Those North Texas Trail Life Scouts Weren't Saluting Hitler After All

It was the Hokey Pokey.

nazi or not, this stuff just comes across to me as really dumb.  the timing of the pic adds an element of humor to the dumb.

"but I had only seen the photo described as a neo-Nazi salute until Fox News' Todd Starnes began accusing the AP of intentionally "smearing" Trail Life USA."

did you bleach your brain and eyes after gazing upon the the Fox News website?

classic example of how the MSM pushes a theme. The AP got caught, and they've been back pedaling ever since. not surprised it took the DO so long to write about this incident

Rod Dreher does a good job on the story here

www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/nazi-christian-youth-alert/

Starts above the head, lowers slowly. The kids are in a circle.

It signifies the rise and fall of the socialist third reich, in a circular firing squad formation. Just be thankful it doesn't end by rising again.

Do they wear rainbow patches?

Why does everybody have to fit into every group?

To be fair even if they aren't doing a Nazi salute they are persecuting a vulnerable minority group and attempting to deny them civil rights so...

@pak152  

The Fox News site is a good place to catch Jay Carney holding the latest Obamacare delay briefing. He is the most experienced of any WH press secretary regarding Obamacare delay briefings (by a wide margin), so he is actually getting quite good at it.

@CogitoErgoSum  

Most probably participate in an educational setting that you do not have a clue about but thanks for contributing your wild-assed guess to the conversation.

@ruddski  Or it could just be circlejerk practice. 

@JimSX

Those are non-union birdhouses. 

@everlastingphelps  grrrrrr.... I'm phelps and I'm all mad. grrrr....

@everlastingphelps Does this mean this article is a lie?

@everlastingphelps But lies that benefit the greater liberal good are SOP for the MSM

@whocares

For the State to properly function, everyone must behave in a like manner. When there is individuality within the designated groups, this places additional burdens upon the State. Anything that works against the State is an assault on The People.

There can only be so many State-created groups. Too many, and the distributions of abilities and needs becomes hopelessly problematic, hindering equality.

@jmckee3 persecuting a minority in what way? they are just enjoying their Constitutional right of association

@jmckee3 How are they "persecuting" anybody?  And even if you think that not letting gays join their little club constitutes "persecution," that's a long way from systematic and institutional genocide.

So, . . . .

@dingo

You left out "illegal"

@monstruss

Homophobe.

@dingo

I always wondered why gays are so bad at tying knots.

Actually it makes this an editorial, not a news article.

@James_the_P3 @jmckee3  

"Accordingly, all boys are welcome irrespective of religion, race, national origin or socio-economic status."

"The basis for the program’s ethical and moral standards is found in the Bible. In terms of sexual identification and behavior, we affirm that any sexual activity outside the context of the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman is sinful before God and therefore inconsistent with the values and principles of the program."

So they are remarkably open about their acceptance of all religions, race, national origin or socio-economic status but one group that has an immutable characteristic and has been subject to systematic discrimination is excluded from joining.

But in case that wasn't direct enough for you:

"The basis for the program’s ethical and moral standards is found in the Bible. In terms of sexual identification and behavior, we affirm that any sexual activity outside the context of the covenant of marriage between one man and one woman is sinful before God and therefore inconsistent with the values and principles of the program.

Within these limits, we grant membership to adults and youth who do not engage in or promote sexual immorality of any kind, or engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the mission of the program."

Now we have spelled out they believe that group, gay people as sinful and immoral. Surely you understand the danger of taking impressionable youth and labeling a minority group that already suffers systematic discrimination and oppression and labeling them with such loaded terms as immoral and that their very existence is an affront to god.

@James

Scouts can earn badges by beating up gay kids.

@jmckee3 @James_the_P3And that still doesn't make them the Nazis.  Only the Nazis are the Nazis.  Unless you think that excluding someone from a private organization is the moral equivalent to the systematic and ordered genocide of 13M people.

But this isn't Nazi Germany.  This is America, and while the NSA is going to spy on you and the IRS is going to audit you, you're still free to organize clubs that aren't open to all comers.  I certainly wouldn't want to join this particular club (or have my son join), but they have a right to set up their club however they want.  And if they don't want you in your club, there are other clubs that'll have you.

Besides--this club sounds like it sucks, anyway.

@jmckee3 @James_the_P3but how is that persecution?

@jmckee3 @James_the_P3 Looks like by that standard they are against strip bars too.  But does that mean I am persecuted or merely ostracized by a private group of people that won't go to Silver City with me?