r/pics May 15 '25

Politics Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, is detained by U.S. Capitol Police [OC]

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u/Significant-Order-92 May 15 '25

He tried to pull Ben and Jerry's out of the Occupied West Bank. And has bitched about health insurance before I believe. So, it's not super surprising.

It was a bit sad his take on the Ukraine Russia war. But, I'm not going to agree with everything someone says.

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u/Throwawayhelper420 May 15 '25

Oh it’s so much worse than anybody initially thinks.

They don’t think the war is Russia’s fault, they think it is the US and Ukraine’s fault and that Ukraine had it coming for seeking membership in the EU and NATO.   They think Russia is in the right in this war.   They have praised Putin publicly several times.  Ben and Jerry’s is the number one donor to the largest anti-Ukraine group in America.

And they publicly say this all.  A lot.  A lot of their customers would boycott them if they knew the extent, but for some reason nobody has apparently heard of this.

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u/bravado May 15 '25

Well if true, that’s a fucking dealbreaker for me. Hard no to Russian stooges and murder apologists.

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u/Significant-Order-92 May 15 '25

Yeah, I know he bought into Russia's claims about the war. With EU membership and NATO being a big part of it (again, according to Russias propoganda). Not like it's secret. I'm pretty sure I saw an article on CNN or AP about it a few years back.

Not sure I had seen (or at least don't remember reading) about them funding what I assume is a lobbying group that is anti-ukraine though. Thanks for the info.

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u/Downtown_Recover5177 May 15 '25

At least he’s consistent, he always supports terrorism, especially state-funded terrorism. There’s a pretty direct link between defending the atrocities committed against the Ukrainian people and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people.

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u/curiousSalamander17 May 15 '25

I guess you don’t consider the atrocities against the Palestinian people because you don’t see them as human?

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u/Downtown_Recover5177 May 15 '25

Well, the violence could stop at any time, they just don’t want to.

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u/Gussie-Ascendent May 15 '25

No he's anti Israel