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Why Did Dunkin' Donuts Buckle to Anti-Arab Fear Mongering? (Barfola!)
DiversityInc ^ | 29 May | Eric Hinton

Posted on 05/30/2008 1:11:34 AM PDT by flowerplough

Every man, woman or child who wears a keffiyeh, a traditional Arab scarf often worn by Arab men, is apparently a terrorist.

At least, that's what conservative pundit Michelle Malkin would have you believe. That Malkin espouses this inane view is hardly surprising. Cut from the same cloth as her self-professed idol Ann Coulter, Malkin has defended the practice of racial profiling, has railed against undocumented immigrants and wrote a book defending the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

What is surprising--and troubling to many--is that she's gotten supposedly family-friendly Dunkin' Donuts to agree with her.

Dunkin' Donuts pulled an ad featuring Food Network star Rachael Ray because Ray was wearing what some perceived to be a keffiyeh. The ad incensed Malkin, who ranted on her web site, "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."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ads; arabs; keffiyeh; malkin; palestinians
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I've been told, by "public service" ads, that every man is a potential rapist. If this is a true fact, then perhaps it may also be true that every man, woman or child who wears a keffiyeh, a traditional Arab scarf often worn by Arab men, is, potentially, a terrorist.
1 posted on 05/30/2008 1:11:34 AM PDT by flowerplough
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The keffiyeh was ordered to be an uniform item for the Arab terrorists in the fight against Zionists and Brits in the 1930’s by the Nazi-Muslim Mufti Hajji Amin al-Husseini (mentor of Arafat and buddy of Hitler).


2 posted on 05/30/2008 1:19:32 AM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support of Obama. Period.)
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This reminds me of last year when Cameron Diaz offended Peru by carrying a Maoist Handbag. It had the sign of the
Shining Path on it.


3 posted on 05/30/2008 1:43:09 AM PDT by donna (The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
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To: flowerplough

The left champions the cause of being “offended” but only for their own.


4 posted on 05/30/2008 2:06:33 AM PDT by Faith
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Waaaaaah!

How dare Pamela Geller point out the truth! The truth is offensive and should not even be mentioned if it hurts the Left's feelings.

5 posted on 05/30/2008 3:11:03 AM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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But... If you actually look at the commercial you will see that Rachel Ray is wearing a black and white paisley scarf around her neck. Malkin is really reaching to call it a keffiyeh.
6 posted on 05/30/2008 3:11:07 AM PDT by SubMareener (Become a monthly donor! Free FreeRepublic.com from Quarterly FReepathons!)
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To: flowerplough
Incidentally, it's that beatiful Pamela Geller who was astute enough to catch it. Michelle Malkin is better known so they bash her.

Not to worry, Atlas is watching your back (Ann Coulter is, too).



7 posted on 05/30/2008 3:13:20 AM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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it is good the D’ Doughnuts pulled the muzzie head dress ad...

who do they think they are...another lib/dem starbucks????


8 posted on 05/30/2008 3:35:04 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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it is good the D’ Doughnuts pulled the muzzie head dress ad...

who do they think they are...another lib/dem starbucks????


9 posted on 05/30/2008 3:35:16 AM PDT by nyyankeefan
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To: flowerplough
Interestingly, the liberal is of course blind, as they always are, to the fact that it wasn't Michael Malkin who forced Dunkin’ Donuts to pull the ad, but their customers who were outraged by it.

See, this is how the liberal mind operates - Only they are able to experience rational and independent thought, and they express this by repeating the same thing over and over and over again, in many different ways, and attack anyone who expresses an opposing opinion as being ‘oppressive’ of their opinion.

So of course, the ‘drones’ of conservatism marched to the beat of her drums, and she is the sole mastermind of the fight to get the commercial squashed.

Liberals, holding their fingers in their ears and going Nah-Nah-Nah since 1849.

10 posted on 05/30/2008 3:40:52 AM PDT by kingu (Party for rent - conservative opinions not required.)
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Malkin ... wrote a book defending the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

It should perhaps be pointed out that this was done by liberals.

This is another example of liberals never having to say they're sorry. The sins and failures of liberals are ascribed to America as a nation. The sins and failures of conservatives are those of conservatives.

11 posted on 05/30/2008 3:49:01 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
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It should perhaps be pointed out that this was done by liberals.

There you go with those pesky facts again..


12 posted on 05/30/2008 4:05:58 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.liberallunacy.bravehost.com..I'm a Patriot Guard Rider. www.patriotguard.org for info.)
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> Every man, woman or child who wears a keffiyeh, a traditional Arab scarf often worn by Arab men, is apparently a terrorist.

No apparantly about it. They are terrorists.

It’s like the late 1800s when law enforcement went after the Cowboys’ Gang. The sign of the Cowboys was a red bandana. If you wore one you were to be killed on sight. After very little time the Cowboys’ Gang was extinct with its members either dead or converted to law abiding members of society.


13 posted on 05/30/2008 4:08:06 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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I just know I'll get all the hard hitting news from a site named Diversity Inc.
14 posted on 05/30/2008 4:16:42 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the girly-man population. Have the McCainiacs spayed or neutered.)
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To: flowerplough

Isn’t anyone who displays the Southern Flag a racist too?


15 posted on 05/30/2008 4:22:47 AM PDT by Spaghetti Man (Nobama)
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To: BuffaloJack

Where can I get one of these “keffiyeh” things, so that I can wear it and tick off a few over-sensitive drones?


16 posted on 05/30/2008 4:28:41 AM PDT by meyer (Still conservative, no longer Republican)
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To: Sherman Logan

“This is another example of liberals never having to say they’re sorry. The sins and failures of liberals are ascribed to America as a nation. The sins and failures of conservatives are those of conservatives”.

Excellent point ! And when will the race hustlers asking for reparations demand that the Democratic Party apologies for Jim Crow Laws and segregation in the south?


17 posted on 05/30/2008 4:43:27 AM PDT by mick
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To: flowerplough

We need a few photos of Michelle Malkin here. Not for journalistic reasons - but simply because she’s Babe-o-licious.


18 posted on 05/30/2008 4:50:44 AM PDT by Jack Hammer (here)
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Where can I get one of these “keffiyeh” things

Head to your nearest picnic table.


19 posted on 05/30/2008 5:08:26 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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20 posted on 05/30/2008 5:09:35 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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