Leftist Ice Cream Company 'Ben and Jerry's' Organizes 'Direct Action' to Oppose Trump Inauguration

Mike Miller reporting for RedState 

In this episode of "Yawn, So What's New?"...

In a predictable leftist move, "Ben & Jerry's" ice cream is hawking a "direct action" ... "against fascism" in opposition to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Yeah. And yawn. 

As reported by the Post Millennial on Thursday, the notoriously radical left-wing company is working to organize participation in a "People's March" on January 18 in Washington, D.C., along with other locations across the fruited plain. The company's latest newsletter encouraged its customers to protest and "dissent" against Trump's soon-to-be presidency. 

Post Millennial Senior Editor Andy Ngo posted a reminder on X (formerly Twitter) of just who these two radical characters — Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield — are and what they stand for. 

Leftist ice cream corporation @benandjerrys is helping to organize a direct action "against fascism" on Jan. 18 to oppose the inauguration of Donald Trump. 

Ben and Jerry's company politics is notoriously radical. They gave food to rioters at the violent CHAZ occupation in Seattle in 2020 and released propaganda demanding the defunding of law enforcement. They also advocate for the transitioning of children.

#ProTip to the rational among us: Don't buy their ice cream. There is plenty of other ice cream out there, much of which is better, anyway. Take that for what it's worth from an ice cream snob.

In the ridiculous newsletter, according to PM, the company admonished (emphasis, mine):

Power to the people! On January 18, we're joining the People's March in Washington, DC (and beyond!) to send an urgent message to the incoming administration: You work for the people, and we're here to hold you accountable. 

Together, we will fight for our rights and our future, and defend our freedoms against fascism. It is our right to protest and safely dissent policies and practices that do not represent our beliefs - regardless of who is in power. We are more united than we are divided. Let's make sure they know it!

Uh-huh. Coupla points:

First, "the people" are not solely comprised of radical leftists, who are a distinct minority in the country, despite the left's claim to the contrary. 

Second, the left doesn't even come close to holding left-wing Democrat politicians accountable. That is unless said politicians don't support the on-demand abortion of healthy babies up until what would have been the moment of birth, oppose capital punishment for even the most heinous of murderers, support importing as many illegal aliens into the U.S. as they can get away with, and other such insanity intentionally designed to destroy America as we know it.

Third, although I'd love to believe that the entire country is more united than divided, the hateful treatment of Trump and his followers throughout the presidential election campaign was disgusting — including referring to the soon-to-be president as Hitler, a fascist, a white supremacist, and worse, ad nauseam. 

So, please — back off the bong, dudes, and get a grip on what the majority of people in America really stand for. 

Spoiler: It's not going to happen.

Finally, Ben & Jerry's claims on its website:

We have a progressive, nonpartisan social mission that seeks to meet human needs and eliminate injustices in our local, national, and international communities by integrating these concerns in our day-to-day business activities.

• Capitalism and the wealth it produces do not create opportunity for everyone equally. We recognize that the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than at any time since the 1920s. We strive to create economic opportunities for those who have been denied them and to advance new models of economic justice that are sustainable and replicable.
• By definition, the manufacturing of products creates waste. We strive to minimize our negative impact on the environment.
• The growing of food is overly reliant on the use of toxic chemicals and other methods that are unsustainable. We support sustainable and safe methods of food production that reduce environmental degradation, maintain the productivity of the land over time, and support the economic viability of family farms and rural communities.
• We seek and support nonviolent ways to achieve peace and justice. We believe government resources are more productively used in meeting human needs than in building and maintaining weapons systems.

Sure they do. And not to nitpick, but "progressive" and "nonpartisan" are mutually exclusive terms. One only needs to understand the left's definition — via its policies and actions — of "inclusion" to see the truth. 

Next, capitalism and the wealth it produces do not, by design, create opportunity for everyone equally. Those more qualified, be it by education, intelligence, drive, or ingenuity, tend to accumulate more wealth than those who possess "none of the above," and many of the former create employment opportunities for the latter that wouldn't otherwise exist.

As for "meeting human needs" and "maintaining weapons systems," many, if not most, on the left view these propositions as mutually exclusively, naively ignoring or dismissing the reality that were it not for America's weapons systems, people like Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield might not have had the opportunity to become as wealthy as they are.