Okay, it’s not like Michelle Malkin has ever been one of the brightest bulbs in the conservative chandelier… but something’s changed. Is it just me, or is she starting to implode into a whirling vortex of manufactured outrage and extreme stupidity?
Maybe it’s caffeine-related. This seemed to start when she gave up Starbucks, citing their “corporate social responsibility mumbo-jumbo.” That apparently refers to their America-hating activities like offering some benefits to employees, giving money to help educate children in the regions where their coffee is grown, and doing some work to encourage sustainable coffee-growing practices. (Why do they hate our way of life so much?)
She ditched them for Dunkin’ Donuts, mainly because Dunkin Donuts has severed ties with franchisees who hire illegal immigrants. But then they did her wrong.
They ran an ad with Rachel Ray wearing a keffiyeh as a scarf. OMG, they love terrorists!
(My first thought when I read about this was that I finally knew the right word for that thing a friend of mine in DC always wore as a scarf. A Jewish friend. Apparently an anti-Semitic Arab terrorist loving Jewish friend.)
Anyway, Malkin went into patented screech mode, Dunkin’ Donuts pulled the ad, and now Michelle can eat her crullers and feel that she’s with us, not against us. Well, if by “us” you mean “incredibly stupid people who are easily distracted by manufactured controversies.”
As I said, Malkin has never been particularly thoughtful or subtle, but it seems like she’s just whirling into more of a frenzy that usual. Maybe it’s because nobody she can stand was able to be nominated for president. Maybe it’s because after all this time, and with the country’s mood changing, her schtick is losing its impact, and she might have to learn a new number for next season. Maybe it’s because she’s turned into the kind of humorless, offense-seeking nitwit that witty conservatives used to skewer:
I remember a time when left-wingers were continually stereotyped as humorless paranoids who looked for symbols of racism, sexism and homophobia in just about every area of popular culture — novels, television shows, advertising, and so on. While there was obviously some truth to this caricature, it was generally limited to college professors who pushed critical theory as the primary tool for analyzing texts.
The entire right-wing blogosphere, on the other hand, fits this stereotype better than any egghead college perfesser ever could. As George Carlin would no doubt say about this entire affair: “I see them as symbols, and I leave them to the symbol-minded.”
In any case, she seems to be extra shrill, with just a touch of desperation, these days.
Is it just me? Maybe not; this bit of the the keffiyeh entry from Wikipedia is already gone, but I saved it just for you!
Click to enlarge, of course.
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Uh-oh. I better check to see if “terrorists” wear pants too, so I know what I should wear to grocery shop.
Terrorists have never been seen wearing kilts, so you’re probably safe to wear that. Then again, terrorists have never been seen wearing thigh high stockings with garter belts, either, so this may not be a proper standard of measurement.
** The entire right-wing blogosphere, on the other hand, fits this stereotype better than any egghead college perfesser ever could. **
The entire right-wing blogosphere, eh?
I can imagine the blowback here (maybe even SHRILL blowback!) if someone dared to characterize a large group such as (what the heck) gay male bloggers in such a blanket manner.
Ah well.
I don’t read Malkin regardless, and certainly not for humor. That’s what Steyn is for!
No, Kevin, I do not want to touch your monkey.
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