Ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s frequently uses its Twitter feed to push left-wing issues on a number of issues, including race and U.S. energy policy.
The company recently came under fire for its July 4th tweet claim Boycott calls have pushed parent company Unilever’s market cap to $2.5 billion, claiming that “the United States exists on stolen Indigenous land.” Ben & Jerry’s has posted dozens of similar posts on Twitter alleging white supremacy, transgender abuse and climate change concerns. (Related: Tribal chief interested in ‘reclaiming’ land where Ben & Jerry’s headquarters now stands)
and recently In the post, the company condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling on race-based admissions, saying it destroyed a “crucial tool” in the fight against “white supremacy.”
The company has also criticized U.S. policing, alleging in a February report. Tweet In the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death, he said, “Police work in America was expressly created to protect and promote white supremacy, which is in the air we breathe, and who I am.” It’s built into the system that surrounds us,” he said.
It also called for “a repartition of those affected by slavery.” Tweet In early 2021, Quote law Introduced by Democrats. In a separate statement, the company said: issued “The time has come for reparations,” he said in a statement in support of the bill.
We support reparations for those affected by slavery. This week, Congress held hearings on HR40, a bill that would create a commission to research and develop reparations for African Americans. Read the CEO’s message and take action now. https://t.co/KJeDeUtV5X pic.twitter.com/MI3CjHxbiY
— Ben & Jerrys (@benandjerrys) February 22, 2021
Ben & Jerry’s also advocated political intervention on Thanksgiving, Tweet It offers a guide that teaches people how to preach to their families about “racism” using “6 Facts.” “Facts” include: Claim “Our electoral system was built to maintain white supremacy.” “When blacks prosper, whites riot.”
The company has also been outspoken on LGBTQ issues.
In June 2020, the company video “The criminal justice system is letting transgender Americans down,” said transgender people are incarcerated at twice the rate of the general population, and 58% of transgender people are abused by police. claimed to have reported
somewhere else Tweet, the company promoted an episode of its podcast “The Mix” titled “Gender Euphoria,” posing the question, “But what happens when children are supported in transition?” He advocated sex reassignment surgery for children.
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2021, Ben & Jerry’s claimed that “racism is a virus.” twitter, blaming the “recent rise in hate crimes against anti-Asian Americans” due to the pandemic. Despite reports that the majority of the perpetrators of the violence were not white, the tweet pointed to a “spread of hatred and white supremacy” among leaders as the cause of the increase in violence against Asian Americans. bottom.
On Earth Day 2021, Ben & Jerry’s tackled climate change by claiming: Tweet “We cannot save the planet without first dismantling the system of injustice that targets blacks and browns.” blame “environmental racism” that unfairly targets “communities of color”;
company of twitter He has also been a vocal critic of the Willow Project, a multi-billion dollar oil drilling development in Alaska proposed by energy company ConocoPhillips, and the Biden administration’s endorsement. Swiss-born left-wing billionaire Hansjörg Wiss played a key role in a massive campaign against development, funding the Conservation Land Foundation to spearhead copycats on social media platforms.
Ben & Jerry’s did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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