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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders speaks from an ice cream podium and Twitter erupts [View all]opiate69
(10,129 posts)76. I'm thinking...
you might have to break out the drawing tablet and jot down a picture or two for that one.
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Unilever and F-16s are funny enough without bringing Trumps cabinet into it...
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#16
Except the podium doesn't say Unilever or Lockheed Martin. It says Ben and Jerry's.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#18
come on, Ben And Jerry's? You have to admit that's pretty ridiculous to see irony there. And they
JCanete
Apr 2017
#19
"everyone assumes it's a homespun thing and not connected- god forbid!- to a corporation!"
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#25
Yeah, that happens. Ben and Jerry's has obviously maintained their voice and personality. And
JCanete
Apr 2017
#27
Exactly. Ben and Jerry took plenty of heat from the right for their criticism of Citizen's United.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#34
Sold up but not sold out, Ben and Jerry are still the poster boys for fair trade:
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#134
At least you admit that words mean things. Like Bernie's moral war on corporations.
R B Garr
Apr 2017
#166
Yeah, we've been hearing for years that if you take corporate money from or pal around with
betsuni
Apr 2017
#29
that is not what you've been hearing for years, unless you're talking about your own echo-chamber
JCanete
Apr 2017
#138
okay, so you never were interested in backing up your assertion. Just throw shit out there then.
JCanete
Apr 2017
#142
Ben and Jerry are no longer a "company", they're a division of a European conglomerate.
George II
Apr 2017
#133
Unless they've redefined the word 'company' Ben and Jerry's still fits the definition.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#135
Before the 'Ben and Jerry's sold out to an EVIL corporation' talking points start flying:
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#12
Well thank god theyre not "establishment" like Planned Parenthood or Naral, LOL
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#21
Well Ben and Jerry's certainly isn't in the same league as Goldman Sachs.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#23
So some corporations should have "free speech" and some non profits should STFU- got it!
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#24
Did someone actually say that or did you make it up? What does the 1st amendment have to do with it?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#28
Meaningless throw away lines like anti-liberal talking points about progressive companies.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#36
I've been told again and again that taking ANY corporate money is corrupting the candidate....
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#38
When discussing corporate influence in politics I think Goldman Sachs is relevant.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#39
Not buying it, sorry. Looks like you threw out Goldman Sachs to browbeat people.
R B Garr
Apr 2017
#57
Yes I can see why you want to think facts about Goldman Sachs are irrelevant.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#60
You are clearly the own with false equivalency. Bordering on desperation, actually.
R B Garr
Apr 2017
#98
Actually I used Goldman Sachs as an example of a corporation that buys influence.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#99
You are contradicting Bernie. Corporations are evil. Ben & Jerry's is a corporation.
R B Garr
Apr 2017
#105
And yet you can't provide a link to him saying all corporations are evil?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#108
LOL, I knew this part was coming. The part where words have to appear exactly
R B Garr
Apr 2017
#115
So Bernie never said corporations are evil? Well that makes your point moot, doesn't it?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#119
Did I say Bernie "never spoke of corporations"? Can you post a link or the text?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#126
lol, I wonder what holes you will dig if I said Bernie demonized corporations.
R B Garr
Apr 2017
#136
No - you didn't, you claimed Bernie said "corporations are evil". Twice.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#137
Moving the goalposts again. You claimed he said "corporations are evil".
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#140
I do! Can you show me the post where someone said that? I want to laugh too!
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#114
Isn't that the argument you're making here by claiming the photo is ironic?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#42
It appears to be a more reliable predictor of when exceptions to "the rules" suddenly appear.
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#48
It's not supporting the company- its receiving support from huge corporations....
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#50
How is speaking from a Ben and Jerry's podium 'receiving support from a huge corporation'?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#52
Except we're discussing Ben and Jerry's, not Unilever. They're not the same thing.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#61
This whole thing is hilarious. When did Ben and Jerry's become evil?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#63
Actually I did since I mentioned it several times. But they're still not the same thing.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#65
Of course I knew it was owned by Unilever. That's why I commented on the blatant
DanTex
Apr 2017
#66
Except - again - NO ONE is defending Unilever. We're discussing Ben and Jerry's.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#67
LOL Unilever is an exceptionally responsible corporation, its hilarious to watch people acting like
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#69
Again - no one actually said that, right? What's with all these straw men?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#71
No, actually it isn't. One is a small progressive company in Vermont, the other isn't.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#72
You don't actually expect anyone to believe it's that simple, do you?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#75
Actually Unilever disagrees with you. Do they understand corporate ownership?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#79
You still don't understand the difference between a subsidiary and its parent company?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#85
You mean like how they don't know the difference between a subsidiary and its parent company?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#90
I do what what now? Can you provide an example of where I said that?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#97
And I suspect that the bright folks in the Unilever boardroom understand
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#150
LOL! Thanks, I work with animals, you need to have a lot of patience.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#86
Wow. I did a search for that statement and the first link is to Breitbart.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#116
So, scottie, you're claiming that Ben and Jerry did NOT sell out to Unilever?
George II
Apr 2017
#121
No I'm laughing at the characterization of Ben and Jerry as "corporatists" who sold out.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#123
You're actually claiming that anyone who owns a corporation and sells it is a corporatist?
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#148
Oh, but in this thread we are assured that giant multinational corporations like Unilever can be
betsuni
Apr 2017
#118
Really? Can you link to those posts? I just reread this thread and I don't see them.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#120
Nope. Just searched again. Can you point it out? Should be easy enough to do.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#128
By the way, it's very nice that you display a version of the Japanese corporation Sanrio's
betsuni
Apr 2017
#165
Spring is the time to turn over a new leaf. It wasn't very nice to accuse me of pulling
betsuni
Apr 2017
#160