So I guess 2016 claimed its biggest victim yet - America

[None]

Hold up. What happened to the whole “God’s not through with you/you’re supposed to do this” bullshit?

[Quaro]

I know the Boy Scouts were always conservative but…

Dan Zak (MrDanZak)

[Balasarius]

To be fair, that part deserves boos.

“WTF Hillary, you were the chosen one!”

[Quaro]

The Boy Scout Facebook is full of angry parents/scoutleaders/former-scouts in the comments, at least: https://www.facebook.com/theboyscoutsofamerica/

In the audio it sounds like the whole audience is cheering Trump but who knows. A lot of parents who run their local scout organizations are real angry.

[barstein]

More (Facebook) blowback:

Boy Scouts of America

[rowe33]

I hope they get a lot more shit for this. That speech was just insane. Of course in today’s world, they’ll probably just double down and start holding Trump rallies and donation campaigns on a weekly basis.

[Ginger_Yellow]

Start?

[rowe33]

I meant actual Scout-sponsored Trump Youth rallies and booster drives. Maybe even a Covfefe merit badge is in the works.

[Tman]

Often though, single issue politics exists as a direct result of partisan politics. Take the abortion issue for example. It’s not like every Democrat in the country is clamoring for abortion to replace the pill, IUDs and condoms as the new face of American birth control. The vast majority of average people would love to see abortion used only as a method of last resort, and would rather see the segment of the population at risk for unwanted pregnancy that leads to having to make the choice reduced to next to nothing through access to education, consultation and proper health care. But Conservatives have made it a “Team Issue”. If you love unborn babies, your ass better vote Republican!

Guns are another perfect example. No Democratic candidate in history has proclaimed on campaign that “If elected I will create a federal task force whose sole purpose will be to come to the home of every American and take away their guns!”. That’s ridiculous, and yet again Conservative Media and the NRA have made the Second Amendment their “Team Issue”. Vote Republican, or you are a gun-hating snowflake!

Single issue politics is a direct result of years of partisan bullshit. Complex but satisfying compromises exist that would make nearly everyone happy on such issues, and yet we will never explore them because our politics has devolved into “Us vs. Them” instead of “We the People”.

Thanks. Great points and I will borrow these examples in future discussions.

[sharaleo]

Wow.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/890031616365613056

[JD]

Trump announces that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military

“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”

[ArmandoPenblade]

Your daily reminder that Republicans and their voters are universally evil :)

[abidingdude]

I was all like that sounds like something Supreme Commander Penblade would say and saw that it was indeed Him! The change of the avatar pic to Hagrid in drag threw me off.

[divedivedive]

[ArmandoPenblade]

That’s actually the third nicest thing anyone’s ever said about my appearance!

[ArmandoPenblade]

Some real “compassionate conservatism” on display here.

[None]

Shaun King (ShaunKing)

[Timex]

Saying that while wearing the cross adds extra classiness.

[ArmandoPenblade]

The Star of David is a hate symbol in some circles already (see Thread of Liberal Stupidity for more on that thrilling topic!), so when can we add the Christian Cross to the list? :-D

[Enidigm]

Timex… my man. Less posting, more trap making.