As I noted on Twitter: “Last week: Anthony Bourdain was amazing because he taught us about breaking bread with different kinds of people and getting to know each other over food. This week: But not you.”
“Anthony Bourdain would have never served Nazis” came thousands of replies. It seemed pointless for me to respond that Sanders isn’t a Nazi.
Sanders also doesn’t make policy. The owner of the Red Hen said she asked Sanders to leave because she “publicly defended the president’s cruelest policies, and that that could not stand.” What about talking heads or opinion columnists who defend his policies, are they now barred from the Red Hen, too? What about those of us who generally disagree with the administration but sometimes find ourselves on the same side? Are we only welcome on alternate weeks?
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Washington Post food writer Tim Carman pointed to a Politico piece that detailed where the young staffers in the Trump administration hung out. “I suspect that, in this liberal town, young Trump staffers did no one any favors by naming these places as their frequent watering holes and restaurants,” he sneered.
Superstar chef and frequent Trump critic José Andrés tweeted back, “Dear Tim: Restaurants should be places where different people, from different political spectrums are able to share a table in a civilized manner.” He quoted Michelle Obama’s line that “when they go low we go high,” and said we should fight hate with love.
Few noticed the tweet. This was no time for calls of civility.
Personal attacks on Trump staffers won’t end well for America
“Anthony Bourdain would have never served Nazis” came thousands of replies. It seemed pointless for me to respond that Sanders isn’t a Nazi.
Sanders also doesn’t make policy. The owner of the Red Hen said she asked Sanders to leave because she “publicly defended the president’s cruelest policies, and that that could not stand.” What about talking heads or opinion columnists who defend his policies, are they now barred from the Red Hen, too? What about those of us who generally disagree with the administration but sometimes find ourselves on the same side? Are we only welcome on alternate weeks?
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Washington Post food writer Tim Carman pointed to a Politico piece that detailed where the young staffers in the Trump administration hung out. “I suspect that, in this liberal town, young Trump staffers did no one any favors by naming these places as their frequent watering holes and restaurants,” he sneered.
Superstar chef and frequent Trump critic José Andrés tweeted back, “Dear Tim: Restaurants should be places where different people, from different political spectrums are able to share a table in a civilized manner.” He quoted Michelle Obama’s line that “when they go low we go high,” and said we should fight hate with love.
Few noticed the tweet. This was no time for calls of civility.
Personal attacks on Trump staffers won’t end well for America
