Dunkin' Donuts Caves In
Over the weekend I posted some dumb ass story about a couple of ultra-conservative political bloggers freaking out over a Dunkin' Donuts ad starring Rachael Ray. They were upset over the scarf Rachael wore in the ad. They believed it to be a keffiyeh.
Fox News commentator and blogger, Michelle Malkin, wrote on her blog, "The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad."
At first, DD shrugged off the accusations and said it was just a scarf. However, I guess they got more complaints, because the ad was pulled. They issued this statement to The Boston Globe, ''In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial.''
Michelle Malkin is happy about DD's decision. She wrote, "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."
Can Malkin also go after all the hipsters wearing these scarves at the bars I go to? Ban their asses, so I can finally have somewhere to sit. Seriously, they take all the good bar stools.
I'm sure DD won't make this mistake again! For their next commercial, they'll make Rachael will wear an American flag bikini. Fuck. I just gave them an idea.
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um yeah, these are the same people who made a big deal over Miley Cyrus showing her damned back. No wonder the rest of the world laughs at us.
If Michelle Malkin knows what the keffiyeh is, then why is she making an issue out of Ray wearing a paisley scarf? Moron. What's really pathetic is that DD gave in to a bunch of fanatical, conservative lunatics even when they didn't do anything wrong. Way to go losers.
It's like we're living in the witch hunt era all over again with a select group of people pointing the finger, making false accusations, deciding for the rest of us what's right and wrong and the heard of sheep just going along with it without questioning anything. They should just pass a law where we all have to dress as Quakers and wear chastity belts. You know that's next.
Submitted by Jimmy Bocca on May 28, 2008 - 11:25am.
Are people really disecting Dunkin Doughnuts commercials? Like who in the hell has that kindof time on their hands?
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I heard another news story recently that a Christian Special Interest Group is sueing Starfucks for their new "Pike Place Coffee" logo being used on their cups... Its an illustration of a mermaid and you can see a line for her breasts...
Theyve dubbed the chain "Slutbucks"
which is awesome
but the rest of this deal is just ridiculous. People are so off the mark with what they get offended by.
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Malkin's an ignorant cunt.
I totally thought it was one of those whatchamacallit scarves, but I worked in a middle eastern restaurant in college and the clientèle was about half middle eastern folks and half college kids. I saw those scarves alot.
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A keffiyeh is a traditional headdress of Arab men, made of a square of cloth, usually cotton, folded and wrapped in various styles around the head. It is commonly found in arid climate areas to provide protection from direct sun exposure, as well as for occasional use in protecting the mouth and eyes from blown dust and sand.
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Polaroids on the mantel will be next.
I have hesitated to comment, as I hate RR, but this brouhaha over a fricking scarf is nuts.
For the amount of outrage over a simple scarf you'd think that DD had RR wearing a suicide bomb belt.
god, this is soooooooooo retarded......... when i saw that scarf all i thought was, eww what an ugly ass scarf, but i didnt think of fking terrorists!!
stupid asses......
Join the club, cornpone.
I must be a clueless dumbass then, because I never knew what a keffiyeh was until that Vampire Weekend song "Campus" came out
Hee Hee! You slay me, Dawnie.
What were we talking about? Oh, yeah. RR's scarf.
Sometimes a scarf is just a scarf.
@GREEN:
Hell yeah! I can get clean and forgiven all at the same time! Fucking A!
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I don't know what all the hoo-haa is about on here, I couldn't get past the first few sentences due to Rachel's mug and the fact that I kept reading about some broad name Michelle MERKIN..... lol
They are all a bunch of Merkins on FOX News....
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@Green:
Can I get me one a them Pope hats? Them's COOL!
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Submitted by MargeAggedon on May 28, 2008 - 10:27am.
It's sad that a publicity whore like MM can make her ignorant basement dwelling followers harass an entire company over something as INSANELY ridiculous as this.
As for DD caving in : Fuck you. You deserve what you get.
I'll never purchase anything from them again. Spineless cocksuckers.
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I agree wholeheartedly. It's a SCARF. Not like she is wearing a KKK outfit or something as obviously negative as that. People are so PC and overreactionary and the world has become litigation-focused.
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give me a break the dude is a sylist when I first saw that weekend Dunkin Donut's thing I was like RR is wearing a Keffiyeh so that is what they are called? Good god it was sooooooo intended but sublimely because you know the stylists never know what they are doing, whatever. PR stunts much!
Submitted by Jimmy Bocca on May 28, 2008 - 12:25pm.
Are people really disecting Dunkin Doughnuts commercials? Like who in the hell has that kindof time on their hands?
Answer: The same dipshits who came up with the cleverly patriotic Freedom fucking Fries.
I liked Keith Olbermann's comment last night, something along the lines of, "What's she (Malkin) going to complain about next? A good falafel?"
@Green:
Can I get me one a them Pope hats? Them's COOL!
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Submitted by DawnieDawnDawn on May 28, 2008 - 11:26am.
Religion is not bad in and of itself, it's a matter of the handling.
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Dawnie, I nominate you for Pontiff of Religious Tolerance and all-around Hawtness!
Those trees in the background are too pretty to be forced to be in a commercial with Dunkin Donuts and Rachel Ray.
Thank you for noticing me, you blond vixen!
Submitted by Jimmy Bocca on May 28, 2008 - 11:25am.
Are people really disecting Dunkin Doughnuts commercials? Like who in the hell has that kindof time on their hands?
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Jimbo, there's a whole lot of crazy out there. And they ALL watch Oprah.
It's sad that a publicity whore like MM can make her ignorant basement dwelling followers harass an entire company over something as INSANELY ridiculous as this.
As for DD caving in : Fuck you. You deserve what you get.
I'll never purchase anything from them again. Spineless cocksuckers.
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Yes, but a truly good person can have religion and keep it personal and not use it to attack others and start holy wars.
Religion is not bad in and of itself, it's a matter of the handling.
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Looks like a scarf to me. I don't see a terrorist hiding under it.
Unless you count RR's morning talk show as a weapon of mass destruction.
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They lie! They lie!
Actual PR statement:
We had no idea of the intense hate for Rachel Ray that has become evident since this story broke. And we have since realized that even *we* cannot stand her nails-on-chalkboard voice and meth-like personality, we have sided with the public on this one and yanked the ad.
From this point forward, we too hate Rachel Ray.
That is all.
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HAHA IM USING THE INTERNETZ!!1!!!!!1!
Are people really disecting Dunkin Doughnuts commercials? Like who in the hell has that kindof time on their hands?
_"Can Malkin also go after all the hipsters wearing these scarves at the bars I go to? Ban their asses, so I can finally have somewhere to sit. Seriously, they take all the good bar stools"_
AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN MK!!!!!!!!!!!
Total tards they are!
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Religious people need to get over themselves. A truly good soul needs no religion.
Michelle Malkin is a total pinhead. She needs to eat a falafel and STFU.
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Before it rains anymore
Michelle has been a guest on Bill Maher's show....she's an ass.
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