Nothing goes with a summer cookout so well as a bag of Martin's potato rolls: The perfect soft, fluffy, richly flavorful yet subtle hamburger or hotdog bun, squishy and delicious, just pure American culinary genius in every bite.
Oh but wait, we're apparently supposed to, like, burn our bags of Martin's rolls and never buy from the company again because they... donated to a member of a major American political party.
Martin's potato rolls are often considered the single best store-bought hamburger bun, with their sweet, squishy nature bringing them to the top of the list in taste tests at Serious Eats and Epicurious, and making them the bun of choice at Shake Shack since the chain opened in 2004. But starting last week, food industry members have urged Shake Shack and other restaurants to boycott Martin's products as a result of the political affiliations of the Martin family, which founded the company in 1955 and has run it ever since.
The Philadelphia publication Billy Penn reported last month that executive chair Jim Martin has provided over $100,000 of support to the far-right Pennsylvania senator and gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano — constituting the largest single donation to Mastriano's campaign donation this year or last. Those ties extend further, Billy Penn found, as Martin's daughter and wife — who both work at the company — have also made donations to Mastriano's campaign.
Oh wait sorry... I think I missed the message here... I was too busy enjoying a pack of potato rolls with my family over here.
I understand that American liberalism is increasingly turning into an ideology of full-blown Marxism, one that must inject politics into literally everything, at all times, everywhere. I get it. That's just where the Left is right now.
Still, it's entirely within their power to just... chill out. To just relax and take it easy. Buy a pack of potato rolls if you want. Or, if you don't want to, don't do it. You don't have to neurotically obsess over the politics of literally everything, all the time, everywhere.
It's okay to just calm down, liberals! You can just stop freaking out about the potato rolls if you want and just live a normal life!
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