No, not really. She’s often worn scarves around her head like that. It’s a hat replacement, not a hijab. It was quite common in Europe in past years. My grandmother was always putting one on if there was a “bit of an East wind.”
Holms
“It’s barely been a day” since… something happened?
guest
Thinking back to that hilarious day Twitter responded to that dude who said Birmingham was a ‘no go’ zone for Christians:
I remember I was in the office that day reading the best ones out to people as they came through…unfortunately both of these articles missed the best one–a car with a cover on it, with the caption ‘even cars are required to wear burqas in Birmingham’. Hadn’t had so much fun on Twitter since the Romney Death Rally.
guest
‘It’s barely been a day since’ Sadiq Khan, a Muslim, was elected Mayor of London.
Five of the eight relate to transport, one to rents, one to pollution and one to representation. I think this is terrific.
Helene
@5
Khan’s election victory was heralded by Khurram Zaki, a Pakistani secularist (in a Facebook post):
“Sadiq Khan is not a Pakistani. He is a Britisher. Credit for his rise and success goes to his own hard work and the equal opportunity quality of the British system. Pakistan and Islam have played no role in his meteoric rise. And he has proved for all British Muslims and Brits of other ethnicities that anyone who blames that system as biased and discriminatory that they are lazy and liars.I am celebrating the greatness of Western Secular Democracy. In this day and age of Takfiri Deobandi/Wahabi terrorism and Islamophobia, London has risen above discrimination and bigotry and emerged as great centre of human civilisation setting a great example for the world. Can we ever elect an Ahmadi or Hindu or Christian PM? Forget that, we have deprived all legal powers and discretions of a democratically elected Mayor of the third largest city in the world (Karachi) on the basis of ethnicity. And it’s so stupid and shameful of us Pakistanis that we run down humiliate our own successes like Malala and Sharmeen.”
I assume it was meant as an unpleasant (and unfunny) joke, because, yes, that headscarf has been part of Liz II’s wardrobe for decades.
YoSaffBridge
Is this an example of “Americans don’t get irony?” From the other side of the Atlantic, this is such an obvious joke it’s hard to see it as anything else.
Silentbob
The photo is from the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2011. (see “image 7”)
Freemage
YoSaffBridge @10: Call it an example of Poe’s Law. It’s not that Americans, as a whole, don’t get irony; it’s that some segments of our society are so awful that it’s almost literally impossible to out-do them via irony. It’s not uncommon for some news event being followed by a posting of an ironic Onion article from a few years prior.
In such an environment, differentiating legit irony from sincerely held contemptible views can sometimes be very difficult.
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No, not really. She’s often worn scarves around her head like that. It’s a hat replacement, not a hijab. It was quite common in Europe in past years. My grandmother was always putting one on if there was a “bit of an East wind.”
“It’s barely been a day” since… something happened?
Thinking back to that hilarious day Twitter responded to that dude who said Birmingham was a ‘no go’ zone for Christians:
http://www.huckmagazine.com/perspectives/activism-2/fox-news-facts/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/foxnewsfacts-twitter-users-react-with-aplomb-to-news-that-birmingham-is-a-no-go-zone-for-non-muslims-9971829.html
I remember I was in the office that day reading the best ones out to people as they came through…unfortunately both of these articles missed the best one–a car with a cover on it, with the caption ‘even cars are required to wear burqas in Birmingham’. Hadn’t had so much fun on Twitter since the Romney Death Rally.
‘It’s barely been a day since’ Sadiq Khan, a Muslim, was elected Mayor of London.
Here is his platform in eight GIFs:
http://www.london24.com/london-mayoral-election-2016/what_sadiq_khan_has_promised_to_give_londoners_by_2020_in_eight_gifs_1_4525960
Five of the eight relate to transport, one to rents, one to pollution and one to representation. I think this is terrific.
@5
Khan’s election victory was heralded by Khurram Zaki, a Pakistani secularist (in a Facebook post):
Four hours later he was murdered.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36241017
Head scarf and wellies is a classic ‘Windsor’ look. Has been for decades.
Of course, its possible that Brenda DID put on the scarf as a cringing gesture of dhimmitude…
Oh, god damn, Helene. (Thank you for the link.)
I assume it was meant as an unpleasant (and unfunny) joke, because, yes, that headscarf has been part of Liz II’s wardrobe for decades.
Is this an example of “Americans don’t get irony?” From the other side of the Atlantic, this is such an obvious joke it’s hard to see it as anything else.
The photo is from the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2011. (see “image 7”)
YoSaffBridge @10: Call it an example of Poe’s Law. It’s not that Americans, as a whole, don’t get irony; it’s that some segments of our society are so awful that it’s almost literally impossible to out-do them via irony. It’s not uncommon for some news event being followed by a posting of an ironic Onion article from a few years prior.
In such an environment, differentiating legit irony from sincerely held contemptible views can sometimes be very difficult.