Popular ice cream brand Ben and Jerry’s attempted to push a liberal agenda on the Fourth of July and very quickly was met with a flurry of dissenters hitting back at the company for their ridiculous anti-American comments made on its day of independence.
The official account for Ben and Jerry's tweeted out an infographic alongside the text “This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now,” attaching a link to their website.
https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1676214289353572352?s=46&t=Uk-iV8T4Fopmz7DEfERB7A
Their website goes even further, claiming there is a problem with “a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display,” all because America was built on stolen land according to them.
The website page specifically goes after the land where the famous American monument Mount Rushmore was built. The article talks about how the colonizers originally encroached on the land before the US struck a deal with the Sioux that they then later violated.
This ordeal has already been settled as noted on the website, with a 1970 Supreme Court decision awarding the Sioux nation $105 million, but the group turned down the money. The page finishes by saying that America needs to return that land to the Sioux people because it belongs to them.
Now, it’s sweet and all that Ben and Jerry’s felt the need to put this out, but it has two major issues. First, the Fourth of July is not the day you should be attacking America and its rich history, regardless of how immoral certain parts of it are. The Fourth of July is a day to celebrate the freedom and liberty that has been so vigorously fought for since the founding of our nation.
The second problem with the tweet is the fact that Ben and Jerry’s was the one doing it. Of course, they’re a company, making it odd that they’re so adamantly pushing a liberal agenda, but in today's world, that’s nothing new. The problem with it being Ben and Jerry’s is the fact that their own headquarters is on “stolen land” according to their own definition.
Their current headquarters is stationed in Waterbury, Vermont, which used to belong to local Native American tribes. Of course, it’s not even like Ben and Jerry’s is an American company anymore, being bought out for a cool $326 million by Unilever, a company based out of the United Kingdom.
https://twitter.com/alx/status/1676644026244538379?s=46&t=Uk-iV8T4Fopmz7DEfERB7A
So essentially a foreign entity is complaining about America being on indigenous land, while it is headquartered on indigenous land and owned by a company based in a country famous for colonizing and stealing from indigenous people. Of course, modern liberal hypocrisy would see no problem with this as no individual needs to follow their own morals, just ensure that others do.
The official account for Ben and Jerry's tweeted out an infographic alongside the text “This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now,” attaching a link to their website.
https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1676214289353572352?s=46&t=Uk-iV8T4Fopmz7DEfERB7A
Their website goes even further, claiming there is a problem with “a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display,” all because America was built on stolen land according to them.
The website page specifically goes after the land where the famous American monument Mount Rushmore was built. The article talks about how the colonizers originally encroached on the land before the US struck a deal with the Sioux that they then later violated.
This ordeal has already been settled as noted on the website, with a 1970 Supreme Court decision awarding the Sioux nation $105 million, but the group turned down the money. The page finishes by saying that America needs to return that land to the Sioux people because it belongs to them.
Now, it’s sweet and all that Ben and Jerry’s felt the need to put this out, but it has two major issues. First, the Fourth of July is not the day you should be attacking America and its rich history, regardless of how immoral certain parts of it are. The Fourth of July is a day to celebrate the freedom and liberty that has been so vigorously fought for since the founding of our nation.
The second problem with the tweet is the fact that Ben and Jerry’s was the one doing it. Of course, they’re a company, making it odd that they’re so adamantly pushing a liberal agenda, but in today's world, that’s nothing new. The problem with it being Ben and Jerry’s is the fact that their own headquarters is on “stolen land” according to their own definition.
Their current headquarters is stationed in Waterbury, Vermont, which used to belong to local Native American tribes. Of course, it’s not even like Ben and Jerry’s is an American company anymore, being bought out for a cool $326 million by Unilever, a company based out of the United Kingdom.
https://twitter.com/alx/status/1676644026244538379?s=46&t=Uk-iV8T4Fopmz7DEfERB7A
So essentially a foreign entity is complaining about America being on indigenous land, while it is headquartered on indigenous land and owned by a company based in a country famous for colonizing and stealing from indigenous people. Of course, modern liberal hypocrisy would see no problem with this as no individual needs to follow their own morals, just ensure that others do.
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