MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoU.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1242file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldnottheonion@lemmy.world
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minus-squarethejoker954@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoYeah that’s why I never really got into the scouts - it felt culty (not that I could articulate that back then.)
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 months agoIt was thick with MLMs and reactionary evangelicalism. Didn’t hurt that the Mormon Church was heavily embedded in the national leadership.
minus-squareDontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoA lot of clubs feel culty, especially ones that have a behavioral component. There’s a world of difference between Scouting and a real cult (like MAGA).
Yeah that’s why I never really got into the scouts - it felt culty (not that I could articulate that back then.)
It was thick with MLMs and reactionary evangelicalism. Didn’t hurt that the Mormon Church was heavily embedded in the national leadership.
A lot of clubs feel culty, especially ones that have a behavioral component. There’s a world of difference between Scouting and a real cult (like MAGA).