Posted on 06/19/2021 10:15:05 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The Twitter account of Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont-based ice cream company founded by Jewish businessmen Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, has been uncharacteristically silent for nearly a month after being relentlessly attacked for doing business in Israel, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reported.
Ben & Jerry’s, which maintains a production facility and offices south of Tel Aviv, was tweeting almost daily until May 18 when the company posted an advertisement for its new Thick Mint ice cream flavor and was flooded with negative responses.
“Love mint but hate being complicit in ethnic cleansing and apartheid, so I won’t be buying any of your products,” one user replied.
“Will never buy your ice cream until yall stop supporting apartheid state. Eating your ice cream feels like eating the blood of children,” replied another.
Others commented on what they perceived as a disparity between Ben & Jerry’s support for left-wing causes and their refusal to divest from Israel.
Users said, “Your progressive platform is a facade, divest from Israel now,” and, “For a company that is so progressive, it’s odd you’d continue to do business with a colonialist state committing war crimes.”
Groups like Vermonters for Justice in Palestine (VTJP) and Decolonize Burlington have encouraged consumers to boycott Ben & Jerry’s until the company agrees to boycott Israel.
“Isn’t it a little odd that when we ask for @benandjerrys to simply acknowledge Palestinian human rights and dignity they shut down entirely? They’ve gone almost one month without a single Tweet or post,” Decolonize Burlington tweeted Tuesday.
“Our boycott is working,” the group said.
In a 2015 statement on Ben & Jerry’s website, the company said that it “remains committed to its licensee in Israel while continuing to be a voice for positive change and a sensible approach to multicultural understanding and thriving communities.”
GOOD
Does anyone here not read the constant barrage of anti-white crap Ben & Jerry’s posts on Twitter? Screw that company.
They need to come up with a new flavor called “Being Eaten By Our Own”.
I love the smell of ‘woke’ being attacked by their own!
Sounds like they’re in a pickle.
Ive known since the late 90’s they’re a bunch of lefty pukes. I am probably the ONLY Freeper who has never EVER bought one of their ice creams, even though there were many chances back even before high school.
I was just reading about Brett Weinstein, another very leftist tw@t (was a strong Bernie supporter) who was cancelled, then fired, from his job at Evergreen college about some ridiculous racial issue. His woke students even threatened violence against him.
These fools seem oblivious to the hypocrisy and evil they create.
Bongino said a while back that the left would eat their own before it’s all over.
We should supply them with a list of not-to-be-missed targets
Which could be one of their flavors.
Who needs ice cream when you can get a double scoop of schadenfreude.
“I am probably the ONLY Freeper who has never EVER bought one of their ice creams”
There’s at least two of us. Haagen Daz is how I rolled.
Three
Me either so that’s three. Dairy Queen or nothin’ around here.
It’s probably the longest boycott streak for a lefty company, 30 years give or take. Latest ongoing is Amazon, since 2014.
I thought they were bought out by Unilever.
I’ve avoided them since the 90’s. Have never eaten their slop.
“In 2001, the British-Dutch conglomerate Unilever bought the American Vermont-based ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s”
Ben & Jerry's was bought by Unilever, but the deal specifically allowed Ben & Jerry's to continue to be a lefty activist company.
The rare time I buy ice cream it's the store brand.
Leftists vs leftists. Keep the ice cream. I’ll have popcorn.
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