It seems Ben and Jerry’s may be next in the firing line after they made waves with a provocative 4th of July tweet claiming the US is on stolen Indigenous land. Could we witness a downturn similar to Bud Light?
Or is their irresistibly good ice cream strong enough to keep their ship afloat?
Edit: Side note - in the absence of B&J, what ice cream are you turning to? I’m in AUS. So B&J was a game changer. Not anything else like it that I’m aware of.
Haven’t we always known Ben & Jerry’s political stance? They’ve been pretty upfront about stuff, so I don’t think this is a surprise to anyone. I’d assume if people cared about their politics, they already wouldn’t be buying from them.
Back in 2016, I got to taste a new flavor from Ben & Jerry’s called “Feel the Bern” which showed their support for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Anyone who gets surprised that Ben & Jerry’s is political hasn’t been paying attention.
Then again, some people became shocked that Rage Against The Machine was political leading to a commenter asking “what machine did you think they were raging against?”
The one that George Soros uses to print all those cheques, obviously.
Fair point.
I want aware of it.
It’s above the fold in their Wikipedia article, so it would appear that you didn’t even google them before posting this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry's
Here’s the entire top-level heading for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry’s#Social_and_political_issues
No. I didn’t google them. I asked Lemmy….
Kinda the point of the community.