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darth_grievous1
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5/28 3:06pm
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Dunkin' Donuts yanks "offensive" Rachael Ray advertisement
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Study this image and see if you can find anything offensive:
I couldn't find anything, either. Oh wait... [includes some commentary from your's truly]
Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.
Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.
lol Fox News
‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.
You're one to talk about being clueless. "Jihad" means "struggle in the path of God." While this does extend into armed conflict, it only applies to defensive wars. IE the JC invaded an Islamic country to stomp out their religion, and Muslims fought back. THAT would be 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.’’
The company at first pooh-poohed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh. But the right-wing drumbeat on the blogosphere continued and by yesterday, Dunkin’ Donuts decided it’d be easier just to yank the ad.
I really wishe they hadn't taken the easy way out, but seeing as they probably weren't going to get a moment's peace until they pulled it, I can see why they did what they did.
Said the suits in a statement: ‘‘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.’’
(In case you’re wondering, the stylist who selected the offending scarf was not Gretta Enterprises boss Gretchen Monahan, who appears on Ray’s TV show as a style consultant.)
For her part, Malkin was pleased with Dunkin’s response: ‘‘It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists.’’
You're an idiot.
This is ridiculous...people need to grow up and stop being offended by the most trivial things. I saw this on the news this morning, and I was hard pressed to find anything wrong...except maybe the compositing could have been done better, but c'mon...
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AaylaSecurOWNED
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5/28 3:07pm
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yeah, i heard about this on Keith Olbermann or something. It is incredibly stupid
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Lord_Vivec
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Malkin hates Muslims.
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Trika_Kenobi
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Krispy Kreme is better.
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Muslims have beards - Muslim Terrorists have beards. BAN THE BEARD FOR IT IS OFFENSIVE!
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Slow news day, huh?
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Master_Jacen
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the mere fact that it's rachel ray is offensive.
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I looked at the picture and I thought it had something to do with pink trees and global warming. I liked my reason better.
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Let's be careful here. Dunkin Donuts coffee is the necter of the gods so I don't want anything bad to happen to them. We want their sales to be good. So just ignore this and let's go on with our lives.
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Darth_Guy
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5/28 3:17pm
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Gah, whenever I think of Michelle Malkin I think of that insufferable sneer she constantly has on her face. Maybe if she gets plastic surgery to remove it she will also lose the evil.
One can hope, right?
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darth_grievous1
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5/28 3:22pm
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slimybug
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5/28 3:28pm
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So, why is Dunkin' Donuts putting their tail between their legs and cancelling the ad instead of just saying "Shut up, you idiots!"?
Slimy!
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Lord_Vivec
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5/28 3:30pm
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slimybug posted:
So, why is Dunkin' Donuts putting their tail between their legs and cancelling the ad instead of just saying "Shut up, you idiots!"?
Slimy!
So, who wants to bet that Palpateen will start a Dunkin' Donuts boycott? 
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Darth_Guy
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5/28 3:31pm
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lol, good one.
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PrincessChattyCathy
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5/28 3:56pm
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I am so glad that we live in a world so empty of offensive things that people in the media have to search so hard to find something to get worked up about. 
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5/28 4:10pm
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Wow.
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