The parenting group One Million Moms recently had a hand in having Ben and Jerry’s “Schweddy Balls” ice cream pulled from store shelves. After deeming the flavor’s name indecent, they gained enough support to send store managers cowering in fear of their threats of boycott.
At first, I could understand their reasoning. Not every parent wants to hear their child say, “Can I have some ‘Schweddy Balls?’” But then I saw this, and suddenly – in the kind of scene akin to when a sweet, elderly person makes a shocking display of racism – One Million Moms’ concerned parenting started looking a little bit like hate speech. more…
