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I hope I get to watch when karma catches up to anyone who would laugh at or heckle a grieving child.
Thank you gov Lee for your educated leadership. This state is an embarrassment. Not because the leadership is ill informed. Just evil.
Poor kid, he shouldn't have to deal with bullies, especially adult ones....
It's a sad state of affairs when adults are laughing at someone whose grandmother died, even if they don't agree that masks are useless!! Shitty people, shitty manners!
erica cashers her name
Awesome job Grady! You showed courage that most adults la.
Unvaccinated Grandma's are a high risk of dying from complications of covid-19. Youth not nearly as much. Now with approved covid-19 vaccines requiring those that teach in the classroom to be vaccinated is much preferable than the alternative of masking up all the kids.
Grady, I’m sorry insensitive adults mocked and laughed at you during a school board meeting. You were brave to speak up and share your concern about using masks in school because they are a useful deterrent to the spread of Covid. Your grandmother would have very proud of you.
This is why I left teaching. The kids are amazing. The actions of adults makes education toxic.
Isnt it nice to know that people who read Facebook posts all day claim to know better about a virus than scientists and doctors who spent most of their lives studying and working their asses off, with the goal of helping save lives?
GenxYoung Adults in that meeting seriously lack respects of themselves and to Grady Knox. Disappointing to read these adults have low education in the health matter. Just because they haven't gotten the virus ain't mean they're in the clear. This virus lurks among those who are not vaxed.
This is just SAD!!!
Funny…the same idiots were crying “All Lives Matter!” a few years ago are the same ones saying all lives don’t matter when it comes to COVID. brainwashed
Grady you are very brave to stand up for what you believe in !!! You should be very proud of yourself!! 😷😷
Crying for attention.
Shameful of those who mocks another’s sorrow. They have yet to look in the mirror of who they have become…
I am so sorry this happened to him. Adults can be quite intolerant to others which is a shame. Kudos to him.
Thank you, Grady.
Deepest sympathies to this young man. And kudos for his mature thoughtful demeanor during his presentation. Shame on the other attendees who couldn’t shut up while he spoke and the two rude women behind him who smirked when he shared his loss.
Not surprised. I live in TN and it is terrifying how stupid and stubborn people are about masks.
“Adults”
I would not call those people adults who heckled him. I would call them assholes to their face.
You call them adults? Really? Heckling a 19 year old is not only juvenile but ignorant. The hecklers I.Q.s must be all of 19.
This is a brave young man! We need more like him!
Poor kid, adults suck
I can’t watch it again. It really makes me sick. I can’t believe how far we have sunk. Few people have any empathy. So very sad
Absolutely disgusting behavior by the adults that mock and heckled a grieving teenager, who already exhibits more maturity than they do.
I can’t even… the monsters in that room pretending to be adult humans
I bet her age had something to do with it
If John Snow could be alive to see how the 7 kingdoms have gone to crap
Wish I could tell that kid how much respect he deserves for standing up for people’s health. Hopefully he knows his grandmother would be proud of his bravery and empathy. We have a 2nd pandemic of personality disorders where many lack simple decency and kindness.
Isn't that sad. They thought his Grandmother dying was funny. But then, look what state it is
💜
WTF are wrong with adults? This generation will save us all
Lots of people have died from lots of things it's just sad..
Yellow journalism
He has a strong moral compass
I guess the only grownup in the room was a teenager 😎
Tennessee beasts killing kids❌‼️
Get the kids that want the vaccine vaccinated , insurance companies should all come out and say they will not cover any medical related to covid if your not vaccinated. And open everything back up. Smart people will wear there masks, and hopefully the E variant will simply
“Adults”
This teen obviously is smarter than the so called adults in the room. Thank you for standing up for yourself and your classmates
I truly hope my kids’ generation is nothing like my generation. My generation is utterly shameful. My heart goes out to this teen.
because masks dont work
Love to Grady Knox for his bravery to share his story ❤️
Real adults wouldn’t do that.
Never stop speaking your mind on what is right just change where you live.
It's easy to laugh when untouched by personal tragedy. All the world is indeed a stage as their true character shows. Let them enjoy the comedy now, laugh at their tragedy later when they are in the spotlight and the curtain is coming to close.
well done speaking to him
We know the only adult n this meeting. Congratulations to Grady Knox for standing up against so called 'adult' babies & for standing up against covid. He'll win the battle w help of those of us who support him & feel his pain n loss of his grandmother. She'd b very proud of him!
Chronological adults and Mental Midgets.
Trump let these people out. Let them destroy decency and compassion to further Me, Me, Me.
Wow, so sad people would jeer this brave, young man. Inconceivable. Shame on TN citizens.
ReginaPeele Those adults doing that are vile and disgusting!
Not just a “basketful” - 25% of America is made up of deplorables.
FFS, what tf is wrong with people!? The kid, yes kid, didn't need to be mocked for speaking up about the death of his grandmother! Some 'people' suck.
