Paranoid internet thugs intimidate Dunkin Donuts
This is absolutely insane.
Dunkin Donuts has pulled an advertisement featuring Rachel Ray after Michelle Malkin
and friends accused her of promoting terrorism (possibly inadvertently) by wearing a scarf with the faintest resemblance to the traditional Arabic head-dress, the Kaffiyeh
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Image from the advertisement:
Malkin even has the chuptza to plead "poor misunderstood me " because of the anger that this is causing. But those of us familiar with her work know that she's just happy to make a ruckus and demonstrate the size of the paranoid mob that she leads.
I'm disappointed that DD would cave in when faced with such petty charges. This is bothersome for two reasons:
- Malkin has established herself as the fashion police, dictating what patterns we can wear on our clothing.
- The fashion police have banned a particular pattern that is reprsentative of a broad and ancient tradition, just because some people within that tradition are our enemies.
For extra credit, Malkin implies that Dean has exhibited Palestinian terrorist sympathies because he has worn a cloth with a similar pattern.
She fails to mention that he is wearing it in the style of a Tallit -- a Jewish prayer shawl. The "Tallit" explanation makes a lot of sense when we consider that Dean's wife and children are Jewish, and he is well versed in Jewish traditions
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It is crazy
I don't understand how people like her get such influence.
Do you want me to embed the images? I don't think the diary needs it but I'm happy to.
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i'll try
now that I have a minute, I'll try it myself.
In my expert opinion, you should do what I tell you to do.
Malkin sees islam in Flight 93 memorial
A cartoon representation of Malkin: http://www.comics.com/editoons/bors/archive/bors-20080602.html
In my expert opinion, you should do what I tell you to do.
Typical hate piece ...
standard fare for most leftists. I note that you try to pretend that this was all Michelle Malkin like she made the entire thing up on her own. I also note that you have ignored the obvious background information which underlies Malkin's point. Heck you even ignore the supporting material from your own wikipedia reference as it applies to this topic:
Symbol of Palestinian solidarity?
Controversial symbol
So now the question becomes, why are you ignoring these facts?
I'm the Bugs Bunny of Swords Crossed!
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I honestly don't understand the problem people have with this. if you are truly offended by the keffiyeh as a symbol of Islamic militancy, you should be applauding Rachael Ray defusing that symbol by wearing it as an obviously pure fashion statement. Did you think Bo Derek's dreadlocks were a terrible thing as well?
What Malkin has done is give even more power to the symbol. Or at the very least, she has indicated how much power it has over her. Fortunately, I think most of us are able to laugh at how silly she is being.
We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki
Perhaps ...
But the point is that she ISN'T making it up. Whether you agree with her or not, there is a legitimate basis to her point.
I'm the Bugs Bunny of Swords Crossed!
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But no one said anything about her making it all up, except... you! Congrats for knocking down another strawman!
We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki
I don't know ...
That's pretty much what calling her paranoid implies in common usage. Are you familier with the phrase, "Oh, you're just being paranoid." The intent of the phrase is to suggest that your concerns are completely unfounded, in other words, made up.
I'm the Bugs Bunny of Swords Crossed!
-4 Strongly Disagree - 0 Meh - Strongly Agree +4obsessively mistrustful or fearful
She is projecting her obsession, that just around the corner a terrorist is lurking, as they plot to take the world.
I'm only half stupid
Even if you do think she is paranoid ...
just because she's paranoid that doesn't mean that there ISN'T a terrorist lurking around the corner, does it?
I'm the Bugs Bunny of Swords Crossed!
-4 Strongly Disagree - 0 Meh - Strongly Agree +4GoRight, you don't know hate when it stares you in the face
A completely innocent act was willfully misconstrued as promoting terrorism. That's hate.
Point by point...
She was the most prominent promoter of it. I'm not writing a thesis on how the Internet spreads paranoid rumors.
Communists wear red. Anarchists wear black. White supremacists shave their heads. Palestinian nationalists wear Kaffiyehs. So what?
IT WASN'T EVEN A KAFFIYEH!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS A PAISLEY SCARF!!!!!!!!!!!
I "ignore" the fact that a few Zionist and Palestinian fanatics care about this because I don't give a damn about what they think. They can have their petty nationalist squabble on the other side of the planet, with their paranoia, bigotry, and fanaticism. I'm not going to sit back while Malkin tries to import their conflict into America.
In my expert opinion, you should do what I tell you to do.
exaggerated risk
I have no doubt that some people use the Keffiyeh as a symbol of Palestinian sympathies.
However, Malkin & Co. have taken this rare occurance and used it as the model by which they interpret everyone's actions as being hostile.
That's called paranoia.
In my expert opinion, you should do what I tell you to do.
Just because you're paranoid ...
it doesn't mean that they're NOT out to get you. :)
I'm the Bugs Bunny of Swords Crossed!
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