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UnpopularBlargh

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Via CBC:
The manager of a popular Vancouver tourist restaurant has been fired after refusing service to a supporter of Donald Trump.

A man wearing one of the U.S. president's "Make America Great Again" hats was refused service at the Teahouse in Stanley Park on Tuesday by Darin Hodge.

According to the restaurant's general manager, the man was seated on the patio that evening when Hodge, the floor manager at the time, confronted him.

"[He] took over the table and requested that he take the hat off," said Andy Crimp.

"[The customer] said he had a right to wear it. [Hodge] said if you don't take the hat off, we won't serve you. And the man left."

The Sequoia Company, which runs the restaurant, says Hodge was fired for not following its "philosophy of tolerance."

He had worked at the restaurant for about 18 months, according to staff.

Hodge was unapologetic in a statement to CBC News.

"I stand by my decision," he wrote via Facebook. "The MAGA hat has come to symbolize racism, bigotry, Islamophobia, misogyny, white supremacy, [and] homophobia."

"As a person with a strong moral backbone, I had to take a stand against this guest's choice of headwear while in my former place of work. Absolutely no regrets," he added.
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Good for him. Lock if I don't serve visible assholes.
 
Volimar

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You wanna keep your job you gotta clear that with your boss first. Hope Canadians boycott until the policy is changed or the employee is rehired.
 
Squarehard

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Shitty that he lost his job, but good for the manager to take a stand, and even better that he stuck to his guns, and articulated his reasons further.

I'm hopeful he'll quickly get another job with this press.
 
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Parch

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There's a Trump Hotel in Vancouver. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were losing business because people chose to stay elsewhere.
 
SturokBGD

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Kudos to the dude for sticking to his guns. You don't wear a MAGA hat in Canada unless you're looking to cause trouble. "Philosophy of tolerance" my ass.
 

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That's the kinda move you do if you're either the owner, have the juice/tenure to withstand any blowback, or don't mind getting fired for it
 
Luchashaq

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He did the right thing. If I went to a restaurant and saw some maga shit stain eating there's no way I'd ever eat there and support that place with my money.
 
Dullahan

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Philosophy of tolerance my ass.

The manager was in the right. Don't serve assholes. Point blank. Wearing that fucking hat, shows you want people to know you are an ass. I assume there were plenty of Trump supporters who dined there without flashing their bullshit. That's fine. Flash ignorance, you out. Flat out.
 
sph3re

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Who the fuck wears a MAGA hat in Canada? Fuck off to America if you love Trump so much, we don't want you here.

Actually, they don't want you there either. Just fuck off to a non-specific, non-Canadian location.
 
The Woods

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Good for him for taking a stand and being accepting of the consequences.
 
Afrikan

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I hope Canadians boycott the restaurant and tell them why.

Let that owner ask that MAGA wearing dude to bring his MAGA friends to make up for the lost sales.
 
Weiss

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Afrikan said:
I hope Canadians boycott the restaurant and tell them why.

Let that owner ask that MAGA wearing dude to bring his MAGA friends to make up for the lost sales.
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Plenty of Canadians are Moderates. I can see there being a lot of the usual talking points getting thrown around.
 
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TemplaerDude

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If you're in Vancouver and you're as angry as I am, the company that owns this shit hole also owns Season's, Carderos and the Sandbar.

Fuck all those places.
 

Dark Cloud

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“Philosophy of tolerance”. Jesus this is the shit I’m so fucking tired of hearing for centuries.
 
Nepenthe

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Homeboy's got actual conviction. Good on him. Hope he finds more work soon.
 
99Luffy

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Good for him. Time to crater this redtaurants yelp rating.

Dont mention this story though theyll just delete the review. Just say the food was tastless.
 
SteadFast

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Props to him for standing his ground, even to the point of losing his job. Just hoping he lands on his feet.
 
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Hope he lands on his feet. Nothing is more deflating to budding activists when they find out the guy that spurred them to action is currently living out of a cardboard box or his parent's house while watching the latest Dateline episode.
 
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BronsonLee said:
That's the kinda move you do if you're either the owner, have the juice/tenure to withstand any blowback, or don't mind getting fired for it
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Lord Brady said:
Yep. Don't pull this shit if you're not the owner or have the permission of the owner. It's their business.
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Or if you have moral standards, which this guy does. And he obviously feels that those are more important then than getting fired.

Kudos to him.

I would do the same.
 
Chekhonte

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I'm so glad I live in Seattle. I have literally never seen a maga hat outside of an image on the internet.
 
Jpop

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Chekhonte said:
I'm so glad I live in Seattle. I have literally never seen a maga hat outside of an image on the internet.
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I live in Berkeley. I was at a bar one time and some alt-right douchebag came in spouting some bullshit.

I regular this place and know the managers and all the bartenders. He was clearly making the bartender working really uncomftorbale.

I said in no ambigous terms that yo should leave, this isn't the place for you to spew your bullshit.

He tried to get in my face and the other 4 or 5 people at the bar stand up behind me.

Felt good

BronsonLee said:
That's literally what I said with the last bit
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Yeah sorry, I didn't mean to quote you.
 
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