DoodleEubanks Smart kid.
99.9 percent survival rate. If your vaccinated why are you worried about the unvaccinated. The unvaccinated should be worried about the other unvaccinated, if the shit is so effective then your safe right . Right.
Was his grandma in school?
Those adults are rude and disgusting
Aargh!! People who say masks don't work need to talk to prevent Mesothelioma, mine workers, painters, Med & Lab workers, metal workers, artists, auto repair workers, fire fighters, gardeners, sewer repair people and others who work with fumes, smoke or sprays.
I haven't been in school since '07. But I don't recall many grandmothers being there.
Good
America is done…when human decency can’t outweigh your own personal beliefs- we live in a screwed up world…🥲
MalakaGharib
Even if my own worst enemy had lost thier Grammy, there'd be no way in the universe I'd be laughing. A vile individual laughs at anyone talking about their loss. Karma will come for this one.
I like that he did get a lot of applause at the end. Of course the aholes come out to those meetings. They are the worst of the worst.
I’m glad there seemed to be a lot of applause for this young man after he was done- drowning out the pro Covid group in the room
Deplorable. 😓
A leader. Using his voice, strength, and vulnerability to advocate for the health and safety of others in the face of ignorance, ugliness, rudeness, immaturity, and selfishness. I hope he knows how many of us hear him and stand with him.
people that openly disrupt meetings and won’t listen to others talking should be escorted out by the police and fined for disorderly conduct. listen respectfully to others or get the hell out and pay the fine. i’m sick of a small vocal minority deciding what happens!
There is a percentage of Americans who have lost all sense of consciousness, love and respect for each other! Yet, they will be in the church choir on Sunday singing as nothing has happened! It is sad!🙏🙏
“Adults”
No wonder why my generation has such bad mental health issues. I feel bad for their kids having to put up with them all the time.
I'm so sorry Grady. Adults are failing you. We aren't all terrible and selfish. My heart goes out to you and thank you for your bravery and sharing your story about the memory of your grandma, who I'm sure is proud of you.
How very sad and disturbing adult behavior!
9/11 was an inside job. Where are the real journalists
roybelly But they’re pro life.
Empathy matters. Decency matters. Who taught these people otherwise? I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of this awful behavior. Call it out every time. There must be consequences for cruelty.
Americans are the worst (these kinds obvi)
This can now be seen as a classic Pro Trump reaction. This is who the Trumpublican party is now. There's only one way to stop this, vote the bums out and force them to sit on the bench for 10 or 12 years to understand Americans will no longer tolerate such disgraceful behavior.
LegendaryMKC Despicable people and inhumanity on full display.
Disgusting!!!!Shameful’
How sad so many Americans have become Heartless, greedy, self absorbed and ignorant!!!
Don t let those morons shake you Tyler. You’re smart, assertive and a born leader. We need more like you and less of them.
Omg. What is wrong with these so called adults
If this was in Knox county Tennessee..and those adults laughed at that kid, I'd expect a certain mayor to take his mask out of retirement
I like to chew gum and be disrespectful. 'My grandmother died because someone wasn't wearing a mask' is not the punchline to a joke. This pandemic has brought out the true nature of many and it is quite sad.
I'll just take a minor issue. The hecklers were not 'adults' in the sense of the word. It's a shame humans have become them.
These adults are disgraceful
No 'adults' mocked him. It was immature children.
The kids are all right! We need to build our communities around their needs. Instead I see us putting down youth, trying to make education, biking, walking, skating, assembling safely, even housing, all inaccessible. The kids persevere anyways. Keep up the good work Grady. 👍
Brain washed into believing bs
Shows their character. Your grandma is so proud of you. I’m a grandma of 19 and I’m soo proud of you. SHAME ON THE SO CALLED ADULTS BEHIND YOU!
I hope kids like Grady Knox are the future. Kudos to a courageous young man.
Those people need another description besides “adult”
JillMack30 Those were not adults. Those were overgrown, ignorant, selfish lemmings. They were instructed to use mob tactics to intimidate the public and dismantle school boards. They are a tiny minority, but their mob tactics get a lot of press. Most people are for public health and safety.
Masks and distancing within a space, are civil, nice, no long term risk, no harm. Totally respectful helpful. And more necessary with vax causing rapid mutations and not guaranteed protection.
There not adults…
They don't sound like 'adults' to me.
Don't see grandma's age.
Remember those pictures of women and men yelling at little Ruby Bridges because they didn’t want blackness in their schools? Descendants
I honestly believe that there are too many of us and this is one of the consequences. Rudeness and stupidity.
I really do not recognize this country anymore.
If you put yourself in the public discourse, you are open to criticism. Nick Sandmann didn't say a word, and 'liberals' were happy to attack and humiliate him.
It's not their fault for laughing. They suffered from oxygen deprivation due to a rectal-cranial inversion.
