# Was the Girl Scouts right to delete a post honoring Amy Barrett's appointment to the supreme court? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 29, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238 "2020-10-29T19:54:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/21 "2020-10-31T11:32:12Z")
It was monumentally stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/22 "2020-10-31T11:54:02Z")
Suck it up buttercup. Republicans are such babies, wah wah wah we aren’t getting praised for our naked hypocritical power grab. Wah wah people are free to use their rights to criticize us. You don’t get both, princess. You want to play hardball and steal political power from your rivals, that is the only reward you get, you do not also get to be beloved by those you took power from. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/23 "2020-10-31T19:18:52Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Since when was the Girl Scouts a battle ground for ideologies? The Girl Scouts represent girls. Since the start of their existence, of course. Girls doing anything but preparing to be homemakers is a political position that used to receive a lot of opposition. Their positions on racial equality, gay rights, and the like are also all political positions. Their support for planned Parenthood is another political position. Even the magic question of “Who qualifies as a girl” is a further contentious political position, as conservatives have complained bitterly that the girl Scouts accepts trans women. > [@](#): > > A girl made it to the Supreme Court. The Girl Scouts clap their hands. They did this already for the others. It’s not a BFD. The “girl” (actually woman) that made it to the Supreme Court explicitly rejects a large part of the values of the Girl Scouts, and has made it clear that she would like to destroy the families of a lot of girls in girl Scouts. So there is a good reason not to celebrate the event. And I notice that you didn’t answer the question of exactly what the days were that were so non political. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/24 "2020-10-31T22:08:54Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > But it was not anodyne was it? The text of the statement is in the linked article. Seems pretty blah to me. Congratulations on being the 5th woman in the court, and a picture of the 5 female justices. What would be a sufficiently anodyne wording in your opinion? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/25 "2020-10-31T23:51:20Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Since when was the Girl Scouts a battle ground for ideologies? The Girl Scouts represent girls. A girl made it to the Supreme Court. The Girl Scouts clap their hands. They did this already for the others. It’s not a BFD. Since avoiding misogyny became a partisan thing. ---
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/26 "2020-11-01T14:53:31Z")
Well when the GS put out guides like “Women to look up to” and only liberals are listed or has an event where they only invite liberal women, it says something. I read somewhere they put out such a guide and only reluctantly added conservative woman Sarah Palin. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/27 "2020-11-01T16:34:30Z")
Being reluctant to add Sarah Palin to anything is a sign of intelligence and compassion. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/28 "2020-11-01T16:56:22Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Well when the GS put out guides like “Women to look up to” and only liberals are listed or has an event where they only invite liberal women, it says something. > > I read somewhere they put out such a guide and only reluctantly added conservative woman Sarah Palin And you’re completely ignoring all the posts that explain why they did it. Big surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/29 "2020-11-01T20:44:29Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Well when the GS put out guides like “Women to look up to” and only liberals are listed or has an event where they only invite liberal women, it says something. Conservatives aren’t for looking up to - they’re to be used as cautionary examples. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/30 "2020-11-02T01:34:59Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Well when the GS put out guides like “Women to look up to” and only liberals are listed or has an event where they only invite liberal women, it says something. Intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/31 "2020-11-02T15:08:11Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Well when the GS put out guides like “Women to look up to” and only liberals are listed or has an event where they only invite liberal women, it says something. I bet you berate the Holocaust Museum for not eagerly commemorating _kapos_, too… ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/32 "2020-11-02T15:25:04Z")
Have you considered that possibly there are not many conservative, female or male, worth looking up to anymore? Maybe conservatives should start trying to be better people. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/33 "2020-11-02T15:40:02Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Well when the GS put out guides like “Women to look up to” and only liberals are listed or has an event where they only invite liberal women, it says something. > > I read somewhere they put out such a guide and only reluctantly added conservative woman Sarah Palin. Please post a cite to the guide (so that we can see whether or not it exists and whether or not there are conservative women in there) AND a cite to whatever you read (so that we can see whether or not there was any verifiable type of discussion over including Sarah Palin). Because right now, you’re berating the Girl Scouts for doing something that there’s no evidence that they’ve done. It’s like getting mad at someone for something they did in your dream. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/34 "2020-11-02T18:48:39Z")
She IS a woman though, correct? Wouldn’t that then fall under the ALL women category? Let’s get away from the “girlscouts can do whatever they want with their twitter account” , yes, they can. Should they have taken down an a-political post honoring a woman’s achievement of gaining a seat on the Supreme Court due to pressure (internal or external doesn’t much matter) ? ---
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/35 "2020-11-03T11:50:35Z")
No, they should have stuck with the idea of supporting ALL women. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/36 "2020-11-03T12:04:46Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > No, they should have stuck with the idea of supporting ALL **women**. - Which Amy Coney Barrett does not support. She’s an Originalist. According to her own “beliefs”, she would be unable to vote, she would not on the SCOTUS. She would be the property of her husband. she would play no part in determining the citizenship of her children (look at Ted Cruz and his situation). ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/37 "2020-11-03T13:11:17Z")
That is simply the excuse being used. She is still a woman. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/38 "2020-11-03T13:13:00Z")
> [@Kearsen1](#): > > That is simply the excuse being used. She is still a woman. - Who would rule against herself if she had any intellectual honesty. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/39 "2020-11-03T13:18:02Z")
The point here is that the tweet was made, so someone recognized it, they then took it down due to pressure put upon them. Was there a good enough reason for the pressure, especially (and this is the main ingredient of this cake) since the tweet was very a-political. Someone MADE it political and they removed it. To me, that is the WORST kind of cancel culture bullshit ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238/40 "2020-11-03T13:24:13Z")
> [@Kearsen1](#): > > To me, that is the WORST kind of cancel culture bullshit No, this was an attempt at the worst kind of cancel culture. Foretunately, it was stopped. > **[Federal judge rejects bid to throw out 127,000 drive-through votes in Harris...](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2020/11/02/federal-judge-rejects-bid-to-throw-out-127000-drive-through-votes-in-harris-county-says-votes-will-count/)** > > AUSTIN — A federal judge in Houston on Monday threw out a case seeking to invalidate 127,000 Harris County votes cast through drive-through lanes in a crucial... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-girl-scouts-right-to-delete-a-post-honoring-amy-barretts-appointment-to-the-supreme-court/924238.md?page=3)