Now Michelle has decided that Rachel Ray is a terrorist sympathizer, Dunkin Donuts is a collaborator, and Malkin's minions have piled on and have gotten a totally innocuous commercial dropped because of the scarf that Rachel Ray was wearing.
No, really.
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.’’
The company at first pooh-poohed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh. But the right-wing drumbeat on the blogosphere continued and by yesterday, Dunkin’ Donuts decided it’d be easier just to yank the ad.
Are these people for real? This is what we are afraid of? Enough. I am hoping that we can get a few people at least to call or write Dunkin Donuts and let them know that by pulling this ad and giving in to a nut job like Michelle Malkin they are cowards and un-American.
Dunkin' Donuts Consumer Care
130 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Tel: 800-859-5339
Sorry no email. Looks like we roll old school...