Judge rules that bars can kick out patrons wearing MAGA hats

[Soph0571]

Last year, a man from Philadelphia visited a bar in New York City and ended up leaving “humiliated, degraded, victimized, embarrassed and emotionally distressed” after he was refused service.

Greg Piatek, 31, claimed he was denied drinks at The Happiest Hour bar last January because he was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat. According to Piatek, the episode left him with “anxiety and severe emotional distress,” prompting him to sue the bar’s owner for “egregious, unlawful, and discriminatory conduct.”
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“The Make American Great Again hat was part of his spiritual belief,” Piatek’s attorney, Paul Liggieri, claimed in court according to VICE News. “Rather than remove his hat, instead he held true to his spiritual belief and was forced from the bar.”

The bar’s legal team argued that support for Trump “is not a religion” and is not covered by state discrimination laws. The judge agreed and ruled Piatek’s team failed to establish “any faith-based principle to which the hat relates,” thus dismissing the lawsuit.

[link:http://deadstate.org/judge-rules-that-bars-can-kick-out-patrons-wearing-maga-hats/|

Heh

[CurtEastPoint]

1. And making the white power sign. Nice. Fuck you, you twat

[Cha]

2. Wahwah.. poor widdle

trump cult victim

[GusBob]

3. I don't get out much, do bars still post

"No Club Colors"

Kinda the same thing

[Ohiogal]

4. Poor snowfwake!

Take your hate and ugliness somewhere else. Preferably stay home.

[Scarsdale]

5. His lawyers should try

using the "Diminished mental capability" defense, THAT could work. Only morons support the dotard-in-chief. Maybe this guy was looking for a lawsuit, and decided wearing that stupid cap was the opening?

[democratisphere]

6. MAGA hat + alcohol equals Bar Fight.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. 'anxiety and severe emotional distress'...over being kicked out from a place where he's not wanted

Sounds kinda snowflakey to me.

[llmart]

8. WTF?

His hat is a part of his spiritual belief?

I can't even wrap my mind around that idiotic statement.

[Bob Loblaw]

9. This guy is an example

of why bartenders need have access to colonoscopy prep.

[dalton99a]

10. Let them keep their stupid hats so people can identify them

[tparrett62]

11. Mannerless Boor

It's rude to wear a hat indoors anyway, and he's far too old to be wearing a cap for anything other than yardwork. I hate ballcaps with oxford shirts, it just screams frat boy dipshit.

[MineralMan]

12. If I owned a bar, there would be large sign on the bar back, reading:

Assholes Will be Refused Service in This Establishment