Alabama nurse fired after TikTok videos on slavery, COVID and more go viral (Just Desserts)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

https://www.al.com/news/2021/06/alabama-nurse-fired-after-tiktok-videos-on-slavery-covid-and-more-go-viral.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&utm_source=facebook

An Alabama man is out of a job after TikTok videos of him spreading misinformation about COVID-19, as well as saying racist, homophobic and other inflammatory statements went viral on the platform.

Nathan Coy, who posted videos under the handle @conservativecoy1776, found himself the subject of a video posted on June 10 by @rx0rcist.

Coy is featured quite a few times, expressing his own opinion or making fun of the opinion of others in regards to numerous topics.

The first time he’s featured in the clip, Coy is commenting on a woman who is talking about a COVID-19 study that’s now available for parents to enroll their kid in.

“So I got a question. So your six month old wants to be in a f------ clinical trial for COVID? Good job, Mom! These people are f------ stupid,” Coy said before he’s interrupted by @rx0rcist, who goes by Savannah.

“I warned you that we were going to hold you accountable,” Savannah said, “You see, while you’ve gotten super comfortable spreading COVID disinformation, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, literally all the phobias you’ve hit in your videos, you forgot the part where freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.” /snip


Link to video.
https://www.reddit.com/r/byebyejob/comments/nywcta/nurse_gets_fired_for_inflammatory_posts_on_tiktok/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[dalton99a]

1. Nathan Coy:

[CurtEastPoint]

2. What a hateful, ignorant racist/xxxist/xxxphobic douchebag. Glad you lost your license.

[gratuitous]

3. I think "clinical trial" has become a new anti-vax talking point

The Toady Show had a lengthy segment this morning (when they weren't gushing about Jenna Bush skydiving) featuring four of the nurses who were handed their walking papers from a Houston hospital when they refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19. I don't understand why NBC gave them a national platform to spew. Even though the reporter tried to correct the serial misinformation (I don't want to be in a clinical trial; I have several friends and relatives who had severe, disabling reactions to the vaccine; the FDA hasn't approved the vaccine; the hospital can't force me to get vaccinated; etc.), the nurses just kept going.

[Sympthsical]

4. You have to be a special kind of stupid to wear your work badge in videos like this

The first question I always ask is, "What did you think was going to happen?"

If I ever got brain damage and started making social media videos, or started a blog, or writing on Twitter, the last thing I would ever - ever - do is tell anyone on the internet my real name and where I work.

I mean, that's just common sense.

It floors me that so many people do this.