Iconic American ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s is facing a boycott following its controversial 4th of July message calling on the United States to commit to returning “stolen Indigenous land.”
On Independence Day, the company published a Twitter post featuring an image stating, “The United States was founded on stolen Indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let’s commit to returning it.” The accompanying caption read, “It’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it.”
The message quickly drew outrage on social media, with many expressing their disapproval of Ben & Jerry’s stance. Some likened the incident to the “Bud Light moment,” referencing a previous controversy and boycott that followed the beer brand’s partnership with a transgender activist in April. Numerous Twitter users called on Ben & Jerry’s to lead by example and relinquish its profits, properties, and even factory land to indigenous communities.
Critics accused the company of virtue-signaling and questioned its motives behind the statement. Some Twitter users questioned the extent of the company’s commitment, while others labeled it as hypocritical and insincere. The backlash led to calls for a boycott, with several individuals expressing their intention to boycott Ben & Jerry’s and urging others to do the same.
Ben & Jerry’s has faced previous controversies and boycott calls, notably in March when co-founder Ben Cohen spoke out against the provision of military aid to Ukraine, and before that when it attacked Israel. The company has also faced scrutiny over its support for the LGBTQ+ community, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other polarizing issues.
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A great way to “return” the stolen land is to close up shop and give the land back to the indigenous people
Liberalism is a progressive disease and it seems that Ben and jerry are in its death throes
I give them credit for being consistent.
It’s time for the people of America to boycott Ben & Jerry’s since the are so ani-America.
A boycott was started in Israel around 3 years ago because of the owner’s anti-Semitic mouths. That boycott was quite sucessful and it put the hurt on their profits.
Now it’s time to put the hurt on them here,
My wife and I stopped buying their ice-cream 3 years ago in Israel when we lived there and haven’t bought a scoop since, even after moving back to the states.
Finally the left turning on it self
Great idea leave the usa and return to Europe
Ben and J was founded on milk stolen from cows #SameCrumSvarah
Hope they’re consistent and demand the palestinians return the land they’re squatting on to the Jewish people. I won’t hold my breath.
I can’t understand why these guys want to politicise their ice cream. Makes no sense. And I don’t think they became this big being stupid. So really head scratching if you ask me
This accusation against the US reveals “the skeleton in the closet” of US and world history. So much of human history has been based on one nation conquering another, seizing, and then populating its land. I hope that this unpopular accusation should at least spur discussion of the hypocrisy of why it’s acceptable that the US and other countries did that but Israel is constantly criticized for doing that. [Of course Israel just took back its own Divinely awarded land, but the world will not currently recognize that.]
I may just start eating Cholov Stam just so I can boycott B&J.
self hating woke liberal atheists who don’t want to be Jewish. Let them go back to their land of origin…. or gehenom…..
I think Ben & Jerrys ingested too much cookie dough. Keep out of politics nobody really cares about your political opinion(s). Just make good ice cream and keep your opinions to yourselves. Do you really want to create another Bud Light episode for your company??
Let’s buy only Klein’s or Mehadrin ice cream and for those who eat cholov akim stay with Hagan Dazz…
ויאכלו ענווים וישבעו
According to us, all humans originated (emigrated from, technically as refugees since we were kicked out) in Gan Eden. According to goyish science, all humans originated in Africa (not really incompatible with Humash, science agrees that humans had a point of origin and a common ancestor). Thus accord to Ben and Jerry, all humans outside of Africa actually stole the land (hint, Ben and Jerry don’t understand that humans have always been prone to migrating, which is how the entire world is populated by people who are genetically closely related). Perhaps Ben and Jerry favor ordering all humans to move back to Africa (the people in Africa would not be amused), and preserving the rest of the planet as a wildlife reserve.
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