On CNN now: Lunatic anti-maskers having a meltdown in Tennessee.

[madaboutharry]

Parents are screaming at each other as those wanting the children to wear masks vs. anti-mask parents in the parking lot after the school board puts in a temporary mask requirement for elementary schools.

These people are insane. Threatening the school board and other parents who want the kids in masks.

It breaks my heart to see this craziness going on.

[FakeNoose]

1. It's a terrible example they're setting for their children as well

[Botany]

2. Putin was successful beyond his wildest dreams in installing Trump as an agent to cause ...

... division and anger in America. I would like to see where these people are getting their misinformation
I would bet some of it is from Russia.

[Pobeka]

5. THIS. n/t

[Botany]

12. I would bet the majority of those angry white people in Franklin, TN would consider themselves ...

.... Christians. I just spent some time in VA (Blue Ridge area) and I am now convinced
that one of the biggest threats to America are Christian Evangelicals and the hate and lies
spewed to them by their pastors.

[Pobeka]

16. I have little doubt that was a major target market for Putin's "division corps" on social media.

[Lonestarblue]

27. Their pastors do a lot of damage, but have you ever listened to Christian hate radio?

In some rural areas, it’s hard to avoid. It’s been a few years since I listened on long drives with few options, but I remember being dismayed at the misinformation and the not-so-subtle hatred being preached against minorities and the godless government (never mind that our government was never intended to be run by God).

And they’re passing along their hate and hateful ideas to their children. This morning I read an article in the Guardian that just makes my heart shrivel at the “education” our tax dollars are providing for many children, specifically those in Christian schools and those being home schooled. They are teaching their children to be white supremacists using our tax dollars! Here’s an excerpt.

“While public school textbooks suffer from their own blindspots, a Guardian analysis has found that private schools, especially Christian schools, use textbooks that tell a version of history that is racially biased and often inaccurate. These textbooks, used in thousands of private schools, many of which receive tens of thousands of dollars in public funding every year, whitewash the legacy of slavery, frame Native Americans as lesser and blame the Black Lives Matter movement for sowing racial discord.”

The article goes on to say that the textbooks used are primarily from three religious publishers.

“The Guardian reviewed dozens textbooks produced by the Christian textbook publishers Abeka, Bob Jones University Press and Accelerated Christian Education, three of the most popular textbook sources used in private schools throughout the US. These textbooks describe slavery as “black immigration”, and say Nelson Mandela helped move South Africa to a system of “radical affirmative action”.”

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/12/right-wing-textbooks-teach-slavery-black-immigration

[Botany]

32. Off of I 81 south of Winchester, VA these 3 huge crosses hit me as just plane creepy

[Lonestarblue]

33. They are creepy. Are they part of a religious site?

[Botany]

34. I saw them last month driving over from Ohio going up into the sky but they had different colored ..

.... lighting on them. I have come to the conclusion that one of the biggest threats to America's
democracy and future is right wing Christian Evangelicals and their love for strong people so they
can "own the lib-tards."

[durablend]

3. They're doing it here (PA) too

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Was just about to post that

There was a news story last evening about some of the suburban Philly school districts and school boards having knock-down drag-outs about masking in the schools.

To mask, or not to mask? School boards contend with decision, loud debates

By Jim Melwert, KYW Newsradio
17 hours ago

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Pennsylvania is following the lead of the CDC and recommending schools require masks for all K-12 students and staff. But the final decision rests with each school district, and that is making for some tense board meetings. “Everybody, could we please be civil?” asked North Penn School Board President Tina Stoll after a preliminary vote to require masks for all staff and students during their meeting Tuesday.

Public comment was cut short, after audience members wouldn’t stop yelling at each other. A board member motioned for the meeting to adjourn. Before it descended into chaos, parents expressed their views, including what effect masks are having on their children: "Breathing restrictions, an inability to see each other’s facial expressions, and the isolation and perpetuation of fear are clearly harmful to children’s physical and psychological well-being," said one parent.

Other parents pointed out that children 11 and younger are not eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. “Masking the children until they’re able to be vaccinated, especially in the elementary schools, will facilitate keeping the schools open," another parent said. Those parents argued that such a plan only works if everyone wears masks. The formal vote there is set to happen next week.

The Methacton School Board also voted to require masks in schools, following passionate but more civil public comment. “Things need to get back to normal for these kids. They are suffering," said Marissa Rocco of Lower Providence Township. “I recognize and I understand that people are tired of masks. I’m tired of them. But being tired of them doesn’t change the fact that we are in the middle of a global pandemic," said Ashley Wilkerson, also of Lower Providence Township.

(snip)

More: https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/to-mask-or-not-to-mask-school-boards-contend-with-decision

Here in Philly, all teachers and children doing "in-person" will be masked (decided a month ago - https://www.phillyvoice.com/philadelphia-schools-masks-fall-2021-covid19-/) and the district is working with the union to possibly implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate - https://whyy.org/articles/vaccine-mandate-coming-for-philly-school-staff-teachers-union-pledges-support/ (with a stipulation from the union that it should be ALL staff/employees in a school, not just teachers)

[spanone]

4. I live just up the road from Franklin, TN. It is in one of the more affluent counties in TN.

rabid republicans.

All this crazy shit over a mask that could save their own kids lives.

Pure insanity.

