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Project 2025 chief’s book urges ‘burning’ of FBI, New York Times and Boy Scouts
(www.theguardian.com)
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Paramilitary because of the rank and leadership structure. I'm not saying they're doing combat training lmao
That's still stupid. Just because an organization has ranks or leaders doesn't mean it's paramilitary. Oh no they have organization and structure that reflects how much work they've done! It's not the same at all. Paramilitary is possibly the dumbest take on scouts I've ever heard. There are plenty of things to criticize without making up stupid fear mongering bullshit.
adjective Of, relating to, or being a group of civilians organized in a military fashion, especially to operate in place of or assist regular army troops.
Literally the first Google result lol
Also said (kinda) paramilitary so settle down there guy lol
And literally doesn't resemble scouts at all. Nothing to settle down. I just think this is a really really stupid comparison.
They have ranks that resemble military ranks (1st class, 2nd class ~ 1st lieutenant, 2nd lieutenant) etc and have a hierarchical leadership structure.
That isn't an expressly military structure though. For fucks sake, almost every company in the world is hierarchical. The same goes for class, it's just classification, not military.
Army lets you come in at a higher rank if you have your Eagle rank.
https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2141843/some-new-soldiers-can-now-qualify-for-higher-rank-more-pay/
I dunno man sounds a little militaryish to me...
Also were you ever in the scouts?
And you can get into better job positions with it too. It's still nothing close to paramilitary. And for whatever it matters, yes, I was in scouts from cubs through my Eagle. I'm very familiar with the organization and with the military.
I was also in scouts from cubs through Eagle and I still think it fits the definition of (kinda) paramilitary lol.
We clearly just have different definitions of that word and therefore I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with you.
I guess so, and that's fine. It's the internet, we all have opinions and they all suck lol.