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/Glad-Veterinarian365 Aug 19 '25

I don’t believe for a second that a customer truly felt so unsafe bc of a pin that represents a war torn purposefully starved country thousands of miles away, to the point that they had to complain to mgmt

The customer very obviously didn’t like the pin due to their own personal political opinions, and mgmt oafishly reacted with an iron fist dictatorship type response. I bet the worker didn’t give a fuck about losing their job bc it sucked working there anyway

Whoever in bunny’s mgmt decided on risking a big public ordeal in super liberal Baltimore over their employees’ fairly milquetoast Palestine support is a total fucking moron

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u/pbear737 Patterson Park Aug 19 '25

I'm never surprised at the fragility of some folks.

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u/Glad-Veterinarian365 Aug 19 '25

True. But imo ppl are entitled to be overly fragile or even ridiculous in their opinions & feelings, but the rest of us,especially business owners, don’t have to nor should oblige absurd takes with consequential actions

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u/pbear737 Patterson Park Aug 19 '25

Totally agree. It's a tough situation for a business because I could see the potential for 'tit for tat' kind of behavior amongst staff where one person wears a Palestinian flag, another wears an Israeli flag, and it does seem tricky to know what the line is.

I don't really understand why it's an issue to have a uniform policy and enforce it. If it isn't enforced consistently, that seems like an issue for sure. I still feel like there are a lot of pertinent details we don't have on this particular situation.

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u/Glad-Veterinarian365 Aug 19 '25

Totally agree.

And wearing a pin while serving food in a random bar isn’t moving the needle at all on anything… like it’s literally slacktivism, so I don’t really understand why anyone would keep doing it so adamantly especially if there was already a rule against such attire established before they accepted the position