A Minnesota restaurateur gave the most direct response imaginable to Saturday’s stabbing rampage by a Somali-American at a St. Cloud, Minnesota mall.
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Ruedinger said that his message is not directed at all Muslims, despite the blanket statement on the sign.
A restaurant owner in Minnesota, on Monday, has sparked a controversy by putting a sign asking Muslims to get out of the restaurant.
Protesters descended on Treats Family Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor in Lonsdale Monday night after a weekend of terror saw stabbings at a mall in St. Cloud and bombings in NY and New Jersey, WKYC.com reported. And I feel what we are doing is right.
But Ruedinger says he isn’t planning on changing his sign any time soon.
The fears of the Muslim community came true less than two hours south of St. Cloud with a sign outside of an ice cream shop.
“I am not talking about the Muslim population in general”, he told KARE. On Monday night, a handful of people showed up at the restaurant to protest the sign, holding signs with slogans such as “Love Trumps Hate” and “Racism will not solve any problem”.
A restaurant owner in the small Minnesota town of Lonsdale chose to do the public-spirited thing and put the words “MUSLIMS GET OUT” on the billboard outside his restaurant on Monday. “Some Muslims are good people and want a better life”, he said. Reyes said everyone looks at the sign every day. “You’re entitled to your free speech, and I’m entitled to mine” wrote Shadon G.
A young 14-year-old protester named Grace added: “I think that saying Muslims can’t be somewhere is bad”.
“It’s my right and I’m going to stand up, and I wish more people would do it”, the Minnesota restaurant owner added. They said that while the business owner had the right to say what he wanted, his message reflected badly on the Lonsdale community.
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“I get it, it’s his right to say what he wants to say”, Payten Estepp, who was protesting the sign, told WCCO-TV.
