Not So Sweet

I understand why DD would pull the ads. It is easier for them to pull it than to didicate resources to defend themselves amid this "controversy." It is easy for racists and xenophobes to find reason to throw hate instead of educating themselves. In a situation like this, could DD have played a role as "educator"? Alongh along with pulling the ad and investigate in ways to educate some of the people on why (if she had actually worn a Kaffiyah) it does not show a support for terrorism? Too many times situation like this occur and rarely do ever try to find a long term solution - in this case educating the ignorant...I know it isn't DDs job and the more I think about sometime, with hatred, people are afraid to learn and continue to be ignorant on purpose.

Bottom line...it was NOT a kaffiyeh. As someone said earler, sometimes a scarf is just a scarf. Do these paranoid hatemongers comb every ad they see looking for subliminal terrorist messages?
I'm the PROUD mother of an Iraq vet, and I can tell you, not all Arabs are terrorists. Not all who wear the kaffiyeh are terrorists. If the soldiers who have been there can tell the difference, why not the conservative idiots who still think we're looking for WMDs?

I got to admit that this is really crazy.. When I first saw the picture I thought " whats the big deal, its a scarf?"
Now all of a sudden Rachel Ray is part of the Donut Jihad?? If you want tget upset at Dunking Donuts for this, then you should also get mad when the old Ducking Donuts guy was on .."time to make the donuts".. clearly he was suffering from OCB.::LOL:::

But come on folks, she was wearing a scarf... and yes there are days that I think the people from Food Network are trying to take over the planet, but lets get real. Its just iced coffee.... thats it. Get over it

I agree with topper57. The level of racism towards the people of the middle east is getting way out of control. To label a scarf as a tool fo promoting genocidal goals is ridiculous. In fact, the hatred you reflect in your statement, MIRTH, reflects your own genocidal goals and racism. Before you claim to be AWARE of what is going on in this world, you should become self aware of what type of person you are. Most often, people HATE what they see in themselves.

PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE TO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS. THE FUSS ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING. GET A LIFE

Fantastic article. Thank you for showing the nation the racist tendencies of many on the far right.

bones24567,

Studied Islam and read the "sacred" writings you say? Sounds more like regurgitated verbal diahrrea picked up from the local evangalist preacher, say like, oh i don't know, John Hagee.

Perhaps you need to be reminded on the many centuries of Christian terror that constituted 9 crusades. Yes, NINE!!!! Ransack of Constantinople, a fellow Christian city, check. Massacre of Jews in norther Europe, check. Inquisition of Spain resulting in massacre of all Muslims and Jews, check. Annihalation of native North American and South American populations, check. Shall I go on? Since your posting would indicate that you are pretty well immersed in popular media I am sure the movie "Kingdom of Heaven" did not escape your attention. Well, as it so happens, some historical facts were accurately maintained, including the fact that all inhabitants were spared following the reconquest of Jerusalem by Saladin. This was following the whole sale massacre by the Christian invaders of all inhabitants of Jerusalem much earlier. The accounts are well documented and available for your perusal. Let's not forget the close to 100 million casualties of World War One and Two. Oh I forgot, they were both instigated by Muslims.

No one wants to hear your opinionated tripe. Your balatantly racist, stereotypical and egocentric views don't fool anybody. And let's get this straight, the West is at war with Islam. The invasion of Iraq has cemented this fact. If you believe what the US government has said and still says, there were no weapons of mass destruction and there wasn't any Al-Qaeda either in Iraq before the war. Now, we have over 4000 lost lives of American service personnel and an untold amount of lost Iraq lives.

fantastic article!!! thank you for showing the world the racist tendencies of many on the far right.

Lorraine, thank you having the courage to say what few people dare in our self-concious society today: that our nation has perhaps become too politically correct. The fact that a harmelss ad for coffee (regardless of the products' quality) can be pulled because a few people say it might possibly be considered offensive is an indication that we have gone too far. Whatever happened to free speech? The ad features a scarf--yes, a scarf--not a kaffiyeh after all, so why is it a problem? The critics of the ad seem to just be looking for an excuse to cause trouble; after their initial concern that the article of clothing in question was not meant to be offensive in any way, they should have let the issue go. To keep attacking Dunkin is needless and a childish play for attention.

