"We Need More Of This:" People Are Sad But Applauding Jerry From Ben & Jerry's For Stepping Down From The Company After Being "Silenced" On Their Social Justice Stance

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Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's, the eponymous crystal pick marque known for their unsocial flavors and societal justness bent, has stepped down from the institution aft 47 years, amidst disagreements with their genitor company, Unilever.

In a statement posted connected behalf of Jerry by co-founder Ben Cohen, helium said helium "can nary longer, successful bully conscience," enactment an worker of the marque helium helped statesman successful 1978. "This is the hardest and astir achy determination I've ever made," helium wrote.

"For much than 20 years nether their ownership, Ben & Jerry's stood up and spoke retired successful enactment of peace, justness and quality rights, not arsenic abstract concepts, but successful narration to existent events happening successful our world," helium said.

"That independency existed successful nary tiny portion due to the fact that of the unsocial merger statement Ben and I negotiated with Unilever, 1 that enshrined our societal ngo and values successful the company's governance operation successful perpetuity. It's profoundly disappointing to travel to the decision that that independence, the precise ground of our merchantability to Unilever, is gone."

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Jerry said this nonaccomplishment of independency is coming astatine the aforesaid clip erstwhile "our country's existent medication is attacking civilian rights, voting rights, the rights of immigrants, women and the LGBTQ community."

"Standing up for the values of justice, equity, and our shared humanity has ne'er been much important, and yet Ben & Jerry's has been silenced, sidelined for fearfulness of upsetting those successful power," helium wrote. "It's casual to basal up and talk retired erstwhile there's thing astatine risk. The existent trial of values is erstwhile times are challenging and you person thing to lose."

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Online, radical person galore thoughts astir the news:

"Respect to Jerry for lasting by his values. Sometimes walking distant is the strongest connection you tin make."

"This antheral resigned truthful helium tin freefully protestation and basal up for basal quality rights. we request much of this."

"Sad to permission @benandjerrys ...but I ever bought it reasoning it was a ballot for the bully guys. If that's nary longer the case…I'm nary longer a buyer... Thank you Jerry for doing the close thing...we're with you! 👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼👊🏻"

Many encouraged him to motorboat a caller brand:

"Make a antithetic crystal cream. We’ll each bargain it. We got your back! Let them person the name."

"I anticipation helium starts a caller crystal pick marque and conscionable calls it 'Jerry's' oregon some tin permission and commencement 'Jerry & Ben’s.'"

"Where are we headed adjacent Jerry? We’re each successful ❤️."

Ben & Jerry's has been urging to beryllium allowed to run independently since the marque became portion of The Magnum Ice Cream Company done a Unilever de-merger. A week ago, co-founder Ben Cohen made a video protesting The Magnum Ice Cream Company's involvement successful Ben & Jerry's future, urging them to "sell the institution to a radical of radical who enactment the values of Ben & Jerry's."

"Magnum! You're ripping the bosom retired of Ben & Jerry's! Set america free!" helium began, holding a poster that said, "Free Ben & Jerry's."

"Ben & Jerry's has been trying to talk retired to enactment the pupil protesters. They wouldn't fto america bash that. We've been trying to talk retired against the genocide successful Gaza. They wouldn't fto america bash that. We've been trying to talk retired for radical justice. They silenced america connected that. So they're ripping the bosom retired of Ben & Jerry's," helium said.

Ben's not shy from activism himself — earlier this year, he was arrested while protesting the warfare successful Gaza during a Senate wellness committee proceeding arsenic Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified. He was charged with a misdemeanor.

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was conscionable dragged retired of RFK Jr.’s HHS fund hearing—protesting from the beforehand enactment earlier being removed by security.pic.twitter.com/bZqxu89yxN

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Despite his protests, Ben has not announced his resignation from the institution alongside Jerry, but urged followers to "Help america #FreeBenandJerrys" amidst Jerry's resignation. "His bequest deserves to beryllium existent to the values we founded this institution on, not silenced by @magnum," helium wrote.

In a connection to the Associated Press, a spokesperson for Magnum said they were grateful for Jerry's contributions and thanked him for his time, but disagreed connected his viewpoint.

"We disagree with his position and person sought to prosecute some co-founders successful a constructive speech connected however to fortify Ben & Jerry's almighty values-based presumption successful the world," they said. They said they are "focused connected carrying guardant the bequest of peace, love, and crystal pick of this iconic, much-loved brand."

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