Dunkin Donuts (Ad pulled featuring Rachael Ray in a terrorist scarf)

2008-05-30 05:39:27

#1

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6978

The US has officially lost the plot...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7427206.stm

I own one of these scarfs, which I bought as a souvernir in Palestine, as does my brother who bought his in Urban Outfitters. It's a scarf. Perhaps arab countries should ban people wearing suits from adverts in their countries as the people who keep calling for attacks on them are generally wearing suits. This truly is pathetic.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-05-30 05:41:25)

2008-05-30 05:40:42

#2

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6384|Places 'n such

CameronPoe wrote:
The US has officially lost the plot...

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2008-05-30 05:43:24

#3

oug: Calmer than you are.; +380|6942|Πάϊ

LOL! Around here this scarf is called the "palestinian". Very popular! And quite nice actually... but I don't like the red one

_ƒ³

2008-05-30 05:51:44

#4

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6934|Gold Coast

Wait, what?

Fucking bloggers. Whining little, smirming shits cant hold anything. So what do they do? Write about it on some website that one person in 10 000 000 will read.

noice

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2008-05-30 05:53:21

#5

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6529|eXtreme to the maX

Funny, does the same rule apply to Che T-Shirts, hammer and sickle badges and the star of David?

Fuck Israel

2008-05-30 05:56:42

#6

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6913|Gogledd Cymru

Was already posted but in the Junk Drawer

I also think it's pathetic.

2008-05-30 05:59:42

#7

JahManRed: wank; +646|7051|IRELAND

I have a blue one and red one. I bought them when I was for out to the Nevada Desert. Very practical if folded right. A kind American showed me how. It is a neck scarf which can be brought up into a hood when stepping out in the sun.

The blogger, Michelle Malkin, called the garment "a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos".
Here we have the Politically correct brigade. This is crazy even by their standards. In the US it seams you have the Conservative brigade.
Absolutely ridiculous, that a blogger and a small majority can alienate Muslim and any right thinking person with this kind of shit. Maybe we should ban ray bands next. I seen a terrorist wearing a pair the other day on TV! I think the IDF issue them as standard.

2008-05-30 06:02:58

#8

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6529|eXtreme to the maX

I've noticed terrorists tend to have two eyes, and a nose RIGHT in the MIDDLE of their FACES!
OMG Kill them all!

Its part of the process of demonising all Palestinians and all moslems as terrorists.

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Fuck Israel

2008-05-30 06:04:12

#9

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|7094|UK

http://www.cult.co.uk/search.aspx?look= … eln%2fk%3d

Call MI5 quick.

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2008-05-30 06:12:35

#10

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6529|eXtreme to the maX

This is what a brutal torturer looks like.

https://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj256/Dilbert_X/Abu-Ghraib-Graner14jan05.jpg

Notice the close cut hair, the beady piggish eyes, black beret, green uniform, shiny buttons.
If you see one of these call 911 immediately.

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Fuck Israel

2008-05-30 06:12:40

#11

Pierre: I hunt criminals down for a living; +68|7098|Belgium

Even John McCain's Daughter wears it...

2008-05-30 06:19:22

#12

BVC: Member; +325|7119

I'm seeing more and more people wearing them as a fashion item. They just look retarded when used for that, TBH.

I have one which I sometimes wear during RAP4 paintball games, depending on whether I'm playing the raghead or not

2008-05-30 06:20:06

#13

B.Schuss: I'm back, baby... ( sort of ); +664|7264|Cologne, Germany

Pierre wrote:
Even John McCain's Daughter wears it...

well, at least John has a reasonibly attractive child.

she wears it with elegance, I must say.

2008-05-30 06:23:41

#14

B.Schuss: I'm back, baby... ( sort of ); +664|7264|Cologne, Germany

on topic: what a stupid over-reaction. It just a piece of clothing, more importantly an traditional arab piece of clothing.

some people / bloggers...

2008-05-30 06:41:23

#15

oug: Calmer than you are.; +380|6942|Πάϊ

From the comments on the same page

ShrugsAndKisses wrote:
Not to be outdone, Sarah Huckabee will soon be sporting the Che Guevara facial-hair-and-beret look.

LOL!!!1!

_ƒ³

2008-05-30 07:03:50

#16

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|7001|Columbus, OH

back to the subject:

https://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j296/loubot/WTF/dnuts.jpg

2008-05-30 07:08:19

#17

xRBLx: I've got lovely bunch of coconuts!!; +27|6778|England - Kent

So Rachael Ray is an Islamic extremist??? lol

2008-05-30 07:51:26

#18

David.P: Banned; +649|6697

Ya! Finally we westerners can be offended at Islam and bitch about it, With results!

Political Appeasement

Islam 3
West 1

Goddamn it's gonna be a long road!

