But the fact remains, there are a hell of a lot of inflated grades out there being celebrated.
And there are an awful lot who haven't. There are kids out there who have lost out on grades due to the way CAGs work. These kids didn't get their normal predicted grades - they got centre assessed grades which are very different. Not one of DD's friends got their full UCAS predicted grades, all are below them. My dd, and her friends, haven't benefited from inflated grades as you and others like to say; infact several have dropped grades due to the cag calculation when it came to a levels with high percentage nea and coursework.
They had an horrific results day with massive disappointments in some cases. Then an incredibly stressful 5 days waiting to see what would happen. I wouldn't wish that experience on people.
Every single year kids have to put up with being told 'oh the exams were harder in my day' nonsense and it's started for this year too - but even worse. Now these poor kids have to listen to sour minded people telling them that their grades mean nothing because they didn't do exams anyway.
Put yourself in the shoes of these year 13s.
My dd has had one hell of a nightmare year. Results day was the final straw. She's lost 4 close members of the family, 3 during lockdown down where we weren't able to visit, and in some cases even go to the funeral. She's has all her normal 18th birthday celebrations cancelled, like everyone she was isolated from her friends and boyfriend for weeks, she lost the normal expected 'end of school' experience, no end of school parties and holiday trips, etc. They had no choice as to whether they could do exams or not. It wasn't their decision and many kids I know feel cheated out of their chance. Whilst to older people this means nothing - go back to year 13 and being 18y and these things are important to them and mean more.
And it is perfectly possible to feel empathy and upset for the current year 13s whilst also hoping things can be sorted for the year 12s. I really empathise for the current year 12s. I think the proposals put forward so far are inadequate and unfair. I am hoping that something can be done to help. I have friends with children affected and will do what I can to support action to get the government to sort something.
But the more people who come out and spout nastiness and unfair comments about the current year 13s mean that you'll end up with less people feeling like they want to support you in your quest.
Come August next year I'm assuming you'd rather people were not coming out pulling down your kids and telling them their grades mean nothing, they didn't really miss out on anything just because school closed, etc.
You'll be wanting support and positive comments for your kids right now and in August. So why not give the current a level results kids the same!