lot of good citizens, can go f’off. Scouting will have to manage

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