Spot the terrorist!

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After reading this Boston Globe article about Dunkin Donuts pulling an ad because conservatives thought her scarf looked like a keffiyah, I thought I’d make a quick game for you to play. Like this? Please Digg it.

How did you do?

Come on, Dunkin Donuts. What the hell is wrong with you? I can’t tell which is worse – bowing to the lunatic ravings of American conservative extremists or thinking that the rest of America is so stupid that we can’t tell Rachael apart from Yasir.

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15 responses to “Spot the terrorist!”

May 29, 2008

daniel martin

I guessed wrong every time – mulligan?

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May 29, 2008

daniel martin

I guessed wrong every time – mulligan?

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May 29, 2008

C.C. Chapman

COMPLETELY agree Chris. When I heard about the story yesterday I screamed at the TV for Dunkin caving in to a couple of complaints about it. I would have had much more respect if they stood up and told them to “chill” – heck that could have made for a great tie in to their campaign.

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May 29, 2008

C.C. Chapman

COMPLETELY agree Chris. When I heard about the story yesterday I screamed at the TV for Dunkin caving in to a couple of complaints about it. I would have had much more respect if they stood up and told them to “chill” – heck that could have made for a great tie in to their campaign.

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May 29, 2008

Chel Wolverton

Dunkin really caved and it gave off the sense that they didn’t care or have the bandwidth to deal with the issue in a way that made them stand up against right wing crap.

Best quote in the Globe article? ‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.”

Ha! Malkin + yowling = brilliant description!

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May 29, 2008

Michelle/chelpixie

Dunkin really caved and it gave off the sense that they didn’t care or have the bandwidth to deal with the issue in a way that made them stand up against right wing crap.

Best quote in the Globe article? ‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.”

Ha! Malkin + yowling = brilliant description!

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May 29, 2008

Ann Handley

Crazy.

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May 29, 2008

Ann Handley

Crazy.

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May 30, 2008

Mariana Evica

I agree whole-heartedly with your assessment but would tweak one little thing: I don’t consider the conservatives doing the yowling and freaking out to be real conservatives…this type of blind hysteria belongs squarely on the shoulders of Neo-Cons.

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May 30, 2008

Mariana Evica

I agree whole-heartedly with your assessment but would tweak one little thing: I don’t consider the conservatives doing the yowling and freaking out to be real conservatives…this type of blind hysteria belongs squarely on the shoulders of Neo-Cons.

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May 30, 2008

larrylawfer

You know who will take the hit for this. The stylist who put the scarf around Rachel, the director who allowed it to happen, the account exec who’s responsibility it is to oversee the project for the client, the DD person who was at the shoot. In the ad world where, “What have you done for me lately?” is the motto, these people will all get their walking papers. The further down the food chain you are here, the more likely you “will never work in this town again.”

What a sad commentary on Political Correctness, do you feel the pendulum swinging yet?

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May 30, 2008

Larry Lawfer

You know who will take the hit for this. The stylist who put the scarf around Rachel, the director who allowed it to happen, the account exec who’s responsibility it is to oversee the project for the client, the DD person who was at the shoot. In the ad world where, “What have you done for me lately?” is the motto, these people will all get their walking papers. The further down the food chain you are here, the more likely you “will never work in this town again.”

What a sad commentary on Political Correctness, do you feel the pendulum swinging yet?

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June 3, 2008

Trish

insanity!

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June 3, 2008

Trish

insanity!

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June 5, 2008

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