How Deep Their Hatred Of Us Goes

You can tell how deep these “born again” Christians think a woman’s place is—in the kitchen and not in the military. They cling to an Ernest Hemingway–style, hyper-romanticized view of masculinity.

This is how pitiful the Secretary of Defense is. The Daily Mail writes;

Pete Hegseth is set to cut ties between the Pentagon and the Boy Scouts over their promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion and taking 'boy' out of its name.

The organization changed its name to Scouting America last year, which was criticized with Hegseth calling it a 'genderless' attack on 'boy-friendly spaces' in leaked documents. 

'The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys,' Hegseth said, according to NPR.

He sees this as a direct attack on masculinity! Never mind the fact that the Boy Scouts were going bankrupt and hope that this change will revive them.

Scouting America 'surprised and disappointed' after U.S. military threatens to cut ties

Scouting America told The Advocate that its "values have not changed" even after the U.S. military threatened to sever ties.

The Advocate

By Ryan Adamczeski

November 25 2025

The U.S. military intends to sever ties with Scouting America, formerly the Boy Scouts of America, citing its decision to change its name in an effort to be more inclusive.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the group of trying to "attack boy-friendly spaces" when it made the decision to become "genderless" in a leaked memo to Congress obtained by NPR. The memo, which has not yet been sent, calls for the Department of Defense to withdraw medical and logistical assistance during the group's National Jamboree, an event with over 20,000 attendees, and to bar Scout troops from military installations.

The memo claims that the group has been promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, with Hegseth writing, "The organization once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt no longer supports the future of American boys."

A spokesperson for Scouting America told The Advocate that it is "surprised and disappointed by today’s news about the potential policy change," especially given that "the Scouting movement has had a strong relationship with our nation’s military going back more than a century."

Imagine that! Opening their doors to everyone, Hegseth thinks, is discriminatory! He still thinks of the Scouts as being like the cover folder—a little miniature version of the army.

This is what set Hegseth off in a hissy fit:

The BSA formally banned gay and bisexual Scouts and leaders in 1978, and that would not change until 2014, when it lifted the ban against gay and bi youth members, and 2015, when it decided to allow gay and bi adult leaders. The group announced that it would accept girls and transgender boys in 2017.

The Hill writes that,

Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson (Pa.), the Congressional Scouting Caucus’s House co-chair, called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s proposal to cut ties with Scouting America “nearsighted” in a statement to The Hill. 

“As co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Scouting Caucus, I can think of no better recruitment tool for our military than the lessons acquired through Scouting,” he said. “It would be nearsighted to uproot this decades long partnership.”

[...]

Hegseth reportedly criticized the organization for being “genderless” and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion principles in the memo, which has not yet been sent to lawmakers.

And that is the cardinal sin: the new Scouts do not fit Hegseth’s romanticized, masculinized image of the Scouts.