Our American Taliban are not going away.
"We told you yesterday about this, the unbearable Rachel Ray in an ad for the donut and coffee chain [Dunkin' Donuts], to which the lunatic fringe responded in an apoplexy of xenophobic paranoia, because that, that thing around her neck, that is not just a stupid scarf; they think that is what Yasser Arafat used to wear on his head," Olbermann intoned. "See, it‘s jihadist chic. Having already driven business to Dunkin' Donuts by applauding its supposed stance in favor of tough immigration laws, the right threatened to boycott."Olbermann added, "So what did Dunkin' Donuts do? They folded. They were as weak as their decaf."
The Dunkin' Donuts statement read, "In a recent online ad, Rachel Ray is wearing a black and white 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."
"They pulled the ad because of the possibility of misperception by the right wing equivalents of jihadists, the people in this country who most closely share the mentality of the terrorists, who act the most like Middle Eastern nut jobs, who rail against diversity, try to murder dissent, and care more about flags than about people," Olbermann continued. "You know, the Michelle Malkins of the world.
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At her blog Wednesday, Malkin wrote, "Anti-American fashion designers abroad and at home have mainstreamed and adapted the scarves as generic pro-Palestinian jihad or anti-war statements. Yet many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel’s violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones.
Anti-American fashion designers. Take them to Guantanamo. Off with their heads!
And if people are oblivious to the symbolism, then would the symbol have any power?
”Care more about flags” is right. The way the American Taliban have used our flag makes me now reflexively cringe every time I see it. Add to that the way American soldiers planted it in Baghdad, and the furor over Obama (and others) not wearing a flag pin on his lapel, and we unfurl a dark symbol ineed. I’m waiting for the armbands.
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