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Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide (theonion.com)

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[...]Thanksgiving guests at the Ross family dinner reportedly froze in disbelief Thursday after teenage son Ryan informed them of the genocide of Native Americans. “No, no, it can’t be! Not my precious holiday!”[...]

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[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Days of thanksgiving were often proclaimed after genocidal massacres in wars against the “indians”.

For example the Mystic Massacre. The “pilgrims and natives shared thanks and became friends” is the rewriting of history for national myth making most US textbooks do.

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Praising your god after a military victory is a tradition as old as religion.

The American tradition of Thanksgiving evolved from traditions brought over from England, and truthfully has nothing at all to do with native Americans. It’s a harvest festival. The national myth that’s taught in schools, which really has little to do with the tradition, is of a 1621 feast in Plymouth Colony that was attended by their Wampanoag allies.