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“He won’t be the last heavyweight benefactor to retract their funding. “The Boy Scouts were my lifeline,” Diesel revealed, “Without them, I might not have evolved into the individual I am today. However, I can no longer endorse their shifting ideals.” Neither can we, Vin.πππ Read more π
On May 29, 2024, a Facebook page named Dancing Dynasty published a side-by-side image of actor Denzel Washington and some Boy Scouts positing that Washington had pulled a funding commitment because the Scouts had “lost their way”:
This post had garnered 577 reactions, 44 comments and 52 shares as of this writing. Another Facebook post from the page TrendingTinsel claimed the same thing and received 27,000 reactions, 3,000 comments and 2,500 shares:
Many commenters on the post expressed enthusiasm with Washington’s alleged decision. “Great!! All should pull back any funds to BOY scouts. If they want to be ‘woke’, let them go that direction without your assistance! Satan is in charge of that institution,” one wrote.
The pinned comment on the first post included a link to an article on a dicey-looking website that read: