Boy Scouts

"i was 12, chuck, i was 12 when that happened. And so the boy scouts, my troop, anyway, was not a safe space." "I really think that the thing that's missing from the barbecues and the fireworks is actual quiet, thoughtful conversations between families and friends about the reality that every single right we have ... all of it was just paid for in blood," he says. 'The next time i felt something like that, i mean, sure, there were independence days, and there were flag days'