Ben and Jerry's honors Colin Kaepernick with new ice cream flavor

[True Dough]

Change the Whirled. Seems fitting.

Link to tweet

[Faux pas]

1. ...

[Metatron]

2. Awesome!

K&R

[Brother Buzz]

3. Damn, I just can't get excited about ice cream in December

Even genuine simulated ice cream.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

20. I know many feel that way

but I'd eat ice cream standing in a snow drift in January. It is my #1 food vice. My wife, on the other hand, can take it or leave it. We really should have discussed it before the ceremony

[sfstaxprep]

4. He Has An Ice Cream Flavor, But No Contract

I suspect he'd prefer a contract.

[jmowreader]

6. I think he'd get a contract if he wasn't so easy to figure out

His liberal views would fit in at Seattle or New England. Pete Carroll in Seattle has considered taking him, but he'd be number 2 on the depth chart and Coach Carroll thinks he deserves better than that.

Kaepernick's biggest problem isn't the social issues surrounding him. It's that he's a pure read-option quarterback.

[Klaralven]

8. He was pretty much washed up in the 2014 season when the 49ers went 8 - 8

2015 his record was won 2 and lost 6. In 2016 he won 1 and lost 10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick#NFL_career_statistics

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. You actually going to tell me that he isn't better than at least

15 of the starting quarterbacks currently on teams? Hold onto my coffee for a moment while I He was blackballed, pure and simple. Period, end of sentence.

[Klaralven]

19. He was below average in 2015, before the dismal 2016 season

By now he would not be able to play in the NFL after 4 years out.

[Ferrets are Cool]

22. And you are sure of that how? You've seen him workout?

Ok, you win. I will not change your mind, nor do I care to do so. He doesn't need the NFL. He is a hero. Very few people will put their jobs on the line to stand for what they believe in. He gave up millions of dollars for a just cause.

[PlanetBev]

5. Love this...

This is the kind of thing that pisses off Trump.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. I hope it meets a kinder fate than Ben & Jerry's "Schweddy Balls". nt

[True Dough]

10. I always found that one

too salty!

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. Was that really a thing?

*LMAO* Good lord!

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. Indeed it was...

[ornotna]

21. It was

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/07/140266537/yes-its-true-ben-jerrys-introduces-schweddy-balls-ice-cream-flavor

[Guilded Lilly]

9. Big cheer!!!

[MissMillie]

11. That's a wonderful honor, and I'm glad for it

(but that's not ice cream)

[kag]

12. Yeah. "Vegan ice cream" is kind of an oxymoron, but...

I love the idea, and I sent the story to my vegan son.

[RussellCattle]

14. You've got to hand it to Ben & Jerry's, they are unafraid of any backlash this might bring....

.....from our RWNJ friends. Just being vegan is enough to piss off some of the flag wavers, though.

[soldierant]

15. Damn. It has wheat in it (graham crackers.)

If I could eat it, I'd get some.

The sunflower oil sounded promising (I'm also allergic to soy), but wheat is out.

[Upthevibe]

16. Wonderful!!!! n/t

[Initech]

23. I may have to get a couple of pints!