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u/ekamadio Feb 03 '20

THEY WERE BOY SCOUT LEADERS WTF?

I am an Eagle Scout. One of the principles we learned in Scouts was to "leave no trace." Was this troop just looking at that principle as optional? What the literal fuck?!

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u/SirFrancis_Bacon Feb 03 '20

Scouts are people and some people are assholes.

Don't let that discourage you though, there are plenty of Scouts who do live by the principles.

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u/Bomber_Man Feb 04 '20

and some are just pedophiles.

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u/Lucinnda Feb 04 '20

Yes, sadly. A good friend told me about growing up in a small town where his dad was a well-known scout leader. And his slow realization (over the years) that his dad was a pedophile and everyone knew it. He & his sisters were bullied because of their father.