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(46,335 posts)
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 03:21 PM Oct 2017

My "WTF?" of the day, MAGA division...

I agree with the bar, this is just a big publicity stunt.



I’m a ‘protected class’: Trump fan suing New York bar for banning his MAGA hat claims religious discrimination

A Philadelphia accountant who is taking a West Village bar to court for banning his Make America Great Again hat now claims he is part of a “protected class” because believing in the Trump slogan amounts to a religion.
According to the Gothamist, 30-year-old Greg Piatek has amended his lawsuit against The Happiest Hour for banning him over his hat, saying he was “adhering to his closely held spiritual beliefs by adorning the hat in question.”
Piatek previously explained that he was wearing the hat as a ““spiritual tribute” to the victims of the 9/11 attack back in 2001, but now says that he sees the MAGA slogan — popularized as a campaign slogan by President Donald Trump — as a religious creed.
“At the time [Piatek] wore his hat, the election of President Trump was over and therefore [he] had no reason to wear the hat for any political purpose,” attorney Liggieri argued. “Rather, [he] wore his hat to pay tribute to the fallen heroes and victims of Sept. 11, 2011.”

According to Piatek, he was called a “terrible person” by a bartender when he was booted from the New York establishment, and proceeded to call the police, only to be told it wasn’t a criminal matter.
The bar has pushed back at Piatek’s claims, saying he paid his tab and left a 20 percent tip on the night of the incident, indicating there was no problem.
“The plaintiff’s arguments are entirely fanciful,” Happiest Hour attorney Preston Ricardo explained. “There is zero case law to support them. This latest filing shows once again that this action is a publicity stunt in the guise of lawsuit.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/im-a-protected-class-trump-fan-suing-new-york-bar-for-banning-his-maga-hat-claims-religious-discrimination/

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My "WTF?" of the day, MAGA division... (Original Post) Archae Oct 2017 OP
not to mention making Donnie divine would be blasphemy to christians Thomas Hurt Oct 2017 #1
Did you see the Values Voters Summit this weekend? Initech Oct 2017 #3
more like OMG Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #6
Well MAGA is a cult when you think about it. Initech Oct 2017 #2
Like ISIS and Al Qaeda ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #7
No! You definitely cannot reason with them! Initech Oct 2017 #8
Dead irony exhumed, killed again gratuitous Oct 2017 #4
Are f##king morons a protected class? Since one is POTUS bronxiteforever Oct 2017 #5
Dear Greg Piatek: BLOW ME. Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #9
This is completely predictable NastyRiffraff Oct 2017 #10

Initech

(100,080 posts)
2. Well MAGA is a cult when you think about it.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 03:29 PM
Oct 2017

Trump and his supporters do have a cult like mentality where they worship the leader and he can do no wrong.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. Like ISIS and Al Qaeda
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 04:47 PM
Oct 2017

Maybe even scarier!

You can't reason with religious extremists. Those 30% are willing to go on jihad for their leader. It makes them very dangerous, and I don't think many people fully realize just how dangerous they are.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
8. No! You definitely cannot reason with them!
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 05:28 PM
Oct 2017

And I have never been more afraid of these dipshits than I have in the last year. They are fucking scary right now. They really are convinced Trump is the messiah and that they're emboldened to make any kind of hate laws they want. They really want Indiana's horrid "religious freedom" laws to go nationwide. They are really fucked up in the head.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. Dead irony exhumed, killed again
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 03:38 PM
Oct 2017

For eight years I had to put up with fucking conservatives yipping about Obama as the messiah or the chosen one or some other such nonsense. Here we are, less than a year away from that administration, and Trumpian yahoos are literally trying to make their hero the new messiah.

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
5. Are f##king morons a protected class? Since one is POTUS
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 03:51 PM
Oct 2017

I think it shows that we have evolved as a society to the point where the biggest f##king moron in the country can no aspire to be the President.

Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)
9. Dear Greg Piatek: BLOW ME.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 05:44 PM
Oct 2017

Asshole. I gotcher "religion" right here :middle finger crotch grab:

Donnie Two Scoops has removed the locks from the asylum doors.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
10. This is completely predictable
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 06:09 PM
Oct 2017

Given the Sessions directive about religious "liberty." Religion is being given even MORE exceptions. Apparently anyone can claim religious discrimination if they're not allowed to do whatever the hell they please.

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