Do you agree or disagree with the following opening lines?
"Considering history from 400 years ago through today, the traditional Thanksgiving story isn’t something to celebrate. But giving thanks can be. "
Do you agree or disagree with the following opening lines?
"Considering history from 400 years ago through today, the traditional Thanksgiving story isn’t something to celebrate. But giving thanks can be. "
It's very offensive to celebrate a good thing when something else bad happened.
Native Indians are the real minority victims here. So, it's a NO!
No. This doesn't discount the other tragedies inflicted on other minorities in the United States.
What a crock. Liberals are trying to ruin every great holiday in America (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July) and replace them with lame ones. No I don't agree with the opening lines. Most Native Americans died of smallpox not "genocide" anyhow. Thanksgiving is a great holiday and only miserable liberals can't enjoy it.
Democrats Hate America wrote:
What a crock. Liberals are trying to ruin every great holiday in America (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July) and replace them with lame ones. No I don't agree with the opening lines. Most Native Americans died of smallpox not "genocide" anyhow. Thanksgiving is a great holiday and only miserable liberals can't enjoy it.
Where is your evidence to back your claims? I'll wait...
Why does everyone seems to neglect the fact the native Americans were more violent towards each other than colonizers ever where towards them
LetsGetIt wrote:
Why does everyone seems to neglect the fact the native Americans were more violent towards each other than colonizers ever where towards them
Because that doesn't feel as good as generously feeling sympathy for a victim. It feels sooooo good to be good! Religions are built on it.
Let me share m y thoughts since I asked for yours.
1) I celebrate Thanksgiving.
2) I feel bad for what happened to the Native Americans but don't feel real guilt over it. The reality is most of them died accidentally of disease, not genocide. That doesn't condone genocide. But if we are going to feel guilt over total number of people killed, accidentally or intentionally, couldn't one argue that the native Americans ultimately inadvertenly killed way more than Westerners as after all they gave tobacco to Christopher Columbus?
Plus it's not like they were living over here in a perfect society. They had classes of people, were male dominated, waged wars, ended up holding slaves, etc.
3) That being said the following tshirt - that is linked to in the article - is amazingly funny:
Thanksgiving was actually created by Lincoln as a day to give thanks and unite during the Civil War. The whole pilgrims and Indians was a New England tradition that got co opted into the new holiday.
That’s something that all kids learn in highschool. It is largely and understood fact because natives did not have a built up immunity to the old world diseases. Because most of the natives died from diseases made the slave trade necessary for plantation owners, they needed workers with immunity to European disease.
They should have learned in high school. However after this summer I’m convinced people just found out this year that slavery and all that crap. The way people suddenly realized all the bad parts of history
I hope your kidding
Coming from someone who doesn't even know the real stiry of thanksgiving only the "tradition".
There are pu$$ies, attention seekers, and virtue signalers everywhere smh.
i celebrate it, what about you wrote:
Do you agree or disagree with the following opening lines?
"Considering history from 400 years ago through today, the traditional Thanksgiving story isn’t something to celebrate. But giving thanks can be. "
https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=610401-Running-Issues-Practice-Gratitude
I think I agree with Dyestat’s sentiment there. When I celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s as a way of expressing my love for family and everything I’m thankful for. Imo the pilgrims were nerds and they don’t deserve anything from me. Kinda like how I perceive Christmas as more of an American holiday than a religious one. Baby Jesus was a nerd too, and Santa could probably kick his ass.
LetsGetIt wrote:
Why does everyone seems to neglect the fact the native Americans were more violent towards each other than colonizers ever where towards them
Nobody neglects that. It is common knowledge that for a long time the reason the tribes didn't kill the Pilgrims was because they thought they could use them in their wars with other tribes. But someone else being a dick doesn't make me being a dick any better.
But sure instead of learning about the nuance of what was going on, just be a sheep and follow what you were told.
patti wrote:
I hope your kidding
I hope you're learning how to spell.
Not stolen, finessed
*conquered
This is just another sign the demoralization process is complete. Americans hate their country and their traditions. The Soviets post-humously won the Cold War.