Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad

[ccharles000]

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/05/27/dunkin_donuts_yanks_rachael_ray_ad/

Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

more stories like thisSome observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.

‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.

‘‘Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant and not-so-ignorant fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons.’’

I hate repubs!!!

[Hugabear]

1. Bunch of ignorant, dumbass fucktards

Amazing, isn't it?

[Clark2008]

2. What idiots

Instead of pulling the ad, why didn't they take the opportunity to educate people that A.) That isn't a keffiyeh and B.) even if it was, a woman wouldn't be wearing it; and C.) even if it was, so what? Most Palestinian males, most of whom are NOT terrorists, wear this traditional headdress merely to show alliegence to their homeland, in much the same way right-wingers yell about Obama not wearing a flag.

:P

[Bozita]

3. Turn on "The View" and look at Whoopi Goldberg's vest.

Appears Whoopi has an answer for Rachel Ray's critics.

[ccharles000]

11. Whoopi Goldberg is awsome.

[Bozita]

25. Whoopi's vest had the SAME pattern as the one on Rachael Ray's scarf.

IMHO, Whoopi was sending a message.

[OwnedByFerrets]

4. Every time some corporation bows down to this crap....

it gives the idiots more legitimacy. When will some corporation have the balls to stand up to this blackmail.

[But....]

5. Let see...

Rachael wearing a scarf-very bad, Liz hoping someone will assassinate Obama-O.K.? :wtf:
I don't think this will hurt Rachael too much but the prioritizes of some people are very scary.

[earthboundmisfit]

6. "Malkin YOWLS" - I love it!

So fitting!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

7. I heerby nominate DD's management for the Dumbfuck Of the Week Award

[ccharles000]

8. I second that nomination.

[Mika]

9. FYI, The Carlyle Group owns Dunkin’ Donuts.

Poppy Bush and bin Laden's brother are officers.

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[no_hypocrisy]

10. A keffiyeh can be worn as a fashion statement that is not Arabic.

[MorningGlow]

21. Seriously--I had no idea

I had no idea that millions of twentysomethings in the '80s were all terra-ists, especially all the New Wave bands. We thot we wuz just wearing a cool scarf.

This is so stupid.

[TwilightGardener]

12. This country is going down the shitter.

[Dr. Strange]

13. She didn't exactly help matters...

when she started pushing her line of "72 Extra Virgins Olive Oil."

[Subdivisions]

16. Baaaahhhhh! lol! n/t

[wtmusic]

14. And Malkin has come to symbolize the racist American right. nt

[bkcc]

15. Ridiculous.

...considering that for years they ran a campaign with the slogan "Time to make the donuts," featuring an actor that bore more than a passing resemblance to Saddam Hussein.

Not that the similarity bothered me in the least, but I did think it was funny at the time.

[RedCappedBandit]

17. Republicans remind me of Rita Skeeter. nt.

[ccharles000]

20. I love Harry potter.

[Subdivisions]

18. You gotta be kiddin' me! Er..Nope! I just checked...Not an Onion link. n/t

[arcadian]

19. Michelle Malkin is nobody

[Dukkha]

22. proof #854 why Americans are incredibly stupid ignorant fucks!

not that I would ever go to a Dunkin Donuts shit hole but definitely never again. Michelle Maulkin, go find a bus and throw yourself under it!

[zbdent]

23. and the fact that Malkin's freakbase probably sports swastika tattoos

is perfectly fine by Dumbkin Donuts?

[aikoaiko]

24. Everybody was wearing keffiyehs in the 80s in NYC, but the fad faded in the 90s.

I'm surprised to see them come back around already.


eta: the complete look was keffiyah, black leather biker jacket, blue jeans, and and black doc martin-like shoes. Better that they weren't DocMartins because that was just too trendy. Oh and Rayban aviators....black frames with dark lenses. ;)

[bdamomma]

26. now women can't wear black and white scarves because

Yasser Arafat worn one, or be labeled a terrorist sympathizer, WTF are wrong with these people??? sick right wingers poor delusional people they are.

[TooRaLoo]

27. Michele Malkintent is such a mega FAIL.

She should be tied down and forced to listen to herself on a continuous loop until her head explodes. Someone can stick a scarf on her, while they're at it.