Comments on: Why is Conor Powell Wearing a Keffiyeh?

By: Are Muslims the New Black? « Mornin' Mojo

Are Muslims the New Black? « Mornin' Mojo — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:29:43 +0000

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By: @jdamn

@jdamn — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:32:03 +0000

He's in Afghanistan, which makes it even more stupid. It's not even an Arab country.

By: colejusmc

colejusmc — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:56:41 +0000

Look, the keffiyeh has been a fairly standard wardrobe addition for US troops during both Gulf War I and now Operation Iraqi Freedom. If you haven't noticed that, you're blind. That's who Conor Powell is mimicing: the US Soldiers around him. Concessionaires sell them in the PX. There's no anti-Semitism to it; and to suggest there is sounds a bit 'loony left' to me. Is it practical? Serves the same purpose of a scarf and muffler against the sun, wind, sand and Winter cold. Yes, and it lends one a bit of local. color, not unlike T.E. Lawrence in full Arab regalia. Like an eco-tourist wearing a safari jacket. Anti-Israeli? Nazi references? Get a life. You toss those terms around like Olbermann shouting, "Racists!".

By: georgewashington

georgewashington — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:09:00 +0000

why, why, why is the question for sure. maybe ignorance? which i can find believable, but does not excuse. i find it disgusting that any american does not understand what it means to arab peoples.