I still think that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) remarketing themselves after decades of abuse scandals, and they settle on the name “Scouting America” or… SA…
I get that they wanted to make scouting an all gender thing. That’s good… but they probably shoulda workshopped that name a bit more given the history and context of the organization.
Not the same thing, true, but other organisations have been asked to rename and rebrand, no? I just sometimes wonder why that particular acronym is never questioned even in passing.
I still think that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) remarketing themselves after decades of abuse scandals, and they settle on the name “Scouting America” or… SA…
I get that they wanted to make scouting an all gender thing. That’s good… but they probably shoulda workshopped that name a bit more given the history and context of the organization.
The Secret Service is a thing and nobody bats an eye, sooo…
Right…
but the Secret Sevice was established in the mid 1800s… well before the abbreviation SS had other meanings.
The Scouts decided to rebrand a year ago… SA has been in use for over a decade now.
Hardly the same thing.
Not the same thing, true, but other organisations have been asked to rename and rebrand, no? I just sometimes wonder why that particular acronym is never questioned even in passing.
Probably because nobody calls it the SS
I’ve definitely seen that acronym used for the secret service
What else is it supposed to stand for? South Africa?
SA is also the abbreviation for sexual assault
Sturmabteilung, Hitler’s personal storm troopers that helped him rise to power
probably not naming the organazation having abbreviation of “SA” too.
That’s what they said…