Posted on 07/18/2008 7:39:56 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Designer claims unhappy customer got assaulted, now wants to sue
When a 25-year-old Manhattan graduate student who was assaulted Tuesday night got dressed that morning, she probably didn’t anticipate that her T-shirt would provoke four teens into shoving her, pulling out her earphones and spitting in her face.
Then again, with a shirt sporting the slogan, “Obama is my slave,” it may have been wise to consider the possibility.
Now she’s suing the $69 shirt’s designer, Apollo Braun, for “all he’s got,” the designer claims.
But the Israeli-born Braun — born Doron Braunshtein — says what allegedly happened to his now-disgruntled customer isn’t his fault — and that his outrageous design reflects not his views but those of “ordinary WASPs.”
“For a lot of people, when they see Obama, they see a slave. People think America is not ready for a black president,” Braun told Metro from his five-year-old Orchard Street boutique.
Braun claims that after the customer — who did not return repeated calls from Metro — threatened to sue, he contacted his own lawyer, who assured him he was shielded by the
First Amendment from any legal action.
The ugly incident over the ugly shirt took place at 8:30 p.m. in Union Square, Braun told Metro, when four African-American female teenagers accosted the student, cursed at her for her shirt and pushed her. According to the designer, the student walked away, but the girls followed her, one pulling the earphones out of her ears, another spitting in her face.
This isn’t Braun’s first sartorial criticism of the Democratic presidential presumptive nominee. He has also sold shirts with slogans such as “Jews Against Obama,” “Obama = Hitler” and “Who Killed Obama?” — which he claims was so popular, he moved 1,200 pieces.
“I can’t stand Obama,” Braun says, adding that it’s not because the Illinois senator is black. “That’s the only thing I like about him. He opens the door for other minorities.”
“He reminds me of Adolf Hitler,” Braun explained, adding he does not like Obama because “he is a Muslim” — a thoroughly debunked myth.
CHANGE! Change we can BELIEVE in!
MYTH?
may you live during an interesting election!
(Lawsuits that is)
It will only get worse, win or lose.
If we say that its a thoroughly debunked myth enough, then its true.
Oh, what complete BS. As an "ordinary WASP," I think Obambi would be a horrible president, but it has nothing to do with his color. And why was the idiot woman wearing such a disgusting thing in the first place? And, BTW, is "ordinary WASP" code for "typical white person"?
Although I am aware that throughout the history of the world--throughout most of the ages of humanity--millions of people have been enslaved by millions of other people, my human experience has never led me to imagine any person as a slave to another.
It’s okay they were infidels I lied to so it’s not really a lie.
Maybe he's related the the New Yorker cartoonist...
Civil War, Act 2 is right around the corner. Get your tickets.
The four teens were probably members of his civilian force.
You know, the one that will be strong, powerful and well funded.
That’s how a few people here see it also,prepare.
Anyone stupid enough to wear a shirt like that on the street is asking for trouble. The suit will be thrown out.
Anyone who pays $69 for a tee shirt needs a smack on the head...
Myth, my buttocks!
He's going to lose everything, including his ridiculously overpriced shirt. Obamamessiah = Hitler? What heresy!!!/sarc
(Hey TA3!)
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