{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Boy Scouts' decision to welcome girls isn't completely welcome", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/166350254788/", "html": "Boy Scouts' decision to welcome girls isn't completely welcome\n

poipoipoi-2016:

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wirehead-wannabe:

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@kontextmaschine wanna help me understand what the hell is going on here?

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Not @kontextmaschine, but I\u2019ve heard a lot of people from multiple sources basically complain that the Girl Scouts are a giant cookie-selling machine who got rid of all the actual scouting (Depending on the exact corner of the discourse, the phrase \u201cSJW parasite organization\u201d comes up a lot).\u00a0\u00a0

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Combine it with the fact that both organizations are suffering from severe membership declines, and you get today\u2019s merger.\u00a0\u00a0

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More of a hostile takeover. They\u2019re both experiencing membership declines; I think the idea is the BSA\u2019s already got the built-out institutional capacity to spare, they\u2019ll get plenty of free \u201cearned media\u201d for the initiative, there\u2019ll be synergy in attracting mixed-gender broods, and with a better endgame capstone program in Eagle Scouts they\u2019ll be better at retention past middle school

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