Sometimes you hear a story and swear that is the dumbest thing you have ever heard and you will never hear anything dumber. Usually, something dumber comes along. Usually in the form of Michelle Malkin.
I hate to even marshall facts to refute this whole dumb story. Its just so dumb and obvious. But to my great distress there are people in this country that not only read Michelle Malkin, but actually nod their head in agreement when the anchor baby of Filipino parents goes on an angry screed against Latino immigrants. Or against Arabs. So, here goes:
1. The kaffiyeh is not a terrorist symbol just because Arafat always wore them. That would be like saying anyone who wore a Fedora was a gangster because Al Capone wore a Fedora.
2. A lot of Arabs wear kaffiyehs and not all Arabs are terrorists.
3. Ray’s scarf was not, in fact, a kaffiyeh. It was a scarf with a paisley pattern.
4. Rachael Ray is not a terrorist. Unless you want to argue that she terrorizes us with incessant perkiness.
My greatest anger really isn’t even with Malkin. I expect her to be an ass. Its with Dunkin Donuts for caving and pulling the ad. Yes, Malkin being an ass and her cohort following along like brainless dittoheads meant the ad would not be seen as simply a vehicle for getting people to buy their iced coffee. But when you pull the ad, the idiots win, and I don’t like seeing the idiots win. By running the ad, perhaps even increasing the online ad buy or making a TV version, it would’ve got tons of free publicity and no rational person would’ve thought Dunkin Donuts was supporting terrorism. But they decided to be spineless.
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