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Viet Cong Austin bakery at center of gun rights debate after evicting American customer with concealed weapon
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An Austin-area bakery has announced that it will be shutting
down its Facebook account after a recent incident turned its
Yelp and Facebook pages into a full-blown gun rights debate.
About a year and a half ago, the Baguette et Chocolat in Bee
Cave, Texas, made the decision to ban open and concealed carry
in its shop. But one customer, Robert Farago, forgot to leave
his gun in his car during a recent visit, and entered the shop
with a handgun visible under his T-shirt. The owners then dialed
311, which dispatched two police officers to remove Farago.
In response, Farago — who also serves as an editor for a website
called The Truth About Guns — penned an article about the
experience on Sept. 16, lamenting that the owners didn’t just
“ask me to leave and/or disarm.”
“My bad, right?” wrote Farago, who admitted to knowing about
Baguette et Chocolat’s policy — and discussing it with the
owners — when the bakery first posted the requisite gun-
prohibiting signage on its front doors over a year ago. “But I’m
still annoyed that the owner called the cops.”
As a result, gun-rights activists have taken to the bakery’s
Facebook and Yelp pages to voice their disapproval, some of whom
left 1-star reviews based solely on the content of Farago’s
article, reports Eater Austin.
“…The owners feel the need to try and restrict our rights and
liberty as Americans,” read one of the negative reviews on the
bakery’s Yelp page, which has since been placed under an Active
Cleanup Alert by Yelp.
The shop’s Facebook page has also been negatively affected, with
some 1-star reviews blasting the bakery for its “decision to
disallow their customers' right of self-defense,” and its
“despicable” treatment of “paying customers.”
“Our Facebook page was supposed to be our own … not anymore,”
the bakery’s owners, Anne-lise and Chi-minh Pham Dinh, wrote in
a Facebook update. “The rating we’ve been working on has been
declining drastically by those bad reviews and it will keep
going.”
On the other hand, supporters have also flooded Baguette et
Chocolate’s Yelp and Facebook pages to defend the bakery.
“Don't shut your page down over one law-breaking gun nut,” wrote
one Facebook user. “They will lose, you will win. Baked goods
win over half-baked every time.”
Don't worry, we have your back!” wrote another. “This community
will not tolerate bullies. We love that you are here — keep
doing your thing!”
The positive feedback appears to be winning, however as Baguette
et Chocolat currently holds a 4.9 rating on Facebook and a 4-
star rating on Yelp.
Surprisingly, Farago, too, has insisted that gun-rights
advocates stop contacting the shop or leaving reviews, as it
“doesn’t help the gun rights cause at all.” He also explicitly
wrote that he’s a fan of their baked goods, calling their
baguettes “a siren song” he can never resist, and their ham
sandwich “the world’s best.”
Nevertheless, co-owner Chi-minh Pham-Dinh told Eater Austin he’s
still shutting down the Facebook page on Sept. 25. "We don't
want to deal with it," he said. "We just want to focus on our
French bakery.
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/09/19/austin-bakery-at-
center-gun-rights-debate-after-evicting-customer-with-concealed-
weapon.html
down its Facebook account after a recent incident turned its
Yelp and Facebook pages into a full-blown gun rights debate.
About a year and a half ago, the Baguette et Chocolat in Bee
Cave, Texas, made the decision to ban open and concealed carry
in its shop. But one customer, Robert Farago, forgot to leave
his gun in his car during a recent visit, and entered the shop
with a handgun visible under his T-shirt. The owners then dialed
311, which dispatched two police officers to remove Farago.
In response, Farago — who also serves as an editor for a website
called The Truth About Guns — penned an article about the
experience on Sept. 16, lamenting that the owners didn’t just
“ask me to leave and/or disarm.”
“My bad, right?” wrote Farago, who admitted to knowing about
Baguette et Chocolat’s policy — and discussing it with the
owners — when the bakery first posted the requisite gun-
prohibiting signage on its front doors over a year ago. “But I’m
still annoyed that the owner called the cops.”
As a result, gun-rights activists have taken to the bakery’s
Facebook and Yelp pages to voice their disapproval, some of whom
left 1-star reviews based solely on the content of Farago’s
article, reports Eater Austin.
“…The owners feel the need to try and restrict our rights and
liberty as Americans,” read one of the negative reviews on the
bakery’s Yelp page, which has since been placed under an Active
Cleanup Alert by Yelp.
The shop’s Facebook page has also been negatively affected, with
some 1-star reviews blasting the bakery for its “decision to
disallow their customers' right of self-defense,” and its
“despicable” treatment of “paying customers.”
“Our Facebook page was supposed to be our own … not anymore,”
the bakery’s owners, Anne-lise and Chi-minh Pham Dinh, wrote in
a Facebook update. “The rating we’ve been working on has been
declining drastically by those bad reviews and it will keep
going.”
On the other hand, supporters have also flooded Baguette et
Chocolate’s Yelp and Facebook pages to defend the bakery.
“Don't shut your page down over one law-breaking gun nut,” wrote
one Facebook user. “They will lose, you will win. Baked goods
win over half-baked every time.”
Don't worry, we have your back!” wrote another. “This community
will not tolerate bullies. We love that you are here — keep
doing your thing!”
The positive feedback appears to be winning, however as Baguette
et Chocolat currently holds a 4.9 rating on Facebook and a 4-
star rating on Yelp.
Surprisingly, Farago, too, has insisted that gun-rights
advocates stop contacting the shop or leaving reviews, as it
“doesn’t help the gun rights cause at all.” He also explicitly
wrote that he’s a fan of their baked goods, calling their
baguettes “a siren song” he can never resist, and their ham
sandwich “the world’s best.”
Nevertheless, co-owner Chi-minh Pham-Dinh told Eater Austin he’s
still shutting down the Facebook page on Sept. 25. "We don't
want to deal with it," he said. "We just want to focus on our
French bakery.
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/09/19/austin-bakery-at-
center-gun-rights-debate-after-evicting-customer-with-concealed-
weapon.html
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