News about Scouts

[Hunt 11]

Yesterday I did a search on Google News on "Boy Scouts," and what I found was pretty interesting. The vast majority of news was local, and almost all of it was good: boys making Eagle, service projects, good deeds, rescues, planned events, etc. There were a few articles about controversies (like the DOD case), and a handful of editorials criticizing BSA. There were actually more--far more--editorials criticizing ACLU for attacking scouting than there were supporting ACLU. Some of these were from rightwing kooks, but they outnumbered the leftwing kooks. What this suggests, to me anyway, is that Scouting still has a very good image in most of the country. Those of us reading forums like this are more sensitized to the controversial and negative news, but most people don't experience that so much. So while Scouting has some issues, some problems, and even some enemies, it is far from being under siege.

[SemperParatus 1]

The average American is just trying to get through the day, avoid the kooks and be happy. The Boy Scouts are still held in high-esteem by mainstream America and probably always will be. The louder the kooks, the less folks will listen.