Posted on 05/30/2008 10:09:49 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Boycott US doughnut chain for halting scarf ad, activists urge May 30 11:11 AM US/Eastern
US activists have called for a boycott of doughnuts-and-coffee chain Dunkin Donuts after it pulled an online ad that a conservative commentator said promoted jihad.
"Dunkin Donuts has capitulated and withdrawn an advertisement for its products following the allegation... that the spokeswoman in the ad was wearing a kaffiyeh, a scarf which is a staple of clothing traditionally worn by Palestinian men," the ANSWER Coalition said in a statement.
ANSWER, which groups hundreds of anti-war and anti-racism organizations around the United States, called for a "worldwide boycott of Dunkin Donuts... to send a powerful message to corporations that engage in racism or pander to anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racists."
A furore blew up earlier this month over a Dunkin Donuts online ad featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray wearing a black and white scarf around her neck and holding an ice coffee.
Conservative columnist and commentator Michelle Malkin complained on her blog last week that Ray was sporting a "jihadi chic kaffiyeh" in the ad.
"I'm hoping her 'hate' couture choice was spurred more by ignorance than ideology," Malkin wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The Munchkins are in trouble!
I just came home with a dozen doughnuts. Tomorrow I’ll buy a dozen more. Any time some one points out what could be construed as a help to the islamonazis, I’ll buy a dozen more. Good for Dunkin Doughnuts. Let’s help them by buying a dozen more!
Sweet. I love fights between groups of crazy wingnuts.
OK, this has now officially gotten waaaaay out of hand.
Good, more coffee and doughnuts for me and without all those dirty, stinking, treasonous, perfidious, ungrateful, hippie scum traitors to clutter and stink up the place.
(Yes, I know treasonous and traitorousness are synonyms) but “liberals” and stinking hippie scum are all the same to me.
Good, more coffee and doughnuts for me and without all those dirty, stinking, treasonous, perfidious, ungrateful, hippie scum traitors to clutter and stink up the place.
(Yes, I know treasonous and traitorousness are synonyms) but “liberals” and stinking hippie scum are all the same to me.
I can’t boycott them. We don’t have any here.....but I wouldn’t anyway........
Watch the sale of Dunkin Donuts go up.
Ok I usually prefer Mcdonald’s coffee to Dunkin Donuts (Starbucks is too damn pricey and overrated to me). But now I will start buying from Dunkin to help them through this little jihad.
ROTFL ... good luck getting liberal Bostonians to boycott Dunkin. You can’t swing a dead cat in that town without hitting one of their stores. It’s almost like the secular state religion shrines.
I believe them and at the same time agree with them about pulling the ad because it was trying to sell ice coffee not promote controversy.
As Michelle Malkin said, if you’re driving somewhere and you want a really good cup of coffee, there’s nothing better than Dunkin’ Donuts. That’s been my experience, too.
Yeah, let’s roll! To DD everyone. Yummy, they’ll taste even better knowing tnow.
Dunkin Donuts should have ignored Malkin. Claiming a scarf somehow promoted Islamic extremism is almost paranoid schizophrenic-level delusion.
Dear outraged Blogger peoples and other assorted internets types, I would like to thank you for all you have done in the past week. Our orders are skyrocketing all thanks to you!. What you have have accomplished is truly amazing. Thank you so much for the free advertising
-Signed. John Q Sales D00d, head of sales for ACME Palestinian scarf head thingie CO.
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