# Rachel Ray: terrorist **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942 "2008-05-28T22:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/1 "2008-05-28T22:15:38Z")
[Dunkin Donuts has pulled an ad with Rachel Ray](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/) because Michelle Malkin accused her of wearing a terrorist scarf in the ad. This pitting is actually more directed at Dunkin Donuts than at Malkin. Malkin is just an insane woman who sees terrorists behind every bush. Fuck DD for being this chickenshit over something this stupid, though. Krispy Kreme is better anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/2 "2008-05-28T22:21:51Z")
Misleading thread title!! I came in here all gung ho to pit Ms. Ray. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/3 "2008-05-28T22:22:15Z")
I’m dumbfounded. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/4 "2008-05-28T22:24:52Z")
That’s ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/5 "2008-05-28T22:32:16Z")
Is Che no longer chic? eta: [I guess not!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Latuff_che.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/6 "2008-05-28T22:39:34Z")
You can never be too careful. I’ve heard that you can make a bomb with simple household ingredients and a lot of her recipes have simple household ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/7 "2008-05-28T22:39:58Z")
That’s a _scarf_? It looks like one of the old rags from the garage that I use for dusting things. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/8 "2008-05-28T22:41:38Z")
You know who else enjoys food? Terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/9 "2008-05-28T22:47:39Z")
:mad: That does it, no more DD for me! Until the next time I get the munchies for an ice-cream cone at 2am. Don’t really care for doughnuts, actually. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/10 "2008-05-28T22:51:49Z")
I despise Rachel “hear my intriguing little snot/giggle between every one of my sentences! I can’t talk without exclamation points!.. I know all the men want to do me!” Ray, but even I can’t call her a terrorist. It’s just a scarf–looks terrible with that top, btw. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/11 "2008-05-28T22:53:51Z")
The terrorists have won. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/12 "2008-05-28T22:57:19Z")
Shoot, I was hoping Rachael Ray would finally be put on the no fly list and that anyone who says “Evoo” would get sent straight to Guantanamo. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/13 "2008-05-28T23:04:20Z")
Osama Bin Laden’s next video release is going to show him using an iPod. Nice knowing you, Apple. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/14 "2008-05-28T23:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=newcrasher] The terrorists have won. [/QUOTE] Indeed they have. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/15 "2008-05-28T23:06:49Z")
If one of us – say me for example – had made this shit up – something along the lines of "Next thing you know, conservatives will be attacking women who wear scarves as “supporting tha terrorists!” people would say I had gone over the top. People would ask me to be reasonable. People would say I needed to be more fair-minded. This is beyond stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/16 "2008-05-28T23:13:58Z")
Dude, what the FUCK? It’s around her fucking NECK. She’s not wearing it over her head. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/17 "2008-05-28T23:24:49Z")
According to Wikipedia this might be seen as a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause: > **[Keffiyeh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh#Symbol_of_Palestinian_solidarity.3F)** > > The keffiyeh or kufiyya (Arabic: كُوفِيَّة, romanized: kūfīyya, lit. 'relating to Kufa'), also known in Arabic as a ghutrah (غُترَة), shemagh (شُمَاغ šumāġ), or ḥaṭṭah (حَطَّة), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East. > It is fashioned from a square scarf, and is usually made of cotton. The keffiyeh is commonly found in arid regions, as it provides protection from sunburn, dust and sand. An agal is often used by Arabs to keep it in place. > The Keffiyeh originated am... But, they give no citations. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/18 "2008-05-28T23:27:46Z")
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun] According to Wikipedia this might be seen as a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause: [/QUOTE] Or the Australian armed forces ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/19 "2008-05-28T23:28:15Z")
[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/fashion/shows/11KAFFIYEH.html?\_r=1&oref=slogin](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/fashion/shows/11KAFFIYEH.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) > [@NY Times](#): > > Once the trademark headwear of Yasir Arafat, and long associated with his Palestinian countrymen, the kaffiyeh has lately shown up on the shelves of adventurous boutiques in the United States and even mainstream retailers like Urban Outfitters. > > Its newest wearers, who wrap it around the neck like a scarf, say they are less Fatah sympathizers than fashion party crashers. The kaffiyeh appears to be the dubious successor to last year’s Che Guevara T-shirts, a symbol denuded of any potent political associations by pop culture. > > But not everyone finds it so simple a fashion statement. A blogger named Mobius, posting Jan. 16 on Jewschool, a Jewish blog that targets a young audience, blasted Urban Outfitters for selling kaffiyehs. Taking issue with the retailer’s decision to label the item an “anti-war woven scarf,” Mobius posted pictures of terrorists adorned in kaffiyehs. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942/20 "2008-05-28T23:33:45Z")
The SAS (and other British Army units) wear the kaffiyeh (round the neck, over the head or covering their faces) when they’re on desert maneouvers… bloody terrorists. I believe they picked it up from the Bedouin during the second world war. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rachel-ray-terrorist/450942.md?page=2)