Lorraine, thank you having the courage to say what few people dare in our self-concious society today: that our nation has perhaps become too politically correct. The fact that a harmelss ad for coffee (regardless of the products' quality) can be pulled because a few people say it might possibly be considered offensive is an indication that we have gone too far. Whatever happened to free speech? The ad features a scarf--yes, a scarf--not a kaffiyeh after all, so why is it a problem? The critics of the ad seem to just be looking for an excuse to cause trouble; after their initial concern that the article of clothing in question was not meant to be offensive in any way, they should have let the issue go. To keep attacking Dunkin is needless and a childish play for attention.
To John_Smith_USA: Thank you for perpetuating a negative stereotype of our nation that will inevitably cause countries around the world to resent us even more.

When I 1st read about the scarf I just couldn't believe that a few alarmists had the power to have the commercial pulled! Absolutely ridiculous. If they have that much inffluence, they are the ones that should be "watched".,

Lorraine. You could have made your point without attacking Dunkin's brand. You made every attempt to ensure you attacked their coffee, donut and calorie content...over a scarf. This parallels attacking an embassy over a cartoon, obviously not in scope, but in idealogy. "You offended me, now I have to hurt you."

This is why ignorant white Americans stereotype. We are scared to death of offending your culture.

Many moons ago when I was young, people in the United States had better uses for their time than to be on a continual lookout for imaginary offenses so they can share their witless babble or feign outrage at some idiotic event. The gradual deterioration of the US public educational system has resulted in the average person being overly sensitive and less capable of thinking along the lines of common sense. Now, the internet provides that same person with a public broadcasting vehicle. BTfmOH.

I totally agree, they should never had cave in to a bunch of ignorant bloggers, there are millions on this country that doesn't agree with such stupid comments, why listen to a few??? It boggles the mind !!!!!!!!

I do belive that people are getting too crazy...this is what gives Jon Stewart and various night time comedians so much fodder for their routines! A frilly scarf seen a danger and to start a frenzy against a business that only caters to our worse desires - the comfort food of a donut.
I also beg to differ with the author; I much prefer ther Dunkin Donuts products overall to Krispy Kreme; which I have found to be highly over rated with the possible execption of their basic glazed donut which can be pretty good.
But, I do think that unfortunately, the Islamic culture in America is doing very little to address the problems of their rigid, moribund religion. They came here for freedom, but they are bring all their baggage along with them. The Jewish culture responded to the expanded freedom with Reformed Judaism....where are the Islamic Intellectuals with an updated Islam that allows the seperation of Church and State?

This is a very good article, I must say. Why should a corporation like Dunkin Donuts have to apologize or have to bow down to the requests of those who are looking for a reason to go after those who are deemed to have terrorist like qualities, just because they wear a sort of clothing. It is true that many people around the world wear kaffiyeh in order to help keep the sand off. And yes, it is known as what certain jihadists would wear, but does that mean that if I were to wear it in order to protect against the sand that I am a possible terrorist? That I should not wear it for that reason? Maybe the critics should just take time to be careful of what they say before they do.

Kind of makes you wonder who we should be more afraid of,the RACISTS OF ANSWER or the actual TERRORISTS.Sounding the same to me

Arabs, Muslims, followers of Islam are not all terrorists. Kaffiyahs Are worn by artsy and Bohemian college students and others not to support terrorism but as an alternate to the mainstream and expression of another human culture. Kaffiyahs are worn by, bought and worn by tens of thousands of Christians every year on their trek to the Holy Land at stops along their routes... the same black and white Karriyah headress that Yassir Arafat chose to wear. You mean all those souveniers relatives or friends brought back I suppose were to support terrorism in the local Baptist church, How racists and judgmental we Americans can be!
In fact Yassir Arafat himself was an exception to the norm as his fellow Arabs were more often wearing the more traditional Red and White headress.
Get real, Rachael Ray didin't even have a Keffiyah on, nor did the scarf resemble one and she probably didn't know at the time what one was.
DD should put the commercial back on and face the uninformed head on. The person that posted the original comments on the Keffiyahs just showed their ignorance to culture, religion and clothing.