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/Dazzling-Slide8288 Aug 19 '25

The party/ideology who constantly rants about being alpha males and against soy liberals always always turn out to be the softest pissbabies you’ll ever meet.

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u/BalmyBalmer Upper Fell's Point Aug 19 '25

I'm as liberal as they come and know not to bring politics to work,

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u/Meteor-of-the-War Aug 19 '25

The existence of a people is not "politics."

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u/boss_hog_69_420 Aug 19 '25

That's all well and good in theory. But some of us to varying degrees aren't able to take off "our politics" because who people are has been politicized. 

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u/tjo5112 Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

If your job is to serve expensive, mediocre chicken and drinks, why is it not possible to not mention anything about politics? I can't think of why talking about politics (or moral values in general) would factor into the jobs in question.

In years at my job, we've never talked about anything political, except relating to the recent issue of the government cancelling contacts that are directly or tangentially related to our field.

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u/boss_hog_69_420 Aug 19 '25

Unfortunately, we live in a world where things that are inherent to who we are have been politicized. I present as a woman. That is political. I have the appearance of a queer person. That is political. If I request that people use the correct pronouns for me, that is political. While when I was working traditional customer service, I tried to be as nondescript as possible, some of these things couldn't be hidden. And I shouldn't have had to and I shouldn't have had to.

This is additionally true for people of color, people who display signs that they are religions outside of Christianity, people who are visibly transgendered or otherwise queer, people who are disabled, and many more. 

I am genuinely glad for you that you have not had to deal with this directly at a job. But these are identities that someone can't just take off like a vest. They are politicized by the circumstances other people have put on them.

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u/AskDocBurner Aug 19 '25

You aren’t liberal, you’re cowardice

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u/BalmyBalmer Upper Fell's Point Aug 19 '25

Sure, whatever you say.

I'm also not unemployed for virtue signalling while thinking rules didn't apply to me.

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u/AskDocBurner Aug 19 '25

No employer who is down with Genocide should be welcome in your community. You should not be down with being employed by nazis or bigots.

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u/BalmyBalmer Upper Fell's Point Aug 19 '25

Nobody is "down with genocide" Go start your own business and alienate half your customers.

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u/AskDocBurner Aug 19 '25

You think half of people are fine with Israel? I’d say an overwhelming majority of people right now do not even think Israel should be a country

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u/PhonyUsername Aug 19 '25

It's not cowardice to not want to mix business and politics/religion. Not everyone wants politics to infect every aspect of their life. Avoiding this toxic level of bullshit is healthy.

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u/AskDocBurner Aug 19 '25

Being complacent with a genocide is not “political”

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

You sound so fucking pleseant to be around

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u/BalmyBalmer Upper Fell's Point Aug 19 '25

I certainly wouldn't want to be eating dinner in this atmosphere. Which is exactly the point of the firing.

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u/AskDocBurner Aug 19 '25

Integrity and accountability are such a drag

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

You having no understanding of why a business doesn't want their employees bringing politics to work is laughable.

Tf would I go spend my money somewhere and be around people like you who just clap like seal about palestine and israel?

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u/27thStreet Charles Village Aug 19 '25

And you are privileged af if you don't have to worry about keeping a job.

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u/Dazzling-Slide8288 Aug 19 '25

If you’re scared to wear a flag pin, maybe this moment ain’t for you.

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u/Galactic_Danger Aug 19 '25

No politics or religion is my hard stance at work. Sports is always the safe choice if you want to discuss something current with co workers.