Kenneth Cole Accused of Mocking
U.S. Troops to Sell
Shoes
by AWR Hawkins 5 Sep 2013, 3:41 PM
PDT
Fashion designer Kenneth Cole sent a tweet at 10:34 a.m.
today that set the Twitter-sphere on fire.
It was tweet that many took as flippant at
best and an attempt to "sell fashion" at the expense of our troops at
worst.
According to the Daily Mail, Cole's tweet
was in response to "the phrase 'boots on the ground'" as used by President Obama
and Secretary of State John Kerry regarding troop deployment to
Syria.
Cole tweeted: "'Boots on the Ground,' or
not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps, and
loafers."
In response Geben Communications's Heather
Whaling tweeted: "Mocking war to sell fashion? Really?" And "fashion designer
Bradley Scott added: 'Did you catch that tweet from Kenneth Cole. Really
disgusting.'"
Cole expressed similar sentiments during
the 2011 Egyptian Arab Spring, when he tweeted: "Millions are in uproar in
#Cairo. Rumor is
they heard our new spring collection is now available online
@....."
The backlash against Cole's mockery of
"boots on the ground" grew to such proportions that he deleted the tweet and
apologized.
Kenneth
Cole
Kenneth D. Cole
is the chairman & chief creative officer for Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., a trustee
at the Sundance Institute, and
married to Maria Cuomo
Cole.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute.
George Soros is the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution
Society.
Mario M. Cuomo is a
board of adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society, and Maria
Cuomo Cole’s father.
Maria Cuomo
Cole is Mario M. Cuomo’s
daughter, and married to Kenneth D.
Cole.
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