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Prof. blames Thanksgiving on consumerism, suggests spirit of holiday is apologizing (to Indians)
Campus Reform ^ | November 24, 2014 | Caitlin Grimes

Posted on 11/25/2014 9:01:16 AM PST by Zakeet

The modern portrayal of Thanksgiving is filled with historical inaccuracies based on a consumer culture, according to a professor at Portland State University.

Speaking at California State University at Fresno last week, Dr. Cornel Pewewardy gave a lecture to students titled “How the Grinch Stole Thanksgiving.” Pewewardy spoke about the historical and cultural implications of the holiday.

“Like other holidays, including Christmas and Columbus Day, Thanksgiving is not based on historical accuracy, but rather on the importance and prevalence of maintaining a consumer culture”, Pewewardy, who is a member of both the Comanche and Kiowa tribes, said on Tuesday.

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Heap big libtard think-um paleface should say sorry to red brothers for Thanksgiving ... and send-um more wampum to reservation ... and change-um name of football team in chief town ...

1 posted on 11/25/2014 9:01:16 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

“The modern portrayal of Thanksgiving is filled with historical inaccuracies based on a consumer culture”

To an extent, isn’t that true of pretty much every major holiday?


2 posted on 11/25/2014 9:04:41 AM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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To: Zakeet

I brought a part-Indian friend to our family Thanksgiving two years ago.

There was no discussion of grievances. He said, “pass the turkey.”


3 posted on 11/25/2014 9:05:49 AM PST by Veto! ( Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Zakeet

Dear American Indians,

I am sorry that the white man came and pulled you out of the Stone Age.

Sincerely,

(Who should sign this? Is this a general white guilt thing or do we each apologize one at a time?)


4 posted on 11/25/2014 9:06:13 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Zakeet

Lest there be any confusion, this is not a photo of Caitlin Grimes. She is a (rather attractive) young student devoted to exposing this leftist crap. from the website:

” As a Campus Correspondent, Caitlin exposes liberal bias and abuses at West Virginia colleges and universities . She is a senior studying political science at Marshall University, plans on pursuing a masters in mass communications, and also serves on the executive branch of her student government.”


5 posted on 11/25/2014 9:08:49 AM PST by Blennos
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To: Zakeet
A technologically advanced society encountered a non-technologically advanced society and the former won.

Guns beat arrows.

6 posted on 11/25/2014 9:09:27 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Zakeet

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving I am encouraging people to punch out a progressive college professor. /sarc


7 posted on 11/25/2014 9:09:38 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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suggests spirit of holiday is apologizing (to Indians),

Dear Elizabeth Warren, I'm sorry you so ugly.

8 posted on 11/25/2014 9:10:39 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: 1010RD

:^)


9 posted on 11/25/2014 9:12:48 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: Zakeet

Yes, let us go back to the days when there were no Europeans in the country... when Indian tribes slaughtered other Indian tribes, took slaves, and took their lands with no remorse. Wonderful days.


10 posted on 11/25/2014 9:13:03 AM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: Zakeet
The on phrase that makes me ignore anything is “Professor say’s”
11 posted on 11/25/2014 9:20:05 AM PST by ontap
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So the descedants of the first 100 Jamestown founders should apologize for the Indians attacking them without warning just a few days after they made camp on the river ?

Granted they were composed of 100 men only, so perhaps the Indians thought they were after their woman. But I think the real reason they were all men was because no woman wanted to go.

12 posted on 11/25/2014 9:20:07 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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“Like other holidays, including Christmas and Columbus Day, Thanksgiving is not based on historical accuracy, but rather on the importance and prevalence of maintaining a consumer culture”, Pewewardy, who is a member of both the Comanche and Kiowa tribes, said on Tuesday.

Saying that Thanksgiving is based on the importance and prevalence of maintaining a consumer culture, is a big, unsupported assertion. It appears to be his heavily biased opinion.

In 1621 colonists in New England gave communal thanks and praise to God for his abundant mercies and blessings. They were aware that they could not have survived their first year without the help of God. Help came through the Indians.

This communal thanks became a tradition. In 1863 Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed a legal holiday. We ask that each person’s gratitude to God may bear fruit in loving service to neighbors.

That is what Thanksgiving is about Pewewardy, thanks to our ancestors, yours and mine, and an inspiration to continue loving service to our neighbors.

13 posted on 11/25/2014 9:20:56 AM PST by olezip (Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. ~ Cicero)
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To: Zakeet

I know someone who started spouting similar idiocy on Thanksgiving. Boy did I have fun making her feel like a fool. She could not get out of the room fast enough. That was one of the best Thanksgivings I ever had.


14 posted on 11/25/2014 9:21:50 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Zakeet

Can this academic genius tell us about any celebrations in any culture around the world that do not involve feasting?

Push-the-consumer-agenda idiot. Repeat the mantra, repeat the mantra.


15 posted on 11/25/2014 9:22:01 AM PST by BigBobber (`)
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To: 1010RD

Maybe Ted Nugent will do the honors.


16 posted on 11/25/2014 9:22:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Zakeet

Dear Indians: sorry we plunged you into the best country ever. We will immediately cut the funding for all reparations and force you to stop being the permanent welfare state!!


17 posted on 11/25/2014 9:23:09 AM PST by ontap
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Him heap screwball.

IIRC, when the Plymouth colony ended its socialist experiment & gave each family their own plot of land to till, “the earth brought forth in heaps” and a brisk barter economy grew up among Pilgrims & the local Indians. The settlers traded food for furs & exported these back to England to begin paying off their debts.

When war did break out between whites & Indians, the latter were already highly skilled in warfighting. Where did they learn that from?


18 posted on 11/25/2014 9:24:12 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: Zakeet

“How the Grinch Stole Thanksgiving.”

By Professor Grinch.


19 posted on 11/25/2014 9:26:42 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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With tuition at Portland State being $23K in-state and $35K out-of-state, I’m sure this prof has a nice salary. Ahh, the evils of commercialism........


20 posted on 11/25/2014 9:27:20 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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