Ben & Jerry's goes full woke and provokes outrage

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While most of you likely celebrated Independence Day with a cold, non-Budweiser beer and a hot dog, ice cream giant “Ben & Jerry’s” instead decided to shoot off a tweet condemning not only Independence Day, but the country as a whole.

According to Ben & Jerry’s, the Fourth of July isn’t fit for celebration because our country was birthed on “stolen land.”

Ah the old, “this land was stolen” bit. How original.

It’s odd though because I have yet to see Ben and Jerry’s give up even a square inch of the “stolen land” their ice cream joints cover…

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Ice cream company Ben & Jerry's sparked outrage with a July 4th tweet calling for the United States to return 'stolen indigenous land' starting with giving Mount Rushmore back to the Lakota Sioux tribe.

This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it,' the company's official account wrote before suggesting Mount Rushmore should be handed back to its original owners

The tweet sparked immediate outrage on social media, with many disgusted customers using the #boycottbenandjerrys hashtag to slam the message as anti-American sentiment on a day meant to celebrate the United States

The ice cream giant, now owned by British multinational Unilever, has long supported far left causes, often with dedicated ice cream flavors

Looks like Ben & Jerry's following the path of Bud Light and risking go broke. The slogan says: Go woke go broke!

I wonder why on earth companies such as Bud Light or Ben & Jerry's, and perhaps other, are getting into politics when they try to sell their products knowing this could cause a reaction and their sales are likely to drop.

These companies have no business telling customers what to think, what to do, what to say, what to believe, or engage in politics trying to push political messages or agendas. They are there to sell their product and that's all.

I sincerely hope their sales drop as a result of this.

originally posted by: Flatcoat

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Well, I'm just positive that ol' Ben and Jerry's will give back the land their plants are built on--it's stolen, after all...

Yeah, I'm sure they'll get right on that. [/sarc]

Every square inch of land on Earth, where humans live was once home to someone else. Most of it was claimed violently.

Ben and Jerry's has been "woke" for some time now...and to be quite honest, their product has suffered over the years. Whether their political correctness is the cause of it, is, of course, debatable. Haven't bought their stuff in years.

a reply to: AlienBorg

I didn't think they could get more dumb.

If they'd just shut up they'd be doing much better as a company. Their product isn't bad, but it is overpriced.
Some people are happy to pay a premium to get what they want, but paying extra to get talked down to is a very niche market.

When Ben & Jerry make statements about the Americas being stolen they do realize they are way more complicit in that theft than the vast majority of non- ndigenous people that now live there? They clearly have profited off that theft a tremendous amount more than most.

When they give back all of their wealth I'll start paying more attention to their opinions.

a reply to: AlienBorg

Lol.

I took that stand when I was 11. I proudly stood up and said that Thanksgiving celebrates manifest destiny, small pox blankets, and the trail of tears, and I could not take part. The adults were snarky to me, because I was always taking stands against things.

Indigenous Chief Wants To Take Back Ben & Jerry's HQ Built on 'Stolen' Land - LINK LINK2

An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry's headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for "stolen" lands to be returned

a reply to: TarantulaBite

That ought to be interesting... Gotta love that chief

Return the stolen land to the indigenous people?

Ok. I'm all for it but,we can't.

The indigenous people were the Clovis people and they were genocided by the Asian colonizers that crossed the Bering Strait and call themselves "Native Americans ".

Unilever stock loses $2B amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s over tweet - LINK

Ben & Jerry’s parent company has lost nearly $2 billion in market cap amid calls to boycott the Vermont-based ice cream maker over a July 4 tweet condemning the US for existing on “stolen Indigenous land.”

originally posted by: TarantulaBite
Unilever stock loses $2B amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s over tweet - LINK

Ben & Jerry’s parent company has lost nearly $2 billion in market cap amid calls to boycott the Vermont-based ice cream maker over a July 4 tweet condemning the US for existing on “stolen Indigenous land.”

Looks like the example of how a company looses billions wasn't enough (Bud Light) and they wanted another one to verify if you can try loose money by going woke.

originally posted by: AlienBorg
"GO WOKE GO BROKE"

DER TERK ER JERBS

This is almost amusing to me because I’ve moved to the area fairly recently and being a history buff and local cop, I know a lot about that piece of land. This is all a silly grab for attention in my book.

I don’t agree with B&J’s approach but that’s beside the point.

That land was the bottom of the ocean millennia ago; locals know it as the “whale’s tail” property because such fossils were found there. There’s a sculpture of the tails with walking paths around it. Perhaps the first dry land occupants were the Abenaki, but at the time of Creation it was all water there.

That piece of land is now owned by, and often trades hands among, faceless landlords. It doesn’t belong to B&J and they are by far not the tenant who pays the most to have a facility there— it’s laughable to the landlords. It’s owned by either Pizzagalli Properties or Re-Arch as they own nearly everything in that area and buy/sell that parcel between each other.

The real asset of B&J is the “factory” (one of several) with the touristy trappings and whatnot, located in Waterbury, just north of I-89, exit 10. In the nice weather it’s as chaotic as Walt Disney World— I tried to bring my elderly parents there once when they visited, and the parking lot alone used up all of their patience.

From what I understand, Ben and Jerry are just figureheads at this point. I don’t even think they have a role beyond public relations.

I ran into Ben by accident a couple months ago or so. During “Nurses’ Week” they had a truck giving away free ice cream parked in the police parking lot at the hospital in Burlington. I was on duty in uniform and Ben was in the truck behind the counter. He waved me over and gave me some ice cream. He was humble and pleasant. I didn’t realize who it was until I turned away and heard the nurses point it out. I pulled out my phone and did a search for his photo and sure enough it was the same guy.

a reply to: therainmaker

Companies like Ben & Jerry's should try to promote and sell their products free from politics and political messages regardless of the merits of these messages.

Vermont-based company founded by a couple of hippies has Left Wing views. What a shocker!

But shouldn't you guys be supporting them for their anti-Ukraine stance?

originally posted by: Threadbare
Vermont-based company founded by a couple of hippies has Left Wing views. What a shocker!

But shouldn't you guys be supporting them for their anti-Ukraine stance?

What is their stance on the Russia-Ukraine war?

originally posted by: TarantulaBite
Indigenous Chief Wants To Take Back Ben & Jerry's HQ Built on 'Stolen' Land - LINK LINK2

An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry's headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for "stolen" lands to be returned

This is the dumpster fire gift that just keeps on giving & then some, lmfao. Way to pole vault right over Bud Light's gaff.

I'm sure declining or ignoring direct tribal communication attempts about giving back your pilfered land is going to go over like a wet fart in church.

Come on Ben & Jerry's, time to either put up or savor that #ing foot.

originally posted by: Nyiah

originally posted by: TarantulaBite
Indigenous Chief Wants To Take Back Ben & Jerry's HQ Built on 'Stolen' Land - LINK LINK2

An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry's headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for "stolen" lands to be returned

This is the dumpster fire gift that just keeps on giving & then some, lmfao. Way to pole vault right over Bud Light's gaff.

I'm sure declining or ignoring direct tribal communication attempts about giving back your pilfered land is going to go over like a wet fart in church.

Come on Ben & Jerry's, time to either put up or savor that #ing foot.

Gaff after gaff
I am sure it will pay off........

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