The Perfect Hate Storm: Malkin vs. Rachael Ray and Dunkin’ Donuts
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This flap is so chock full of objects of Internet scorn that it’s hard not to get a little dizzy: Right-wing nutcase Michelle Malkin has won a victory over baby-talking Food Network personality Rachael Ray, who was hawking obesity-causing products for fast-food company Dunkin’ Donuts while wearing what appeared to be a kaffiyeh, the cotton scarf that most Americans associate with Palestinian nationalists, especially the much reviled late Yasser Arafat.
Malkin called out Ray and Dunkin’ Donuts on the faux kaffiyeh being visible in the online ads and got the conservative blogosphere buzzing about a potential boycott of the donut chain. And guess what: Dunkin’ Donuts caved and yanked the ads.
It’s probably hard for many people to decide who deserves the lion’s share of their wrath: Malkin for ignorant (and, as always, borderline racist) demagoguery, the insipid Rachael Ray for aggressively embracing the role of foodie icon while shamelessly peddling nutritional nightmares, or Dunkin’ Donuts for manufacturing said fare in the first place and for backing down in the face of Malkin’s toothless swagger.
Just wait until somebody explains “arabic numerals” to Malkin…
May 29th, 2008 at 18:40
What is even more stupid is that in the third paragraph of her stupid rant Malkin says ‘the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not so ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities and left-wing icons.’ And later on there is confirmation that the item was bought for the shoot by the advertising company stylist, and was purchased in a US store. Talk about a storm in a teacup, but then I guess that’s all the right wing nutcases have left. The real news is too embarrassing now since it generally just highlights how wrong they’ve been for the last 8 years, and how much harm they’ve done to the entire world.