{"id":266016,"date":"2023-03-08T08:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T08:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=266016"},"modified":"2023-03-10T07:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T07:36:47","slug":"hershey-highway-takes-on-a-disturbing-new-meaning-when-a-trans-man-becomes-the-face-of-the-candy-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=266016","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHershey Highway\u201d takes on a disturbing new meaning when a trans-man becomes the face of the candy bar\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Revolver &#8212; March 2, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>Brief note: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolver.news\/2022\/12\/a-grinch-is-trying-to-steal-revolver-news\/\">Soros-funded harridans<\/a> are still trying to cancel Revolver. We are extremely grateful and fortunate to be supported by our generous readership. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolver.news\/subscribe\/\">Subscribers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.revolver.news\/\">Donors<\/a> help Revolver weather any cancel culture storm. Buy a $49 per year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolver.news\/subscribe\/\">Subscription<\/a> for yourself and for that special someone, and if you are able and willing to give more, don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.revolver.news\/\">make a recurring monthly donation<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 whether it\u2019s $1 or $1,000, every bit helps. You can also now easily give the gift of a Revolver ad-free Subscription. Simply go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolver.news\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe<\/a> page and check the \u201cgift\u201d option. Don\u2019t be a cheap date! \u2014 make it an annual subscription.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hershey has really stepped in it this time. The term \u201cHershey Highway\u201d takes on a whole new and disturbing meaning after the famous chocolatier decided to make a trans-man the new face of their candy bar.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, because that\u2019s just what kids want to see before they take a bite of sweet, delicious candy \u2013 a grown man wearing a wig and makeup. That\u2019s the type of stuff parents warned you about when you were little. <em>\u201cDon\u2019t take candy from strange men\u2026\u201d<\/em> Hershey can\u2019t see the irony in this?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/free-candy.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/free-candy.webp 604w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/free-candy-480x321.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 604px, 100vw\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Obviously not\u2026<\/p>\n<p>But this latest \u201cwoke\u201d move could be the end of the road for the chocolate company.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Hershey\u2019s almost went down with the ship once before. Milton Hershey was actually booked on the Titanic with his wife, but they never boarded the ill-fated ship.<\/p>\n<p>But now, 110 years later, Hershey\u2019s company is facing another \u201ctanking.\u201d The S.S. Woke is about to drag them down to the bottom of the sea, thanks to this new nightmarish \u201ctransgender\u201d ad.<\/p>\n<p>The extra dose of irony, is that they put a man on the chocolate bar to celebrate \u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Good lord\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hersheys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hersheys<\/a> is putting the face of a trans-&quot;woman&quot; on chocolate bar wrappers with &quot;HerShe&quot; highlighted in honor of international women&#39;s day.<br \/>Hershey&#39;s is erasing women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JzRkAtwTdO\">pic.twitter.com\/JzRkAtwTdO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leftism (@LeftismForU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeftismForU\/status\/1631072298806509568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The backlash has been swift and fierce. Here\u2019s what people are saying online:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s it. I am done. No more Hershey for our family. \u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI refuse to support this nonsense. I will just stop buying the product.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of other chocolate out there. I will find one that doesn\u2019t preach left-wing garbage at me\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was surprised at how little I miss certain products &amp; how easy it was stop patronizing bizs\/purchasing goods, once I see them endorse\/promote this madness. You\u2019d think not insulting the biggest retail target demo would be like rule 1. Anyway, Hershey\u2019s too will not be missed.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just the transgender issue plaguing Hershey\u2019s. They\u2019re also accused of using \u201cslave labor\u201d to gather cocoa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theomnireport.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/dark-side-of-hershey-chocolate-co.html\">The Omni Report:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Well, in the many, many years since his death, the Hershey Company has succumbed to modern business practices. Meaning, that the cocoa itself is outsourced to \u201cimproved supply-chain efficiencies.\u201d Mainly, the source of the Hershey cocoa now is West Africa and the famed Ivory Coast. A romantic sounding name for a fucking hell-hole where children by the hundreds of thousands are sold into slavery and are beaten, whipped and forced into hard labor on cocoa farms every single day. Children whose bodies are covered in scars and bent crooked from all the physical labor. Half-starved children who will never run in sunshiny grass fields enjoying a piece of chocolate candy.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of Hershey takes in an annual salary of over $8 million. Just salary, Not bonuses, incentives, stock options and what-have-you. The children on the cocoa farms get nothing. The parents that sold them there probably got a one time only pathetic stipend for the sale of their child.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, all of this is very well known and documented. Hershey Company refuses to comment or change practices, other than issue a pathetic corporate doctrine entitled \u201cCorporate Social Responsibility Report.\u201d Gee, wow. We\u2019re impressed. You paid spin doctors to write up some bullshitty corporate spiel while children are dying on your farms the entire time and currently continue to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a matter of fact, Mars, Nestl\u00e9 and Hershey are all facing child slavery lawsuit in the US brought on by former child workers in the Ivory Coast, as reported in this 2021 article.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/feb\/12\/mars-nestle-and-hershey-to-face-landmark-child-slavery-lawsuit-in-us\">The Guardian:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Eight children who claim they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in\u00a0Ivory Coast\u00a0have launched legal action against the world\u2019s biggest chocolate companies. They accuse the corporations of aiding and abetting the illegal enslavement of \u201cthousands\u201d of children on cocoa farms in their supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>Nestl\u00e9, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and Mondel\u0113z have been named as\u00a0defendants in a lawsuit filed\u00a0in Washington DC by the human rights firm\u00a0International Rights Advocates\u00a0(IRA), on behalf of eight former child slaves who say they were forced to work without pay on cocoa plantations in the west African country.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs, all of whom are originally from Mali and are now young adults, are seeking damages for forced labour and further compensation for unjust enrichment, negligent supervision and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Looks like there\u2019s more than one good reason to find a new chocolate bar. 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