{"id":3118,"date":"2023-07-06T13:18:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2023-07-06T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:18:26","slug":"twitter-users-eviscerate-ben-jerrys-for-saying-america-is-built-on-stolen-land-on-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/06\/twitter-users-eviscerate-ben-jerrys-for-saying-america-is-built-on-stolen-land-on-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Users Eviscerate Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s For Saying America Is Built On \u2018Stolen Land\u2019 On 4th Of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s ice cream company is no stranger to making political statements that veer toward the left. Their recent July 4th message, however, has caused an uproar. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/whats-new\/2023\/07\/stolen-indigenous-land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their message<\/a>\u00a0they asserted that the country \u201cwas founded on stolen Indigenous land\u201d and wrote that we should \u201ccommit to returning it.\u201d The company called for the start of this redemptive process of returning the land to be the return of \u201cMount Rushmore to the Lakota [ a Native American tribe].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut 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\u201d asked Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The general pattern that the company points out with respect to the United States making treaties with Native American tribes and breaking them is a factual one. However, many took umbrage with the somewhat hypocritical stance of the company given that their statement does not include any action by the company, which operates and was founded on the same stolen land.<\/p>\n<p>As the conservative comedian\u00a0 Tim Young put it\u00a0 the company and its owners should \u201cGive ALL of your property and land back to the Native Americans right now then\u2026 or shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Give ALL of your property and land back to the Native Americans right now then&#8230; or shut up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1676379120295464965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Dalton, a Twitter user, also shared similar sentiments when he wrote \u201cI look forward to the virtue signaling Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s returning their factory\u2019s land to the Abenaki and Mohican Native Americans that have lived in Vermont for 10,000 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I look forward to the virtue signaling Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s returning their factory\u2019s land to the Abenaki and Mohican Native Americans that have lived in Vermont for 10,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKevinDalton\/status\/1676386306539274240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter user Political Sock put forth a problem for the ice cream company to solve. Sock wrote \u201cPlease help me learn more &amp; take action. In my part of Texas, the Apache took the land from the Tonkawa. Then the Comanche took the land from the Apache. The Mexicans took it from the Spaniards. The Texians took it from the Mexicans. Then Anglos took it. So, who gets the land?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This 4th of July, it&#39;s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH\">https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6qp7LXUAE\">pic.twitter.com\/a6qp7LXUAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s (@benandjerrys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The self-described \u201cnot woke\u201d Twitter user Joseph Massey wrote \u201cFirst you [Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s] need to apologize to the millions of cows you milked without consent. Your product is colonialist misogyny in the form of an overpriced desert. Stop feeding the people cow trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First you need to apologize to the millions of cows you milked without consent. Your product is colonialist misogyny in the form of an overpriced desert. Stop feeding the people cow trauma.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joseph Massey (@jmasseypoet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmasseypoet\/status\/1676348836569047040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leslie wrote \u201cI\u2019m Oglala Lakota Sioux (related to Chief Sitting Bull) and Navajo, and you embarrass me. We don\u2019t need you to be offended on our behalf. Why don\u2019t you go to Pine Ridge, S.D. and help for real, that rez is a hellhole and needs all the help it can get, if you want to help Natives.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This 4th of July, it&#39;s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH\">https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6qp7LXUAE\">pic.twitter.com\/a6qp7LXUAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s (@benandjerrys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) also joined the fray against the company when he said that they lost \u201ca once-loyal customer\u201d and asked \u201cWhen you suggest \u201creturning\u201d 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. You just guaranteed that I (a once-loyal customer) will never again consume a single pint of it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1676365660358844417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s ice cream company is no stranger to making political statements that veer toward the left. Their recent July 4th message, however, has caused an uproar. In\u00a0their message\u00a0they asserted that the country \u201cwas founded on stolen Indigenous land\u201d and wrote that we should \u201ccommit to returning it.\u201d The company called for the start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3120,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3118\/revisions\/3120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}