Dunkin Donuts has pulled a commercial featuring pitchwoman Rachael Ray wearing a scarf because Michelle Malkin and other conservative observers thought the scarf looked too much like a Keffiyeh, what Malkin describes as “the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad.”
Is it just me or have the self appointed policemen of the net finally won?
Check the Wikipedia for pictures of what a traditional Keffiyeh looks like.
This woman is wearing a Keffiyeh. Notice the short tassels.
This is what Rachel Ray looked like. Notice the long raggity tassels and paisley design.
While I understand while Dunkin Donuts might want to avoid controversy, in this instance they’ve shown they have balls big enough to come in a thimble.
Meanwhile:
Malkin praised the decision in her column, writing:
“It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists. Too many of them bend over backward in the direction of anti-American political correctness….
Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence — unintentionally or not — they matter. Ignorance is no longer an excuse. In post-9/11 America, vigilance must never go out of style.”
“Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence?!?”
That ranks right up there with saying because someone owns a pair of huaraches they are illegals.
