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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders speaks from an ice cream podium and Twitter erupts [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I thought we were against the influence of big money in politics and pay to play since Trump was elected and snuggled up to Goldman Sachs. Has that changed?
Ben and Jerry's is the exact opposite of Wall Street and the military industrial complex, they remain committed to progressive causes despite being bought out by Unilever.
Like I said, the only people I know who claim progressive companies like Ben and Jerry's are examples of 'liberal hypocrisy' are members of the right wing. They often whine about companies who champion social causes and decry big money in politics - their 'reasoning' is that such efforts make liberals hypocrites.
But we all know that's bullshit. We resented it when they used the same talking points to portray Al Gore as a hypocrite because he speaks about climate change yet he has a big house and flies around on jets. This is no different - Ben and Jerry's is just another target for this right wing propaganda. If you do a search you'll find it goes like this: How DARE Ben and Jerry speak out about money in politics when they contribute to political causes??? How DARE they criticize Wall Street when they're owned by a huge corporation??? Why, the NERVE of those liberal hypocrites!!!
Silly right wingers and their talking points.