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“An online ad featuring company spokeswoman Rachael Ray in a scarf faintly resembling head- and neck-wear popular in some Middle Eastern countries outraged the popular right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin, who called it "jihadi chic." Dunkin responded quickly, pulling the ad...”

Anyone else find this whole situation disturbing?

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Hope Miller Goodell said on June 02, 2008

I agree. It's such a blanket xenophobic reaction, and totally lacking logic... if Dunkin Donuts had responded by dismissing the blogger's comments as irrational and silly, the thing would've been squashed, but instead they gave it more weight by acknowledging it. Very dumb.
 

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