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Guy wearing Trump hat sues bar for refusing to serve him
NY POST ^ | March 19, 2017 | By Dean Balsamini

Posted on 03/19/2017 2:05:29 PM PDT by COUNTrecount

Bartenders at a West Village hot spot served up discrimination — with a liberal twist — refusing to serve a customer because he was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, according to a lawsuit.

Greg Piatek, 30, an accountant from Philadelphia, claims he was snubbed and eventually 86’d by workers at The Happiest Hour on West 10th Street over his conservative fashion statement, popularized by Donald Trump on the campaign trail, he told The Post.

“Anyone who supports Trump — or believes what you believe — is not welcome here! And you need to leave right now because we won’t serve you!” Piatek claims he was told as he was shown the door by a manager.

The shake-up started when Piatek and two pals, after a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, ordered drinks at the posh tavern around 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 28.

A female bartender served Piatek a $15 jalapeño margarita and his pals beers. But when he tried to order a second round, a male bartender noticed his hat — and skipped them, he said.

One of Piatek’s pals pointed out it was their turn to be served, but the bartender scoffed. “Is that hat a joke?” the Manhattan Supreme Court suit claims.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bakethecake; civilrights; discrimination; hypocrites; piatek
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To: COUNTrecount

Is there anywhere on that site where readers can leave comments? Couldn’t find any.......


21 posted on 03/19/2017 2:23:33 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My once 6 pack abs are now a keg......)
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To: neocon1984
If a Black man with a BLM hat was refused service, what do you think the outcry (and legal remedy) would be?

Race is a protected class. Republican is not.

22 posted on 03/19/2017 2:24:33 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

That’s fine by me. More power to him. i hope he goes back there every weekend and does it, suing the same bar multiple times. Instead of standing around and accepting your fate like a pussy like it was 2010. It’s 2017 now.


23 posted on 03/19/2017 2:25:15 PM PDT by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: Hot Tabasco

“Yes he does, precedent was set in the homosexual/ cake shop cases............ “

No.

The gay wedding cake case was based on an Oregon state law.

This took place in New York.

And with an establishment that serves alcohol, the bartenders and bouncers have great latitude to throw someone out of the bar.


24 posted on 03/19/2017 2:25:15 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Go No
Where do you like to cower? Will you share?

Where would I like to cower? Nowhere. But I'm not stupid enough to think that I have any kind of legal argument in a case like this.

25 posted on 03/19/2017 2:26:15 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: COUNTrecount

A conservative believes that a private business has a right to refuse service for any reason, or for no reason at all.


26 posted on 03/19/2017 2:26:38 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: Personal Responsibility

I agree. want to see how this ends.


27 posted on 03/19/2017 2:27:28 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Let’s end discriminatory anti-discrimination laws. If a shop keeper cannot refuse service to blacks or gays, why should he be allowed to refuse service to the half of the population that voted for Trump?


28 posted on 03/19/2017 2:27:42 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: bigbob

Why does a private business have to serve a wedding cake to a gay couple what is the difference???


29 posted on 03/19/2017 2:28:02 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: thoughtomator

Tell that to Sweet Cakes by Melissa. If they can’t refuse then neither can these people.


30 posted on 03/19/2017 2:28:22 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: max americana
Instead of standing around and accepting your fate like a pussy like it was 2010. It’s 2017 now.

Go for it.

31 posted on 03/19/2017 2:28:33 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: thoughtomator

Time is past for turning the tables, don’t you think?


32 posted on 03/19/2017 2:28:37 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Socon-Econ

If a shop keeper cannot refuse service to blacks or gays, why should he be allowed to refuse service to the half of the population that voted for Trump?

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Because Trump voters are not a protected class.


33 posted on 03/19/2017 2:28:40 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Wouldn’t it be JUST PRECIOUS to send some black Trump supporters to bars in NYC...they’d make so much money, they wouldn’t even have to work again.

...and Trump’s Justice Department could file CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUITS against those businesses.

Guys - it’s time we PLAY BY THEIR RULES. We didn’t create this crap, but unless we make it painful for them too, this crap will NEVER go away.


34 posted on 03/19/2017 2:29:19 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: COUNTrecount

What would happen if a female entered this fine business wearing a burqa and also had the same MAGA cap on her head? Heads would explode.


35 posted on 03/19/2017 2:29:26 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Morgana
If they can’t refuse then neither can these people.

Sure they can.

36 posted on 03/19/2017 2:29:34 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: a fool in paradise
Try to fire a Communist.

Kill a Commie for mommy!

37 posted on 03/19/2017 2:31:12 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: DoodleDawg

100 of us should walk in and order a beer and a burger. Then tell the owner if he chooses to serve us, we will come back for lunch and dinner every day.

Let’s see how long his business stays open.


38 posted on 03/19/2017 2:31:37 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Nuke Bilderberg from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

That is just it there should not be and I’m glad he’s suing these stupid snowflakes.


39 posted on 03/19/2017 2:32:09 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: DoodleDawg

“Unfortunately political beliefs do not make you a protected class. Better to just go elsewhere”

Yep, but the negative press can’t help the bar even though it is NYC. Plenty of Conservative vacationers will think twice about dropping their money there.


40 posted on 03/19/2017 2:32:24 PM PDT by DAC21
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