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Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin wrote a column condemning the ad because the scarf looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men. She wrote that the garment has come to be associated with violent jihad. She and other commentators took Dunkin' Donuts to task and even began talk of a boycott.
"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," Malkin wrote in her column. "Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence -- unintentionally or not -- they matter.
For their part, Dunkin' Donuts officials initially tried to downplay the controversy and said the scarf was not a keffiyeh.
But eventually management decided to pull the ad and released this statement: "In a recent online ad, our spoksewoman 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."
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May 28, 2008 at 06:06 PM moshe Says:
It takes the Fox facists to create controversy where none exists.
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May 28, 2008 at 06:10 PM Anonymous Says:
I believe them, and it's a shame that such images have so saturated people's minds to the point that companies have to limit the colors of the scarves their people wear.
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May 28, 2008 at 07:05 PM Anonymous Says:
whine whine. are we really that timid that we're afraid of a scarf? Fox News is such garbage.
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May 28, 2008 at 07:14 PM Anonymous Says:
Come on, it's a scarf. Stop being so pathetically weak and scared. Their donuts aren't very good either. Why should we support mega-corporations anymore anyway? There are better donuts at your local mom and pop store. And Rachel Ray and Malkin deserve each other - both mindless corporate slaves.
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May 28, 2008 at 07:51 PM Mark Levin Says:
Instead of faulting the reporter babe from Fox, why don't you libs also agree that the thought of someone wearing that thing on their head makes you extremely nervous?
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May 28, 2008 at 08:51 PM The True Fascist Says:
"It takes the Fox facists to create controversy where none exists."
Whats so fascistic about using the DEMOCRATIC threat of boycott? Its fascists like you that don't want people to express any opinion contrary to yours.
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May 28, 2008 at 09:21 PM moshe Says:
Opinions and threats of boycotts are fine. I just considered the source and saw it as the typical Fox commentator--a facist.
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May 28, 2008 at 10:53 PM Pincus Says:
Millions of men and women in the Middle East have worn shemagh scarves for hundreds of years. I have a picture of the Ben Ish Hai wearing the same scarf wrapped around his turban.
Think of the tzaddik who wore that scarf instead of the murderer?
Now, don't you love it? Its cotton, its cool and its eco-friendly. Maybe I should trade in my hot sheital for a shemagh instead.
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May 29, 2008 at 06:41 AM moshe mulva Says:
all of a sudden tznius in no good?
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May 29, 2008 at 07:56 AM Anonymous Says:
A good 'fashion' name for this scarf for the artsy-fartsy is the shemagheghi Great Work to Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin for stopping mainstreaming
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May 29, 2008 at 08:20 AM Anonymous Says:
michelle way to go
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May 29, 2008 at 12:14 PM Anonymous Says:
Fox is right on this issue. They should also report on the N.K. for wearing the same scarf as Palestinians. D.D. should stick to it's American Uniform and not "try to change," like Obama Osama wants.
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Jun 02, 2008 at 06:15 AM Matzahlocal101 Says:
They're is a guy in my shul that actually where such a scarf and I'm actually not sure why. his leanings are definitely anti-zionist but exactly how pro pali he is, I'm not sure.