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Gwyneth Murray-Nolan's avatar

What an amazingly comprehensive and awesome article. Your comparisons to wearing German lederhosen at Oktoberfest and use of crucifixes in movies is spot on. Incredible work!

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Mathgoddess's avatar

lol i didn't even spell correctly

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Mike Proto's avatar

"Chief" Volunteer Officer

Sounds like cultural appropriation to me! Better change that title!

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Stacy Lewis's avatar

They are just not use to getting this type of pushback. Don’t give an inch-We are on to their manipulative ways. Want to really get their panties in a twist.... let’s have a sit-in and everyone sits Indian Style ( to hell with their crisscross applesauce bullshit)

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Bill's avatar

Great job, Mark and other JEDI Warriors! Looking forward to your next enlightened steps including mandatory camper pronouns, drag queen camper stories, non-white camping weeks, racially segregated camping areas, women chiefs month, no campfires (global warming), and yummy insect-based camping recipes. Such great leaps forward!

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Mathgoddess's avatar

I asked one of my friends and former camp govers as to why she thought that they removed all the images on the wall and she said "to make room for the progressive pride flag"

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Bill's avatar

Of course!

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Jack Brangan's avatar

There was no need to change anything at all. The first step in the demise of any organization is to publicly associate with DEI. Who wants to go to a camp like that. Next comes white privilege teaching and black victimhood.. no thanks

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Kristal Waldron's avatar

If it's not broken, why fix it?

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LR's avatar

So absurd. If anything it should be offensive to Native Americans that their history is now being rewritten. More of the communist agenda. Locals in the town need to demand a seat at the table for any changes going forward because we all know what's next, a great big rainbow display and queer theory.

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Sally's avatar

Gotta love the crafty name change to “jedi” instead of “dei”. They are good are rebranding when they know their cause in trouble. But a pig is still a pig even when you put lipstick on the pig. And I agree they find only certain cultures can’t be appropriated. Noone complains when people wear green on St Patrick’s Day! Or boycott movies about the Italian Mafia. Or when people assume that I can cook because I am of Italian heritage. lol.

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Anthony Jankowski's avatar

Greater Monmouth YMCA (Freehold Township) promotes the JEDI movement also.

website: https://ymcanj.org/news/jedi

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Mathgoddess's avatar

I guess that's the new cult. maybe someone from Lucas films can sue them.

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