Posted on 07/09/2026 5:18:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
A seasonal railway conductor for Tennessee's Incline Railway at Lookout Mountain has been fired after making now-viral comments, wishing riders a happy Independence Day, which triggered some passengers.
The conductor, identified as Jack Peterson, is clearly fed up with mass migration policies that are ruining our country. He hilariously told passengers on the Fourth of July, "To the very, very few Americans in here, happy Independence Day."
He continued, "To the rest of you, welcome to the greatest country on the face of the planet, and if you disagree, you can leave."
It is unclear how many foreigners were on board the train.
The conductor was fired almost immediately after father Charles Scherer and son Nathan Scherer caught the moment on camera and promptly reported Peterson to the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), which operates the train.
Nathan Scherer described the comments as "disparaging remarks about foreigners" in an interview, adding, "Even if you were critical of the country, the idea that you have to leave if you have any complaints... the whole thing is weird to me."
"He doesn't really know who is American and who's not just by the way they look, so that kind of floored us," Nathan's father, Charles, said. While discussing Peterson's immediate firing on the same day as the incident, Charles said, "That made me feel really good about CARTA and about their responsiveness to this and believing it should have been handled.
Peterson declined to comment on the incident.
According to Fox News, CARTA Chief of Staff Scott Wilson told News 9, "I want to apologize directly to the passengers who experienced this, and to everyone who has seen the video and felt its sting. It should never have happened."
"We have zero tolerance for language that demeans or excludes anyone who rides with us. For 131 years, the Incline Railway has welcomed visitors from Chattanooga and from around the world. Every passenger who boards our railway deserves to feel respected and welcome, and we are committed to making sure that is always the case," Wilson added.
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Charles Scherer and son Nathan Scherer - GET A F*CKING LIFE!
He knew exactly what he was doing and decided to leave on his own terms.
What total horse shit! Those woke whiners should pack and leave!
Then you opened your mouth and cleared the air, you un-American POS.
How does a d!ckless wonder like Charles Scherer produce a son?
How does a d!ckless wonder like Charles Scherer produce a son?
Is this true?
Yes, it’s true. The man has no d!ck.
Train was probably filled with Indians. Imagine the smell.
Aaaahhhh yes... ...once again society caves to the lowest common denominator when a simple GFYS would have very easily sufficed...
Cancel Culture up close and personal....................
Well since the state already proved it would just roll over and give up millions like it did to the professors who publicly celebrated the political murder of Charlie Kirk, he should sue them for millions. They’ll cave again.
Firing? More like off with the head.
I can remember a Walmart in the midwest. Some employee got on the speaker and said: “Will all black customers please leave the store.” Within an hour the news was online nationwide.
The conductor, Jack Peterson has what’s missing in many parts of the population- a strong love, respect, and appreciation of our great country. We need more of this.
As for Charles, I think I can guess what party he belongs to. If he was a man, he would have talked to the conductor himself. Instead he cried to mommy. I can’t respect man like that. Hope his Son can overcome his pussy Dad’s influence and do better.
I suspect Charles and his husband bought their son.
His son appears to be in his late 30’s early 40’s.............
Father and Son need to get the sh*t beaten out of them. These are the @$$holes who keep endorsing third world savages coming into our country, and now they have caused problems for which they should be held accountable.
They caused a man to lose his livilihood over their desire to "virtue signal" how tolerant they are.
If more people got the sh*t beaten out of them for sticking their nose into affairs that do not concern them, the world would be a better place.
Those woke whiners should get the bitch slapped out of them.
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BO is their aftershave
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