2008-05-30 08:16:54

#19

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7024|132 and Bush

Dunkin Donuts does not represent 320 million people.

Michelle does have a point here though:

My syndicated column today examines the keffiyeh kerfuffle with Dunkin’ Donuts and Rachael Ray that I noted on the blog last week. As you’ll recall, I linked to an item by LGF’s Charles Johnson about the scarf she wore in a recent Dunkin’ ad. Keffiyeh chic has been covered on this site and at Hot Air extensively (see here, here, and here). Anti-American fashion designers abroad and at home have mainstreamed and adapted the scarves as generic pro-Palestinian jihad or anti-war statements. Yet many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel’s violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones. Left-wing bloggers responded with complete scorn, deliberate mischaracterizations of the debate, and then outrage when Dunkin’ Donuts commendably showed sensitivity to the concerns and pulled the ad. The Boston Globe accused me of “yowling.” If you actually read my post and the column below, you’ll see no such thing.

It’s interesting how much ire the Left shows when we civilly raise pointed questions about the power of insidious symbols. These are the same folks who have nothing to say when zealots on their side of the ideological aisle go about tearing down crosses and throwing tantrums over the symbols they abhor.

The really funny part is that it was actually the left leaning NYT that first pointed out the connection.

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2008-05-30 08:22:20

#20

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7024|132 and Bush

CameronPoe wrote:
I own one of these scarfs, which I bought as a souvernir in Palestine, as does my brother who bought his in Urban Outfitters.

hmmm not anymore:

The same day Urban Outfitters, which had offered the scarves in several color combinations for $20, pulled them from stores. Its Web site posted this explanation: “Due to the sensitive nature of this item, we will no longer offer it for sale. We apologize if we offended anyone, this was by no means our intention.” A spokeswoman for the store, which has 95 branches nationwide, declined to comment further.

Ouch!

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-05-30 08:32:05

#21

SoC./Omega: Member; +122|6964|Omaha, Nebraska!

WOW! Stop twisting things to be what they're not! Are you insane, it's just a fkin scarf!

2008-05-30 08:35:42

#22

NantanCochise: Member; +55|6402|Portugal/United States

Here we go again. I personally think that the bbc article has lost the plot and so has this whole thread. Who really cares, this happens every day, everywhere, where companies pull ads due to public and political opinion. Blame the bloggers but its really the fault of Dunkin Donuts succoming to their pressures. But than again, Dunkin Donuts management must have thought it over and come to the conclusion that this ad may hurt profits, so pulled it. Alternatively, they probably and purposly created this ad to get attention, therefore improving profits. What the hell has this got to do with the US losing it (Cam)... If you want to talk about political correctness, I think we can find a few better examples to talk about. Im sorry but I have a hard time caring about topics that get us talking about big business' way of getting us, well to talk about them all day. About bad and bored jouralists who have nothing better to write about, bloggers who dont know shit and playing witch hunt. At the end of the day who really instigated this, Dunkin Donuts? BBC? Bloggers? Cam? Islam? US? We will never really know but we will all choose someone to blame depending on personal bias.

2008-05-30 08:36:24

#23

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7024|132 and Bush

SoC./Omega wrote:
WOW! Stop twisting things to be what they're not! Are you insane, it's just a fkin scarf!

C'mon.. everyone's doing it!

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2008-05-30 08:39:50

#24

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6978

NantanCochise wrote:
Here we go again. I personally think that the bbc article has lost the plot and so has this whole thread. Who really cares, this happens every day, everywhere, where companies pull ads due to public and political opinion. Blame the bloggers but its really the fault of Dunkin Donuts succoming to their pressures. But than again, Dunkin Donuts management must have thought it over and come to the conclusion that this ad may hurt profits, so pulled it. Alternatively, they probably and purposly created this ad to get attention, therefore improving profits. What the hell has this got to do with the US losing it (Cam)... If you want to talk about political correctness, I think we can find a few better examples to talk about. Im sorry but I have a hard time caring about topics that get us talking about big business' way of getting us, well to talk about them all day. About bad and bored jouralists who have nothing better to write about, bloggers who dont know shit and playing witch hunt. At the end of the day who really instigated this, Dunkin Donuts? BBC? Bloggers? Cam? Islam? US? We will never really know but we will all choose someone to blame depending on personal bias.

You're right, it is Dunkin Donuts who are to blame here. And it's pathetic.

2008-05-30 08:40:09

#25

SoC./Omega: Member; +122|6964|Omaha, Nebraska!

Kmarion wrote:
SoC./Omega wrote:
WOW! Stop twisting things to be what they're not! Are you insane, it's just a fkin scarf!
C'mon.. everyone's doing it!

Thousands upon thousands of wrongs don't make it a right

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