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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:56 AM Aug 2017

South Burlington pizza cook fired after attending Charlottesville rally

BURLINGTON — Ryan Roy, an employee at Uno Pizzeria and Grill in South Burlington was fired after participating in white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned violent last weekend.

Social media users identified Roy as a participant after he appeared in a Vice News report on the events in Charlottesville. Roy is seen carrying a torch and chanting white supremacist slogans in the video.

Roy’s involvement in the rallies and employment status at the local restaurant was first reported by the Burlington Free Press.

Skip Weldon, the Boston-based restaurant’s chief marketing officer, confirmed to multiple media outlets on Wednesday that Roy had been terminated. Weldon did not return calls from VTDigger on Wednesday seeking additional comment.

Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2017/08/16/south-burlington-pizza-cook-fired-attending-charlottesville-rally/

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South Burlington pizza cook fired after attending Charlottesville rally (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2017 OP
It's great to see consequences for these rats ! OnDoutside Aug 2017 #1
A fine guy eh ? syringis Aug 2017 #2
If he's all for repatriation SoCalNative Aug 2017 #4
South Burlington? Not surprising. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #3

syringis

(5,101 posts)
2. A fine guy eh ?
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 02:06 AM
Aug 2017
Roy has told the Free Press and Seven Days that he supports segregation and the concept of a white nation.

“Obviously I would advocate for racial separation and racial nationalism or repatriation or even a return to — our country was a white country up until the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act,” Roy told the Free Press.


Well, there is a start for everything. Why not return to Africa, Roy? You will meet your grandpas and grandmas, isn't a good idea?

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
4. If he's all for repatriation
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:08 AM
Aug 2017

then perhaps he should be sent back to Europe, where his family likely came from.

Rhiannon12866

(222,072 posts)
3. South Burlington? Not surprising.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 02:10 AM
Aug 2017

Growing up, I spent summers at a camp in Vermont on Lake Champlain and we got pizza in South Burlington when we were good, LOL. I've returned many times since the daughter of the couple who ran the camp remains one of my best friends. I didn't get it when I was a kid, but I remember they were big supporters of Eugene McCarthy.

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