By "Inaction Diary", I mean an action diary that involves not doing something: as in, no longer buying your coffee from Dunkin Donuts for reinforcing anti-Arabic xenophobia. If you watched Keith Olbermann last night, you'd find out that Michelle Malkin, after boycotting Starbucks for being so liberal, (see: quality products, nice atmosphere) was upset at Dunkin Donuts for putting out a commercial featuring Rachel Ray wearing a scarf that was... get this... TOO ARABIC. Ew. Arabic. I mean, when I think Arabic, I definitely don't think: Coffee But Dunkin Donuts, in response, HAS PULLED THE COMMERCIAL!
h/t to the Boston Globe on this one
Here's what right-wing blowhard Michelle Malkin had to say:
I've been a fan of Dunkin' Donuts for years. Their Munchkins are heaven. Their coffee is better and cheaper than Starbucks. And the company's management has taken a brave and lonely stand in support of immigration enforcement -- refusing to hire illegal aliens and blowing the whistle on applicants with bogus Social Security numbers.
So it was with some dismay that I learned last week that Dunkin' Donuts spokeswoman Rachael Ray, the ubiquitous TV hostess, posed for one of the company's ads in what appeared to be a black-and-white keffiyeh.
She congratulates them for their anti-immigrant xenophobia and their policies which reinforce them, but they're not going far enough!!! You cannot wear something similar to something that symbolizes something that might possibly mean something to someone who might possibly live in an Arab country!
She goes on.
The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad. 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'll translate. Blah blah blah blah blah. Left wing sucks. Blah blah. I hate Muslims. Blah blah. Japanese internment was justified. Wah wah wah.
But, instead of what my response would have been, which was "Shut your fucking piehole, you stupid, stupid, awful, terrible person", Dunkin Donuts said this:
In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial.
I just can't understand how people like Malkin are in the slim, slim minority, and yet they hold so much sway over the powers that be. Arianna Huffington speaks to this a lot.
Now, let's go through this piecemeal. First of all, it's not an Arabic scarf. Shut the fuck up. If you believe that, You. Are. Teh. Stupid. It's just not supported by the facts. OK? That's a scarf. It is black and white. That is all.
But even if it WAS, who gives a shit?! This is so racist and idiotic it literally makes me ill. Guess what, Michelle? As you're typing out your banshee screed, sipping that Dunkin Donuts coffee, there's a good chance it was picked by someone with a hyphen in their name. In fact, they might have paused for a moment to do one of their five daily prayers. It's called ARABIC COFFEE. OH THE HORRORRRRRR!!! No!!! Things are Arabic? But Muslims are ALSO Arabic (even though the majority are NOT... but let's not let the facts get in the way of our shouts with pitchforks.)
Dunkin Donuts... for kneeling at the altar of the vocal minority of idiots, buffoons, racists, and xenophobes, I will no longer be purchasing my coffee from you. And I drink coffee. A lot. And there are about 7 Dunkin Donuts in my town. No more. No more. You can't let this happen. I will no longer be drinking your coffee for justifying and validating right-wing hate mongerers like Michelle Malkin, and letting them win.
I'm sure many people here are already Starbucks drinkers. But if anyone is not, if anyone goes to Dunkin Donuts, it's time to stop.
But wait a minute... anyone remember this guy?
He kinda looks like a... DUN DUN DUN... Arab!
H/t to jhuston on this one: I should have been boycotting them the whole damn time.