{"id":1964252,"date":"2023-07-04T23:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T03:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T23:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T03:44:58","slug":"ben-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s criticized for posting anti-American message on July 4th; accused of hypocrisy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s Ice Cream Sparks Controversy with Anti-American Message<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ice-cream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s ice cream<\/a> recently stirred up a storm on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> as the nation celebrated its 247th birthday on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a statement, the company provocatively claimed, \u201cAh, the Fourth of July. Who doesn\u2019t love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display? The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation\u2019s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The statement continued, \u201cThe U.S. exists on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/land-back\/\" title=\"\u2018Land Back!\u2019\">stolen land<\/a>. We have to acknowledge that\u2014today and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unsurprisingly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"Ben &#038; Jerry's criticized for posting anti-American message on July 4th; accused of hypocrisy.\">controversial message received mixed reactions<\/a>. One Twitter user sarcastically responded, \u201cJust announce the ESG flavor already lmao.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just announce the ESG flavor already lmao <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4NXvxEty1D\">https:\/\/t.co\/4NXvxEty1D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRabbitHole84\/status\/1676379431634599936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) expressed his disappointment on Twitter, stating, \u201cBen &#038; Jerry\u2019s, your once-good ice cream now sucks. You just guaranteed that I (a once-loyal customer) will never again consume a single pint of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, questioning the company&#8217;s suggestion to \u201creturn\u201d the land, asking, \u201cWhen you suggest \u2018returning\u2019 the land on which our country has been built for centuries, what exactly do you imagine? Expungement of property rights? Repatriation of most Americans to Europe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Joel M. Petlin highlighted the company&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-cancels-gina-carano-over-tweets-while-ignoring-far-worse-from-others\/\" title=\"Disney Cancels Gina Carano Over Tweets While Ignoring Far Worse From Others\">apparent hypocrisy<\/a> by sharing a news article titled \u201cJewish students call for Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s to evacuate \u2018illegally occupied\u2019 Vermont land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking of stolen land, the Abenaki Nation would like to have a word with @benandjerrys about the land under their headquarters that they are occupying in Vermont,\u201d Petlin remarked. \u201cThey really should commit to returning this stolen land, and naming their next flavor *Shameful Hypocrisy Crunch*\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaking of stolen land, the Abenaki Nation would like to have a word with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benandjerrys<\/a> about the land under their headquarters that they are occupying in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>They really should commit to returning this stolen land, and naming their next flavor *Shameful Hypocrisy Crunch* <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3OddasrfEt\">https:\/\/t.co\/3OddasrfEt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xk7oKmPOoy\">pic.twitter.com\/xk7oKmPOoy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelmpetlin\/status\/1676408670484062210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Attorney and columnist Kurt Schlichter also weighed in, tweeting, \u201cGood. The conqueror should get the spoils. If that makes you sad, that\u2019s even better. My land acknowledgement is this: \u2018We won. Too bad.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s ice cream shared an anti-American message on social media during the nation&#8217;s 247th birthday celebration. 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