Calling these folks ‘adults’ is misleading, the people heckling are giant, oversized, babies
Daunting enough to address a meeting but especially in such a personal way. Grady Knox is a brave and principled young man. Also right. His hecklers and whoever chaired that meeting should be ashamed of themselves.
A young man with courage!
The Adult addressed the meeting and the children heckled him.
In not too religious but, This is what ticks me off about Jesus followers. They don’t even know what Jesus is about. They don’t know about his humbleness and his philosophy. It is one of the greatest….. Love and help one another is what Jesus is all about.
Southerners/Republicans. There’s no hope for that human sludge.
Cigna I cannot believe you are employing a RN, ErikaCasher, the woman in the video laughing and smirking at a child as he describes the death of his grandmother. Is that the type of employee you want representing your company? Is that what YOU stand for?
A lesson he would do well to learn now. Fewer and fewer people are willing to allow themselves to be bullied with fear mongering and shaming tactics.
Sad commentary on America today.
theodoricofyork Let me guess. The hecklers were 'Christian' & 'pro-life'
:(
Didn't someone call them deplorable. She was right.
Republicans are cruel sociopaths.
No
Adults? The only adult there was the teenager.
Lol, good
major_redhead
They can’t be decent human beings for a few minutes.
Sad to hear about his grandmother. They laughed at his reasoning not at his situation. Regardless the logic behind masks is proven to be inaccurate and harmful to children. If you can’t accept that it’s a personal problem nothing more.
Shameful … looks like HE was the adult in the room
Hmm interesting would y’all give me the same airtime if I told my story about my grandpa dying after his second moderna shot?
GOD! People who do this kind of thing have completely lost their minds! POTUS
and you can bet your bottom dollar they are so called christians, the gop have a warped view of what their imaginary carpenter was actually about.
Disgusting behavior of the adults who were mocking this young man. People have no manners anymore.
Nope, nope, nope. Kids at BOE meetings should be treated with the utmost respect as they are out of their element and trying to learn.
I hope he is getting lots of love and support. I am glad the leader of school board reached out to him.
I don't get the 'Let our kids smile' signs. Like, don't your kids smile at home (unmasked)? If not, why not? Also, too, these ppl who laughed at this brave young man should be ashamed of themselves. Bravo to young Grady Knox!
Poor lad! Where did humanity go?
🙄☹️
The feces throwing monkeys have got to go.
What in the hell has happened to us? That’s awful
Cigna nurse EricaCasher is sitting behind him laughing & heckling him for his bereavement of his grandmother
RepublicansAreTrash
Teen not in any statistical danger from covid likens 75+ year olds with high risk to teens with no risk, gets mocked.
So sad
Just one of the many reasons I never want to live in my home state again. There is not even a basic respect for another human being.
should be 'adults' you forgot the quotation marks.
This is Republicans fault. Vote them all out of every single office.
A brave young man.
Lord, save us from these “good Christians”.
If you're laughing at a kid, you're probably a worthless person.
'Adults in the meeting laughed and heckled him' Tennessee, land of the brave. (Bunch of idiots)
And then they went to church.
The woman in the black shirt is Erica Casher. She is a nurse case manager at Cigna. So far Cigna has been silent on this.
DrJenGunter Stay classy, Tennessee.
Aloha. Keep On Keeping On Grady Knox! So Sorry About Your Grandmother 🌺 🤙🏽🧡😷 WearAMask GetVaccinated IgnoreGumChewingSLAGS
the hecklers learned from their deposed master.
That’s flat disgusting. That a student stands up and get LAUGHED and HECKLED by adults! Who’s the adult here? On top of it they were aware his grandmother had recently died of COVID!!!!
Imagine laughing at somebody, who is legally a child, because they tell the story of how their grandmother died of covid because people weren't wearing masks around her. Imagine. What kind of heartless, garbage excuse for a human do you have to be to do that?
What is wrong with people?
I just wish the adults in the room were as mature as Grady. Anti-Vax and Anti-Mask people keep revealing how low and ridiculous they are more and more each day.
Oh how far the mighty is fallen.
theodoricofyork
Why did they not cut his address from the clip😱
Not a proud moment for TN, but tbf, the applause when he finished showed how the majority felt.
He looks so much like my son. It takes my breath away when I see how he’s treated.
If you are on the side of the 'adults' heckling this kid, you need to rethink your life.
He’s A Hero!!!! More Mature than the Adults who heckled him!!!
And when these jerks who laughed die of COVID themselves, their family will be all over Facebook talkin bout how “kind and compassionate” they were. 🙄
The mask debate (and there should be no debate because: science) has an upside: we are learning which of our friends and neighbors are truly terrible people. Exhibit 1: those who laugh and mock a teenager talking about his dead grandmother.
Shameful.
Identify them and fire them. Shame on them.
So much for southern hospitality.
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