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11-year-old kicked out of Cub Scouts over gun control question to state senator
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Armoured Priest
Member
That kid is the hero we need.
Yaphett Kotto
Member
Drag them over the coals for this shit.
Mechanized
Member
WOW. Fucking ridiculous. Glad another group is welcoming him in. Whoever was running that branch is a real piece of shit.
Ivan A Nguyen
Member
This was local news in my neck of the woods. The guy who interviewed the kid said he treated it like a research paper and just a minute of talking to him you could tell it was his own idea and not something he was coached on.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Hell of a fucking question. That senator should he ashamed of himself for not being able to answer a question from a child.
The Jackdog
Member
article doesn't mention the answer?
im really curious what the state senator said. like, its a pretty fucking simple question. would love to hear how he wormed out
im really curious what the state senator said. like, its a pretty fucking simple question. would love to hear how he wormed out
Probably something along the lines of a bit of awkwardness & shock at the question, then a non-answer, or deflection as to how this isn't the time and place to talk about gun control followed by a "next question.'
PeakPointMatrix
Member
That kid better run for fucking office. Fuck those scouts.
fuck
fuck
RipperGrim
Member
"Why on Earth would you want somebody who beats their wife to have access to a gun?
what a fucking question, love that the kid got kicked out instead of any actual answers being given. Got give it to children and their ability to simplify things when these days people use massive amounts of bullshit to distract from the issues at hand.
what a fucking question, love that the kid got kicked out instead of any actual answers being given. Got give it to children and their ability to simplify things when these days people use massive amounts of bullshit to distract from the issues at hand.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Are you sure he wasn't kicked out of the Cub Scouts because the maximum age is 10?
Choppasmith
Member
The senator was a woman from the sound of it which makes it all the more baffling. But yeah, I would've liked to hear her answer too. Probably something like "Guns are for grownups, sweetie, you wouldn't understand."
One Eyed Willy
Member
Just his den, which isn't a chapter and only a part of a large pack. A den usually consists of 3-10 kids in a two grade cover. Dens make up a pack.
The person responsible is probably some uppity den leader, basically a volunteer mom or dad. Cub Scouts are a branch of Boy Scouts of America and they do not make decisions like this. This was almost certainly someone in the den, a single person or few that made a very stupid decision.
This is honestly a very real possibility. Boys older than 10 are only allowed in Cub Scouts if they haven't completed 5th grade yet. It is possible that the kids question garnered unwanted attention and he was removed from the den/pack. Boys older than 10 aren't allowed in Cub Scouts because it is at this time they promote out of the Arrow of Light and go through the Blue And Gold ceremony to graduate out, and then voluntarily choose to join a Boy Scout Troop, which starts in 6th grade and spans through high school.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
You can't "kick out" someone from Cub Scouts. This is just another Den mom pulling some mean girls shit.
Thankfully the article points out that the kid has already been invited to another den and is promoting to Boy Scouts in February anyway. Hopefully the local council repudiates the rogue den mom though.
Thankfully the article points out that the kid has already been invited to another den and is promoting to Boy Scouts in February anyway. Hopefully the local council repudiates the rogue den mom though.
One Eyed Willy
Member
OP should probably update the title and post to include another pack already took him in and he is voluntarily moving into a Boy Scout Troop in February. The bad press should be on the den in question and the decision makers, but not the national organization.
It's a gross organization anyway. That boy is too good for them.
https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-boy-scouts-image-problem
https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-boy-scouts-image-problem
TangoAlphaLima
Member
It says something when your political position is that even domestic abusers should have the right to bear arms.
deltatheta
Member
The funniest part about this is thinking about a state senator pulling some strings to get an 11 year old kicked out of the Cub Scouts. She probably thought she was pulling some House of Cards caper but really it's the pettiest shit imaginable.
Kill Your Masters
Member
Snowflake gets triggered by a 11 year old.
They say they want to raise smart, independent, children who will lead America in the coming decades but then punish them for it. Instead by removing him, you are essentially teaching kids to parrot what they are thought or go along with it or face the consequences.
Good on that kid. People will say all kinds of shit about him and his mom though. We have human excrement so beholden to their god given right to own guns they think Sandy Hook was a false flag.
Good on that kid. People will say all kinds of shit about him and his mom though. We have human excrement so beholden to their god given right to own guns they think Sandy Hook was a false flag.
old manatee
Banned
You know you are on the wrong side of an issue when a child debates you into a corner.
This story really highlights a huge nationwide problem. The state senator assumes that the boy's mom put him up to this. Because conservatives think that kids can't be liberal, and that they only pick up liberal ideology later in life (at college, for example). We see this all the time.
RPGCrazied
Member
Good for him, and shame on the scouts kicking out this kid.
”We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there."
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
There was a study I ran across (oddly enough, done by a conservative texas think tank) that found that "Kids are liberalized by college" to be a complete myth. That's how it's perceived by their relatives, but in actuality, the kids are liberal/less religious already, and the change in social environment that allows them room to come out of their shells without the external pressures is what actually leads o the change.
LegendofJoe
Member
If this was my son my head would explode from an overload of pride. You are the man kid.
thecouncil
Banned
kids say the darndest things
RPGCrazied
Member
I didn't see it in the video.
But who would have thought the cub scouts don't allow 1st amendment rights?
Gunblade47
Neo Member
So now republicans need a safespace from kids asking "tough" questions? Makes that diaper protest even funnier.
Edit: Really good question tho.
Edit: Really good question tho.
BlackDoomShadow
Member
Boy Scouts is practically a cult, this is barely surprising.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Alcotholic
Banned
If I was his dad I'd be super fucking proud of him.
The Senator's first google image...
I guess if I were looking for an image to accompany the caption: "what's wrong with America?" then this would be a good choice.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Conservatives have to protect their safe spaces.
(Which are actually ironically dangerous)
(Which are actually ironically dangerous)