I don’t think this was a lack of self control. I think he deliberately chose this venue- a forum for boys and young men. That’s the most disturbing aspect to me.

Oh no, I’m so sorry. Middle schoolers are often a mess of hormones and poor decisions. Keep up the good fight and hope that one day (hopefully sooner rather than later) she’ll be horrified at how entitled and ignorant she was. May I ask if you’re still with her dad or if you’re split up and sharing custody? I…

As a German, I can say that this sort of rally is a bit more reminiscent of East German Socialist Youth rallies than of the Hitlerjugend, but perhaps that’s just because I’m old enough to have lived through the former. Different sides, same old coin. :(

I have been a very active left wing activist and organizer most of my adult life. I have a 15 year old daughter who I’ve dragged to events and door knocks and phone banks since she was a toddler. Her dad is a cro-magnon testosterone bag whose life philosophy is basically, “do the opposite”. Anyway, he and his dad…

Agree—I think these young boys are perfect fodder for him.

I’m a teacher. It pains me to see children (I also work with seventh graders) openly support this. Hearing them say things that are anti-feminism, anti-BLM, islamophobic, etc feels like a personal attack on me. It makes it so difficult to be a supportive teacher when I want my time with them to be over as quickly as…

I have been really not impressed with the authority at BSA ever since I worked as a chaperone at my University which hosted a Jamboree back in the early 2000s. The Scouts were the most out-of-control assholes I’ve ever met in my life.

Oh definitely. The principal was there and pulled them right out. I honestly can’t remember what punishment they got, but they did get in trouble.

The BSA guy just gleefully smiling in the background confirms that they approve of this message.

Most of the tiny strands of hope I have left for this country are a result of my students violent rejection of Trump and all he stands for.

Let’s not forget the fact that you have a crowd, undoubtedly lead by adults, chanting “build that wall” when they are probably hundreds of scouts in that audience from Mexico and Central America. I’m sure it wouldn’t be too hard to find a few Muslim kids in that audience too.

Trump is so insecure he needs the adulation of a crowd of children. The guys is a billionaire and president, yet needs his ego fluffed by pumping kids up. What a fucking loser.

The school had the news on in the cafeteria during lunch and when Trump came on the screen, a bunch of boys stood up and did the Nazi salute.

My friend’s 12 year old got suspended from school the day after Election Day. The bully in the class walked up to her (Muslim) friend and started taunting him that he was going to be deported. My friend’s daughter walked up to the bully and punched him right in the face. Her mom took her out for ice cream when she…

Funny. I’m the opposite- deeply red state, low income area.

It is important that they learn how to be good, decent people without political brainwashing.

Yeah, I probably left out the most important fact: liberal state, but upper middle class white school district.

Strange. I also teach seventh grade, and they LOATHE him. I’m curious what the demographics are like where your friend teaches- my school is heavily populated by minorities. We did have some boys (always boys, and of course they were white) do things like chant “build the wall” and threaten to deport Hispanic…

Gotta make sure young boys start hating women and anyone who disagrees with them early on.

If I had a son, I would never let him join Boy Scouts. They seem like a thinly disguised hate group.