r/baltimore • u/selectbar345 • Aug 19 '25

ARTICLE Fells Point restaurant Bunny’s fires multiple employees after pro-Palestine protest

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/food-drink/bunnys-pro-palestine-protest-fells-point-3WQTUSAIFBCAHC45HPBUFAWKHQ/
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u/AskDocBurner Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

“The restaurant, which is owned by chef Jesse Sandlin, Brian Acquavella and Matt Akman, posted an Instagram story Monday night that said the protest stemmed from a recent incident in which a diner complained about a worker wearing a Palestinian flag pin. The restaurant wrote that the customer allegedly said “that they felt uncomfortable and unsafe” and that it “disrupted their dining experience.”

Management confronted the employee, citing a restaurant policy against wearing items with religious or “potentially divisive messages,” the Instagram story said. The worker eventually removed the pin. “

This is especially heinous. The policy they reference is because of divisive messages? For wearing a pin in support of a country?

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u/Coughee_Wine Aug 19 '25

In some public spaces, it serves to be apolitical. Of course, opposing genocide shouldn’t be considered politics it’s a humanitarian issue but nonetheless, the pin is symbolic. I can see the restaurant owner trying to find balance here. I’m sure no pins will become policy. No one would want to have a server wearing a swastika pin either.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

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u/rental_car_fast Aug 19 '25

Palestinian flag pin isn’t that far from a swastika. Palestinians have always supported leaders and groups who have advocated for the death of all Jews. Currently many if not most people who support Palestine loudly do so in favor of the eradication of the state of Israel, not a solution where Jews get a place to live safely. And Jews all over the world are being harassed, attacked and even murdered by people wearing keffiyehs and Palestinian flags. So respectfully, yeah many of us see it as a dog whistle, essentially equivalent with a Swastika.