How stupid are we?
I don’t know what’s worse: That people saw terrorist undertones in this picture or that Dunkin Donuts yanked it.
Image: Dunkin Donuts/L.A. Times
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about 2 years ago
I know, we could all walk around wearing T-Shirts with the Crusaders Cross on them and pretend we didn’t know what it means.
about 2 years ago
Repeating comments from Malkin’s blog now?
about 2 years ago
Yes, if it had been anything other than an e-mail to the blog (as in a blog post), I would’ve tried to brave the whole HREF thing. Now, I could’ve linked to the Malkin post, but that would likely have given you (or some of your readers) a heart attack. Didn’t want to risk that
In any case, the kaffiyeh is certainly more than just a nice scarf; it’s clearly a symbol for violent radical Islamism. Some people are just stupid, and aren’t aware of the symbolism, so they’re genuinely surprised when it’s pointed out. But other are quite aware….
about 2 years ago
I’d change “just stupid” above, to “just ignorant”
about 2 years ago
The issue of course is similar to those arising when twits wear their little Che Guevara t-shirts. Che Guevara stood for a lot of horrible horrible things. As does the keffiyeh. Willful blindness is what is stupid, not Dunkin Donuts’ decision.