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Ben & Jerry’s disgraceful July 4th message enrages America: ‘Make them Bud Light again’

July 5, 2023 | | Print Article

Once again, Ben & Jerry’s is roiling the American waters with radical leftist ideology by claiming on July 4th that the “US exists on stolen indigenous land,” enraging Americans with some calling for the ice cream company to get the Bud Light treatment by boycotting them.

“The United States was founded on stolen indigenous land. This Fourth of July, let’s commit to returning it,” Ben & Jerry’s tweeted on Independence Day.

The company also put the message on its website, contending that the celebration of Independence Day can “distract from an essential truth about this nation’s birth.”

This is a company that has bought into just about every radical leftist stance, including Black Lives Matter, abortion, climate change, defunding the police, and standing against Israel, actively promoting political issues through their ice cream.

The ice cream company proposed that we “start with Mount Rushmore,” adding, “But what is the meaning of Independence Day for those whose land this country stole, those who were murdered and forced with brutal violence onto reservations, those who were pushed from their holy places and denied their freedom.”

“The faces on Mount Rushmore are the faces of men who actively worked to destroy Indigenous cultures and ways of life, to deny Indigenous people their basic rights,” the lengthy statement continued.

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“The Indigenous-led Land Back movement is all about restoring the rights and freedoms of Indigenous people. It’s about dismantling white supremacy and systems of oppression and ensuring that Indigenous people can again govern the land their communities called home for thousands of years,” the virtue signaling political statement concluded.

The ice cream company argued that the Supreme Court agreed with them by ostensibly ruling in 1980 that the land that Mount Rushmore was on was stolen from the Sioux tribe. The court awarded the Sioux $105 million in damages, but the tribes refused the payment.

“The US exists on stolen land. We have to acknowledge that — today and every day. In the case of Mount Rushmore, the Supreme Court already did!” Ben & Jerry’s wrote.

On its website, Ben & Jerry’s claims its social mission is to “eliminate injustices in our communities by integrating these concerns into our day-to-day business activities.”

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Earlier in June, Ben & Jerry’s announced that they would not pay to advertise on Twitter with Elon Musk at the helm, ironically blaming what it says is a rise in “hate speech” on the platform since he took over restoring free speech. However, they still seem to be on the social media platform.

The message was not met with enthusiasm online. Many called for a boycott similar to the one Bud Light is experiencing after crawling into bed with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvany. That ill-considered move has cost the company billions.

Country singer John Rich is leading the way in calling for a boycott of the ice cream company.

“Make @benndjerrys Bud Light again,” the country star tweeted.

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And Canada has a message for the ice cream maker.

Twitter was in agreement and tore into Ben & Jerry’s over the unpatriotic message:

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