Apparently the Boy Scouts, just like the majority of white women, are racist, deplorable, stupid, sexist, etc.
Gotta be a weird world some of you live in...where your dug-in partisan politics forces you to see women as sexist and young people as Hitler Youth.
So instead of replying to anyone that actually discussed the Jamboree speech you're just gonna pop in here to knock down a straw-man for us?
Directly addressing what you said:
1) Trump is deplorable. There is a large portion of his base that is absolutely deplorable as well. A lot of his voters I feel were either naive, convinced (wrongly IMO) that Hillary was somehow worse, or focused so much on particular issues that they weren't bothered by his racism, sexism, etc. Many people saw the Supreme Court or the economy or something as so important that they needed to be partisan rather than face the truth that they voted for a buffoon who lacks basic comprehension of national or global issues. But I know plenty of liberals that paint with a more broad brush.
2) The Boy Scouts were created in Britain essentially as a youth training for the military, but became a much more independent and well-rounded program. It promotes religiousness and outdoorsmanship (apparently not a word?), so it draws conservative families at a much higher rate than liberal ones. I know because as I stated earlier, I'm an Eagle Scout and I had plenty of political debates, especially regarding the gay issue since that was the headline grabber. So even before I watched any portions of the speech I knew that Trump would be getting plenty of support from the crowd. But so what? The reason people compared it to a Hitler Youth rally is because-
a) it's an easy joke
b) comparing the Scouts to Hitler Youth is nothing new
c) Trump went very political in what should have been an apolitical environment like the embarrassment he is
d) That inherent foundation of support meant that his political rally talk went over well, giving off creepy vibes if I'm being honest
As an additional note, I find it repulsive that he would push his "America First" shit on these kids, telling them that Boy Scouts are America-first. Again, the program started in Britain and currently has orgs in more than a hundred countries (if I remember correctly). EVERY BSA uniform, whether that's Cubs or Boy Scouts or Venturers, has a world Scouting emblem as a symbol of brotherhood to these international programs. Earning your Eagle requires 21 Merit Badges including Citizenship in the Nation and Citizenship in the World. Scouting does preach patriotism and Duty to Country, but that doesn't mean at the expense of the rest of the planet (BTW environmental stewardship is a major tenet of the program that Trump also fails at along with being a morally reprehensible piece of shit). The Scout Oath says to "help other people at all times." ... "AT ALL TIMES."
I don't blame the national council for the Trump incident. They've invited every sitting President for 100 years to speak at Jambo. It would have been a much larger political statement to have not invited him than to let him be an inappropriate asshole and then put out their statement reassuring people that they aren't trying to be political. And this is coming from someone who loathes a lot of the decisions they've made nationally (such as their ongoing religious discrimination against agnostic/atheist Scouts). I'm sure plenty of people on that level didn't even take issue with his speech and were excited to get a Republican to speak to all these Scouts, but the fact is I don't really think they did anything wrong.
