Student whose grandma died of Covid-19 mocked at school board meeting while he advocated for masks.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

Parents who oppose mask mandates laughed at a Tennessee high-schooler while he spoke about his grandma who died of Covid-19 at a school board meeting.

"I'm worried about my family. If I get Covid, I'm going to bring it to my family. I talk to my grandparents a lot. They're higher risk than me, so I don't want to give them Covid. This time last year, my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the Rutherford County school system, died of Covid because someone wasn't wearing a mask," Grady Knox said at the Rutherford County school board meeting in Murfreesboro on Tuesday.

Knox was then interrupted as laughing could be heard from people surrounding him who were sitting with signs that read "Let our kids smile." An official had to call for quiet and remind them "we're here to act professional."

"This is an avoidable issue, and by not wearing masks in schools, it's irresponsible. We're killing people," Knox said in his remarks.

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I am so f*cking tired of the "pro-COVID" assholes. They can't die off quickly enough for me, so we can end this pandemic ASAP.

[Maru Kitteh]

1. They should have been ejected IMMEDIATELY.

Decency is dead.

[yardwork]

5. I agree. We are enabling and tolerating too much.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. "Let Our Kids Smile"

What about this kid's fucking smile? The one he doesn't have because his grandmother died from Covid you Fucking Fucks.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Kids on ventilators or long haulers probably don't smile a lot either.

Right, a grieving child doesn't smile.

These people are real monsters.

[gratuitous]

13. Seems to be a new asinine talking point

Apparently children are going to be emotionally stunted if they can't see other people smiling at them or something. No, it doesn't make sense, but then damn little about these blood-gargling psychopaths does make sense to us humans.

[Blue Owl]

24. Like this guy...

[SoonerPride]

3. Sadly, there will never be an "end to the pandemic.'

This is our new normal.

Forever.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Fauci said unless we get more people vaxxed, the pandemic will never go away.

You may be right, this is here to stay.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

17. Hopefully all the unvaccinated adults will die off and the rest of us can get back to living

lives that work for us.

The pandemic has had two unanticipated effects: (1) people have used the time in quarantine to reexamine their lives and create new ones through education, becoming entrepreneurs, or just choosing to retire; and (2) companies are having to pay a living wage to entice new employees. The latter is driving the Repugs crazy. Rather than raising their pay schedule, some businesses are hiring 14 and 15 years olds.

[former9thward]

25. Where is the science for that?

The death rate is 1% or less. How are they all going to die off?

[dalton99a]

4. They have no empathy for others, and therefore deserve no empathy.

Let them die when they can't breathe

[StarryNite]

6. Exactly.

[renate]

7. honestly, I think that zombies ate those people's brains

They are just empty husks where a human being used to be.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Get names of laughers and publicize them.

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[Treefrog]

18. Whose daughters? What am I missing here?

[mainer]

11. The laughing woman has been fired.

She’s an RN and she worked for Cigna!

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Wingus Dingus]

14. I guess I'm missing what's funny about what he was saying.

I can believe those are nurses, because there are some really shitty, nasty, callous nurses out there, having worked with a few in various facilities.

[ck4829]

12. Ghouls

[NickB79]

15. They'll proudly proclaim they're "pro-life"

While they laugh over a dead grandmother

[Deuxcents]

16. Thanks, K O

I’m sure it was a factor in her release.

[alphafemale]

19. Being laughed at is not really that horrible.

it is about as minor as you can get.

The people fighting for the vote for women quit because people laughed at them?

[NH Ethylene]

20. A high school kid who is brave enough to face a school board

Should not be laughed at. At that age it takes a lot of courage to address adults in a formal setting. To be laughed at must have been humiliating for him. He's a kid; have some compassion.

[marmar]

21. Good f**king grief.

If there is a hell, these people need priority admission.

[lpbk2713]

22. They have as much dignity and compassion as they have intelligence.

Someone should check if they even have kids in that school system.

[Blue Owl]

23. Hey dumbfucks -- you know who else could smile?

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. It took guts to do what that kid did

The alleged adults who mocked him are vile cowards.