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"Dunkin Donuts has capitulated and withdrawn an advertisement for its products following the allegation...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.
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I pegged you as a Bavarian cream kind of girl (with sprinkles on top).
Stupid² It was a frickin scarf.
For A.N.S.W.E.R., this is absoutely business as usual.
If it’s anti-American in any way, A.N.S.W.E.R. is sure to be helping out in some way.
I can see why you said it was bazaar. To a loyalist U.S. Citizen, it truly is.
First of all, Krispy Kreme is a better donut.
Second, I don’t think the scarf was that Arab thing. It looked like she was just wearing a scarf in and iced-coffee ad to show how cold it is.
But who knows. I still don’t even know who Rachael Ray is.
But I don't think much gets by Mrs. Malkin.
If anything or anyone screwed up, it was Rachel Ray.
Time to eat the donuts.
Yeah, I’ve noticed the Castro hats in vogue now. I’ve called out some people I know about it.
Activist muslims and the ACLU will have us wearing 666 on our foreheads sooner or later because there will be no-one left to stand up and say no to their demands made in the name of appeasement, multicultural diversity and religious tolerance. No one has the courage to stand up and say "no" to outrageous, anti-Christian demands so we all get hearded into the cattle cars of fate, together.
I lost a LOT of respect for Michelle in letting her imagination run wild. It is JUST A SCARF and Rachel Ray (the bulbous buttocked domestic goddess) is NOT A MEMBER OF THE PLO.
I don’t particularly care for their donuts, but I will make a point of buying some next week. And the week after. And the week after that. Etc.
Check the posts about the under-the-radar Islamofascist and FARC-Commie-narcoterrorist chic. I think someone tried to slip something into the ad, and Michelle Malkin nailed them. I don't think Rachel Ray necessarily knows what a keffiyeh is, or what that scene is about (I don't think she knows much about much, outside the kitchen, frankly), but maybe someone else did and tried a little guerrilla inescutcheon, a political placement within a commercial ad.
“Dunkin Donuts should have ignored Malkin. Claiming a scarf somehow promoted Islamic extremism is almost paranoid schizophrenic-level delusion.”
I’m just hearing about this situation. Malkin usually doesn’t fly off for no reason. But a scarf??? On an Italian? I’ve got a scarf nearly identical to that one...made in the USA over 50 years ago. There are reasons to be upset, this isn’t one of ‘em.
If you’re right on this, I would be surprised. Sometimes a scarf is just a scarf.
An absurdist reaction to a STOOOPID essay by Malkin.
It’s kerfuffles like this that make most people laugh at the people concerned about the increased accomodation of Muslim practices in America.
Stupid dingbat, Michelle.
To me, the fury of the A.N.S.W.E.R. ants at having the ad pulled suggests it wasn't just a scarf. Anecdotally, I have absolutely never seen anyone in one of those (quite distinctive) scarves who was not a multi-pierced Commie or Jew-hater. They're all the rage (as it were) at pro-abortion rallies.
And you can understand why. They're ugly, and make the wearer look ugly. No one would purposely wear one (I don't think RR wore hers knowingly) except to show that one hates the right people, i.e., the Jews and America.
HAHA...you know me too well. I almost wrote...”with sprinkles” on my tagline..but thought I would try to keep a tamer image.
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