• DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world
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      A lot of Scout Troops are chartered by military units. Others are chartered by schools, churches, PTAs, social clubs or what have you.

      Mr Alpha Pete says that he doesn’t like girls or gays in Scouts, so he wants to stop the military from supporting Scouting.

    • Jul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      The original purpose, at least unofficially, was to raise boys to become soldiers, teaching skills needed like survival and propagandize for the military.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    pentagon be like should we cut ties because of their longstand sexual abuse scandals? nah lets cut ties because they’ve started thinking black people are human beings.