US Military Preps for War with the Scouts

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

In its mad rush to reverse every equality gain in our nation's entire history, the Trump administration continues to demonstrate an astounding levels of pettiness and cruelty.  If a measure or program was enacted to give an oppressed group a leg up in society, the Klan in the West Wing bemoans it as something designed to harm those who have had the advantage for generations, labels it as "woke," and works feverishly to cancel it.  Rolling back the racial, gender, and class advancements of the recent past is the real "cancel culture."

Word apparently leaked out this past April that the Pentagon might be on the verge of fomenting some issues with America's century-old scouting program.   Conservatives hadn't gotten over the fact that the Cub Scouts began accepting girl members in 2017, and the Boy Scouts of America opened its ranks to girls in 2019.  And, Boy Scouts began admitting openly gay youth in 2013.  The Trump administration, whose base is averse to social change, saw the scouts as being an easy target in the war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), concepts promoted by scurrilous "woke" socialists.

Under the pretense of legal authority, the current administration went to war against immigrants, people of color, women, gays, transgendered individuals, universities, public education, and any other groups or institutions they felt might leach power from America's white, male, ruling class - often reeferred to as the "patriarchy."  Anyone or anything that stood in the path of the patriarchy or detracted from its dominance was "woke" and needed to be stamped out.

Word spread through news sources and soccial media yesterday that the Pentagon, under the direction of former weekend Fox News host Pete Hegseth, has prepared a memo to Congress critical of "Scouting for America," formerly known as the "Boy Scouts," which is aimed at ending the military's formal partnership with the Scouts which was established in 1937.  Hegseth reportedly referred to the current scouting program as "genderless," claimed it no longer supports the future of boys, and said that it has abandoned "meritocracy" in favor of in favor of the godless diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.  Equality?  How dare they!

Some Pentagon mouthpiece referred to the current story as being based on a "leaked" document, and said decisions on the policy have not yet been finalized.

Defense Secretary Hegseth has enacted gender-neutral physical standards for military personnel that some see as intended to weed women out of military service, and he has questioned and challenged promotions that he views based on DEI standards.  The thrice-married and highly tattooed 45-year-old Defense Secretary prides himself on being physically fit and he enjoys running working out with the troops.  The macho secretary has also been opelnly critical of members of the military who have weight issues, and he has drawn criticism for having a Pentagon "green room" turned into a make-up studio.  He wants a male military that looks good.

And now he is going after the Boy Scouts.

In the proposed policy the Defense Department will reportedly no longer support the Boy Scout's national jamboree which is held in West Virginia every four years.  Additionally, scouts will no longer be permitted to use military facilities for their exercises or meetings, and Eagle Scouts will no longer receive advanced rank or any preferential treatment when they join the military.  All of that punitive pettiness because the scouts opened their wide and put a crack in the patriarchy.  "Scouting for America" does not tolerate discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, or orientation.

For the record, this former Boy Scout supports the philosophy of "Scouting for America" and its acceptance of all youth who want to be members.  They are a part America's future, and the patriarchy is the backbone its dark and ugly past.

Better days are coming, Scouts.  Be prepared!