Really? You're uptight about a scarf!?!
File this one under "Idiots."
Some well known members of the right wing blogosphere are in a tizzy over a black and white scarf that Rachel Ray is wearing in a Dunkin Donuts ad.
Michelle Malkin is calling the scarf "hate couture" and wonders if people should start calling for a boycott of Dunkin Donuts.
Charles Johnson over at Little Green Footballs claims that Dunkin Donuts "…is the latest American firm to casually promote the symbol of Palestinian terrorism and the intifada, the kaffiyeh, via Rachael Ray."
Malkin does, at least, give DD and Ray some wiggle room in saying that they might not realize just what Ray is wearing. Johnson doesn't give them that any forgiveness promoting an "acknowledge, well-know symbol of terrorism." But does at least back peddle enough to say that he wasn't accusing them of having "terrorist ties."
Personally, it looks like an ugly, black and white scarf. It doesn't look like the head wear that Arafat always wore.
Now, this whole silly fuss did teach me one thing: a scarf can also be called a kaffiyeh and wearing it makes you in league with the terrorists. At least by those who see terrorist hiding in every nook and corner.
The kaffiyeh has been around for centuries. They've even been worn by British troops in the deserts of Africa during World War II. They've also been worn my U.S. troops in the Middle East to keep sand out of their nose and mouths.
Are these right wing bloggers going to fuss at our troops?
For that matter, are they going to fuss at Meghan McCain? It looks to me like she's wearing what Malkin calls a "jihadi chic kaffiyeh." Or is it that if Meghan McCain wears it then it's just a scarf?
Personally, no matter who is wearing it, it's just a scarf.