[JohnSJ]

6. Saw some of that on Don Lemon last night. Police had to escort someone who voiced support for

masks to his car. A crazed mob surrounded him, and I am convinced he would have been killed if it wasn’t for the police

I think it is time to stop coddling these scum

There has to be penalties for these people for their actions

[Nanjeanne]

7. Arrest them for harassment. Stick them in a cell together. Deny them medical treatment.

Raise their insurance premiums. Tell them beds in hospitals are not available to them when they get sick.

I’m so tired of it. They have the freedom to not mask or not mask their children. Schools have the freedom to require masks. Let these idiots keep their children home. Let them school them at home. That’s their freedom. Let the vaccinated, the masked, have the freedom to have school be a safe place.

I don’t understand this bending over backwards to give these idiots their freedom at the expense of the health of the population. The federal government needs to mandate masks indoors so the states don’t have to rely on red or blue governors. We need federal assistance to governors that want to mandate masks indoors. We need vaccination cards for any indoor activity. Let vaccinated have freedom to have some of their lives back. Let unvaccinated have the freedom to stay unvaxed and stay home, pay more for healthcare, keep children home and away from after school activities, sports,etc. Just do it and save lives.

Im sick of this. Why are we arguing with these assholes? It’s the summer and we are in a shit show. I can’t imagine what the winter will be like. Or the next variant.

[JohnSJ]

8. Two reasons why I think think that no arrests were made. They were afraid it would have

triggered a riot, and they were white

[Probatim]

18. All you needed was to type "they were white". Everything else is redundant.

I'm sick and tired of shitty white people (as a sometimes shitty white person, I think I'm allowed to say that).

[JohnSJ]

22. Sadly you are right

[Haggard Celine]

9. We're having the same problem down here.

the governor is too chickenshit to issue a mask mandate, so that means each school district has to decide whether they're going to have a mask mandate. It's a mess. Some schools are doing it and some aren't and parents who disagree with whatever their child's school district has decided are pulling their kids out of school. If the governor had some balls, these poor kids wouldn't be getting caught in the middle. It's a disgrace.

[bullwinkle428]

10. How many here recall reports of medical teams in Africa getting attacked

when they were in the process of responding to Ebola outbreaks?

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/news-stories/news/central-african-republic-repeated-attacks-medical-facilities-leave

https://www.voanews.com/africa/cameroon-hospital-attacked-medical-staff-patients-flee

https://www.msf.org/central-african-republic-attacks-medical-facilities-leave-people-without-options

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/716096505/armed-groups-are-attacking-health-workers-responding-to-ebola-outbreak

When these incidents took place, I recall saying something along the lines of "We would never see anything like this take place here in the good old U.S. of A!"

Clearly, I spoke too soon.

[kiri]

31. polio vaccine is "western poison"

In Pakistan recently, a team of 4 nurses was murdered for going to a village to administer Polio vaccine. All over the Muslim, world preachers, imans, village elders are calling the polio vaccine a "western poison". It's anti-Islam.

Freedom of religion is really not a good idea because it is so easily distorted and manipulated.

[FalloutShelter]

11. Former Guy let America's ugly ID off the leash...

add COVID and now we are experiencing a massive mental health crisis.
Just MHO.

[world wide wally]

14. Kids have always been required to have their vaccinations to attend public schools.

Why not masks for this highly contagious disease?

[Lanius]

15. Republicans are responsible for this.

And not just those who politicized COVID, the vaccines and mask wearing but also the “moderates” who kept quiet.

[Traildogbob]

17. "New Rules"

I was thinking as I watched the maniacs in the parking lot threatening the life of the doctor in his car, GQP made a new rule that makes it LEGAL to run over protestors blocking traffic. Would have made some great entertainment.

[Jerry2144]

19. How many

Of those protestors are actually those mythical “crisis actors” the Fascist Front accuses the left of using for hoaxing the all-too-frequent mass shootings? We know they accuse the left of doing things it turns out they do. We also know the Tea Baggers started out as paid actors and were hyped by Fake News as being a real concern that Real America(TM) cares about

[Ligyron]

23. THIS!

As discussed in another thread, where were the Tenn southern accents?

Astroturfing yet another movement.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Actuarial statistics will teach a lesson

Unfortunately. Very unfortunately.

[IronLionZion]

21. Full Video of Tennessee's dumbest people in that school board meeting:

[Takket]

24. Confronting people in the parking lot and telling them "we know who you are"

And “we know where to find you” should get you arrested. That is clearly a threat. It is illegal to threaten someone isn’t it???

[azureblue]

25. if they don't trust doctors

to tell them to get the vax and to mask up, then they should not go to the hospital when they get sick. Simple.

[Aviation Pro]

26. One of these BloatedTickturds

Had the temerity to cite his service thus waving his Marine vet creds like it means fuck all. Paraphrasing this tattooed, brain dead fuckwit, "Now you're dealing with lions."

Yeah, fuck you, bro, lions don't get branded, sheep and cattle do.

[jalan48]

28. Panic is spreading. Fearful people are easier to control and manipulate.

[Jon King]

29. Don't go to the doctor and home school your kids then.

These people obviously know more about educating than educators and know more about medicine than Dr. Fauci.

So teach your own kids at home and stop going to the doctor. Freedom.

[johnthewoodworker]

30. Hey, Republican/Nazis could give a shit if kids die. They just want to hurt thinkers.

[Xoan]

35. Cowards using kids as fodder in the covid war.