Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Kicked A Hornets Nest

Above, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream may be good ice cream, but I refuse to purchase any of it and never have.

The company was founded by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield in a Vermont garage in 1978. They are noted leftists not without past controversy, which is why I never bought any.

They are taking a lot of heat for posting the following on Independence Day:

Ah, the Fourth of July. Who doesn't love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display? The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation’s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land. 

This year, let’s commit to returning it. 

Here’s why we need to start with Mount Rushmore.

That certainly is a provocative statement if there ever was one. They want to "return" Mount Rushmore to the Indians.

It should be pointed out that Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream company isn't suddenly "woke" since they've always been leftists. That's probably the nicest thing to say about them. At least they're consistent.

Gov. Kristi Noem hit back. To read her response, go here.

A Vermont Native American chief says that Ben & Jerry's Vermont headquarters is on indigenous land. To read about that, go here.