As you may have already heard, conservative commentator Michelle Malkin claims that Rachel Ray’s scarf in a new Dunkin’ Doughnuts commercial is an Arab keffiyeh, apparently a now commonly associated symbol of terrorism in the United States.

Appalled, she went so far as to contemplate ditching Dunkin’ altogether saying, “Is Ray’s blunder worth boycotting DD over? I’ll be interested to hear the company’s take.”

And, in fact, her warnings worked; Dunkin’ Doughnuts pulled the commercial.

What Malkin doesn’t understand is that Ray’s wardrobe selection has nothing to do with politics, Islam, the Middle East or terrorism, whatsoever. It has to do with hipster fashion.

Having worked in the film and commercial production business, I’m sure this is what happened: Some wardrobe woman, most likely from New York or L.A., knew the keffiyeh was in fashion in Manhattan, threw it around Rachel Ray’s neck, and the director called action, all without thinking of the political and P.R. ramifications about to crash upon their heads.

To imply that Rachel Ray chose her own outfit for that day is ridiculous, and ignores the reality of commercial production. So don’t blame her. Blame the wardrobe department. And even then, when what you’re dressing someone in is mostly worn by trust-fund 20-somethings with apartments on the Lower East Side, the last thing you’re thinking of is Osama bin Laden.