Fanatic rants
Here they are, being all solidarity and shit.
Oakland, CA – 3 antisemitic employees at Farley’s East coffee house (33 Grand Ave.) are filmed denying a Jewish woman’s access to a bathroom after she complained that it was filled with antisemitic graffiti.
After FINALLY allowing her inside the restroom, the employees start on fanatic rants, including “it’s not 1948” and “you can’t steal private property like in Israel.”
Farley’s East has issued an apology on their Instagram page (turning off comments), stating they have taken “corrective action” – we hope that action includes terminating the three employees.
Their employment, that is. Not them. They might grow up to be less horrible.
According to their Facebook page, the employees in question have been sacked.
https://www.facebook.com/farleyseast/
This is part of the company’s second apology. I can sort of empathize with the owners on this one. According to the Jewish News of Northern California:
So imagine you’re the owners of this coffee shop. You support a Jewish charity founded by a close friend who was in Israel on 7/10. And your employees make international news, doing this.
At first you want to find out what happened, so you put out your first apology that doesn’t explicitly say anybody is getting fired, because you’re furious and don’t want to make that decision in a blind rage.
This what the media picks up, your first apology. You calm down a bit, or find that you can’t, and make the decision that, no, these snotty little assholes need kicking out the door, so you put out your second statement saying that’s what’s happened.
The media hasn’t picked that one up because they’ve moved on in their reporting – meaning that Farley’s will probably have this stain on its reputation for about as long as it continues to exist.
This is what happens when you hire the sort of people who think Hamas can be excused by pointing to the imbalance in power. The classic power imbalance is between employer and employee – and this particular type thinks having a power imbalance means never having to consider your own behavior might have consequences.
The whole ideology of “don’t punch down” and trying to redefine racism to power+prejudice has led to this moment. The way the TRA movement operates, and how its allies excuse it, has led to this moment.
If we don’t “punch down” against bad ideas, then we allow those ideas to fester, and frankly the smell from those ideas has become off-putting.
Original comment seems to have vanished. I don’t mind it not going up if it is completely lost – but could delete this comment and my correction?
Thanks hey.
Not lost! It was just held for checking because more than one link.
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“Neutrality… enables genocide” – no it doesn’t. Nothing you do in that cafe enables or hinders any of what is transpiring on another continent. The blue hairs from this generation think slogans and tweets are of worldwide import and actually change things.
It’s their version of “thoughts and prayers,” with the added risks of laryngitis and arthritic thumbs.