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| Connelly: Vancouver restaurant manager fired, refused to serve Trump backer |
| 2018-07-01 |
| [SEATTLEPI] The manager of a popular Vancouver, B.C., restaurant has been fired for refusing service to a supporter of President Trump. The customer arrived at the Teahouse in Stanley Park wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, and was asked by manager Darin Hodge to remove the lat. Soon after that, the manager, on the job for 18 months, was let go by the Sequoia Co. which manages the restaurant, for violating its "philosophy of tolerance." "Sequoia does not support intolerance of any kind, and it is because of these principles that we cannot discriminate against someone based on their support for the current administration in the United States, or any other bonified political party," Sequoia said in a statement. "The Teahouse has no political, ethnic or other bias and is committed to welcoming all visitors to Vancouver and treating all our customers with respect." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 #7. I understand what happened. If he was going into the restaurant he should have taken it off anyways. If he was just walking down the street he should have ignored the guy. |
| Posted by: Flilet Omeremble3846 2018-07-01 19:08 |
| #13 Now someone wearing a Yankee/RedSox in one of the other city's sport bars might be asked to leave.... |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-01 15:27 |
| #12 Would he have the courage to toss out anyone wearing clothing proselytizing any of the Local parties (Green, Liberal, Conservative, and/or their local branches)? No, the little weasel would turn a blind eye because "That's Different, because Shut Up!" |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-01 15:23 |
| #11 Would Hodge have been fired if he did the same thing in Seattle? |
| Posted by: Thravish White7222 2018-07-01 12:31 |
| #10 The MAGA hat has come to symbolize racism, bigotry, Islamaphobia, misogyny, white supremacy and homophobia. And thus Hodge dumped on millions of honest, hard-working Americans as did Hillary when she referred to Trump supporters as a basket of deplorables and unredeemables. Peter Strzok did the same thing when he said he could smell Trump supporters in Wal-Mart. Hodge ends up being that which he accuses others of. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-07-01 11:42 |
| #9 OTOH, I used to laugh my ass off at The Homestead when some moron showed up at breakfast in shorts and flip flops and the black maitre'd, who had put his suit and tie on at about 4 am, told the schmuck he could not come in the dining room. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-01 09:09 |
| #8 How long before "arriving while white" gets you turned away? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-01 09:06 |
| #7 #6 - The customer arrived at the Teahouse in Stanley Park wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, and was asked by manager Darin Hodge to remove the doesn't say he wore it in.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-07-01 08:46 |
| #6 Truthfully the man should have taken off his hat because he was in a restaurant. |
| Posted by: Flilet Omeremble3846 2018-07-01 08:31 |
| #5 How can these people fail to understand that others feel just as strongly their own beliefs? Google "sociopath". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-01 07:23 |
| #4 In the article, the fired guy said "he had to take a stand," "He'd do it again," "he had no regrets." How can these people fail to understand that others feel just as strongly their own beliefs? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-01 07:18 |
| #3 Discrimination for Race, religion or Political affiliation. Vancouver is in Canada, right? Lot of Moose in Canada. and probably Beavers too.... |
| Posted by: Oscar Dribble1102 2018-07-01 05:19 |
| #2 and it is because of these principles that we cannot discriminate against someone based on their support for the current administration in the United States Or child rapists, right? |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-07-01 01:07 |
| #1 I guess Mr. Hodge didn't get the memo about 'tolerance', did he? Punch back twice as hard! |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-07-01 00:36 |