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demmiblue

(36,850 posts)
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 08:55 AM Aug 2021

Anti-maskers in TN following a school bd. mtg.: "We know who you are." "...but we will find you."



Doctor: Being called a 'traitor' for advocating for masks at school board meeting 'mind blowing'

A doctor and parent who was called a “traitor” this week for advocating for a mask mandate during a school board meeting in Tennessee said Thursday that the criticism against him from some local parents was “mind blowing.”

Dr. Britt Maxwell spoke out after appearing at a Williamson County School District Board meeting on Tuesday, and footage showing a group of parents surrounding health care professionals as they left the building went viral.

"We'll not comply," the group chanted. "We know who you are."

Maxwell, who has children who attend schools in the district, including one with respiratory issues, told CNN’s John Berman on Thursday that he left the school board meeting early after sensing that he would get intense pushback from some parents for defending the use of masks in schools amid rapid COVID-19 case surges.

The doctor said that as he and his wife, who is also a medical professional, left, there was a “chanting” crowd already gathered outside.

“I was approached and someone put their hand in my face and called me a traitor,” Maxwell said on CNN’s “New Day.”

“I don’t see how anyone can say that when I’ve been on the frontlines of this pandemic since the beginning, treating patients in rooms, unvaccinated for the vast majority of it, hoping I wouldn’t take it home to my family,” he explained.

“For someone to say that is mind blowing,” he added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567506-doctor-being-called-a-traitor-for-advocating-for-masks-at-school-board


Absolutely. Batshit. Insane.
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hatrack

(59,585 posts)
1. We will find you - when our lungs fill up with froth and our kidneys fail . . .
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 08:57 AM
Aug 2021

We will find you, and beg for help, and learn that there's nothing you can do.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
2. Wait until THEIR kids get this....
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 09:08 AM
Aug 2021

These parents will be begging these same Medical professionals to save their kids or themselves from a grisly death. Will it change their minds as they watch their children die? Some will come around and acknowledge their STUPIDITY. Some may say it was "God's will."

I can say with certainty that no parent ever gets over the death of a child no matter their age. I have 2 younger granddaughters whose mother refuses to follow the science, abhors the thought of wearing masks in public. No matter the steps taken to strengthen the Immune system, COVID does not care about that. It will strike. I pray to God each day, not them or any parent's child.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
4. Putin was successful beyond his wildest dreams in installing Trump as an agent to cause ...
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 09:20 AM
Aug 2021

... division and unrest.

I wonder how many of these "concerned parents" are Christians and they are getting misinformation
from Fox and Russia.

Yoyoyo77

(267 posts)
5. I keep flashing back to a meme that has been around for a while.
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 09:33 AM
Aug 2021

You folks preached for years and years about the anti-christ coming and when he arrived, you fell to your knees in worship of
him!

mopinko

(70,102 posts)
6. i'm will to bet that at least some of those people are paid to do this shit.
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 09:40 AM
Aug 2021

JUST.LIKE.THE.TEA.PARTY.

we've seen this movie. it ends badly.
make them prove they have a kid in the schools.

Chainfire

(17,537 posts)
7. And there you have it, folks.
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 10:42 AM
Aug 2021

A doctor is a traitor for trying to save their children's lives. There is no sacrifice too great to support the far right. If they are willing to kill their children, how do you think that they would treat you? This is another part of the hate and fear legacy of Donald Trump.

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