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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Lol... i woulda paid a few bucks to be there when that went down!!
Tolerance only goes one way.
His wife's boyfriend did what he could not.
“To the very, very few Americans in here, happy Independence Day.”
How is that disparaging? If you don’t like the country and you are not a US citizen, leave.
Someone with opinions and an animus against foreigners is not a good fit for working at a TOURIST ATTRACTION. I don’t like complainers, but in this case, the Scherers did “CARTA”, its patrons, and even the man who was fired, a favor.
Yeah, we have a few posters like those pieces of crap on FR.
Pathetic. Why do they have to tattle tell like 5 year olds and cause someone to lose their job. These whiners need to grow up. Sometimes people say things you don’t like. That’s life.
Not surprised he was fired. He deserved it.
Saying “Happy Indpendence Day” is acceptable, but the rest of what he said is a big no no while performing job duties.
The unacceptable parts are:
“To the very, very few Americans in here”
“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 really sad that many here find it acceptable behavior. Honestly I am not suprised.
Wow!
On the 4th of July we fired someone for saying that the United States was the greatest country in the world, and if you don’t believe it, you can leave.
“Greatest Country” makes me think of the movie elf when he yells “You did it, its the greatest cup of coffee in the world”. What exactly does it mean? It’s an undefinable opinion, that I agree with, but others might not.
“If you don’t agree, you can leave.” That’s the point. When you didn’t like East Germany, you couldn’t leave. When you didn’t like most of the Communist nations, they wouldn’t let you leave. The NAZI’s didn’t want the Jews to just leave, or they would have let them. Great countries don’t hold people inside their borders against their will.
That gets me to the two SMUCKS who made a big deal about having an American Patriot fired because they clearly: 1) Don’t like America 2)Don’t like the idea that you can leave if you don’t like it. No, these two smucks want to stay and try to ruin it for everybody. Who wants to bet against that these two are Liberals/Progressives/Communist/Socialists who have TDS?
THOSE REMARKS MAY BE “DISPARAGING”, BUT ARE ACCURATE
AI describes Tennesee’s CARTA railroad as heavily reliant on government grants and not on passenger fares or other sources.
To me, more significant than country of origin is FREELOADERS.
She mistook “Home on the Range” for the National Anthem................
Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, we observed that:
1) The USA has a border patrol to keep people out.
2) The USSR has a border patrol to keep people in.
To the astute observer, that subtle difference says everything you need to know about the USA and the USSR.
I was planning to take that ride next month, but not now!
Aaaahhhh yes... ...once again society caves to the lowest common denominator
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That spinelessness will eventually destroy America!
Honestly I’m not surprised you took the side of the whiney leftists crybaby.
Typical.
You are a F’ing idiot just like this father and son.
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