Yuck.

AesopFan, Richard Aubrey:
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION MERIT BADGE SOON TO BE RELEASED

One of the BSA links is 404. They may have renamed “Citizenship in Society.”

That is a great way to help your young friend.

This training in skills and self-confidence is one of the reasons the Leftist Wokerati targeted the Scouts and took them down.
Our church dropped all connections when they allowed admitted homosexuals to serve as leaders.
We severed our personal relationship when they introduced the DEI Merit Badge.

I am devastated to hear of your niece’s situation. It is so terrifying. It takes only an instant to do something horrible.

I know I am getting above myself to offer advice, but I would feel remiss not trying.

I am currently mentoring a nine-year old who is very bright but has ADHD and impulse control issues. Part of his issue is he’s never been valued, particularly by a male figure.

In addition to our minimal academic activity–trying phonics–and some board games, I have another goal.

I was reminded of my Boy Scout days and Merit Badges. It’s not just that I know my first aid, my land navigation, my Morse Code, my…whatever. It’s that I have a certificate. A genuine, official cert that I have that competence. And I continue to add to them, one by one.

To the extent a kid knows he has what amount to adult competences, perhaps he is less vulnerable to others’ view of him.

So my guy’s first aid is….Do Not Make It Worse. Couple of examples. Didn’t move him an inch.

Why does a four year old have to rescue a three year old from a pool? When Everybody’s Watching, Nobody’s Watching. So keep your eyes open. See https://www.huffpost.com/entry/xander-vento-dies-saving-drowning-girl_n_1764551

If everybody says somebody called 911, who called 911? Nobody. Couple of examples. Make it happen. Somebody has to be the stud.

It’s not that my guy is going to save the day, million to one. But that he knows he has competences and responsibilities.

I hope it’s helping. Maybe having him see himself as a responsible, competent young man who brings value wherever he is will help.

God bless you and your family.

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One of ol’ Zaphod’s favorite bloggers.

Are you talking about Mencius Moldbug? I remember reading this exact explanation on his blog and the proverbial scales fell from my eyes. He compared the Leftist drive to an unseen Leviathan that relentlessly tugs our culture along, but only to the left—always to the left. I compare this force to a giant Rototiller on the Left edge of our society that never stops its destructive mangling of all it encounters. It doesn’t matter how good or true or beautiful the existing structures are, how vital, how well-proven. The Leftist impulse at its heart is blind destruction and the will to power.

As Alinsky taught his activists: the issue is never the issue. The issue is power.