Posted on 11/26/2014 5:05:16 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Thanksgiving has never been a celebratory holiday in my family. Whenever my family did cook we always gave thanks that all the Native Americans weren't wiped out when Columbus "discovered" America.
My teachers made it seem like Thanksgiving was a holiday to look forward to. The New York City public education system told me what Thanksgiving was all about. I was very careful to regurgitate what they taught me when tested so I wouldn't get a failing grade. When I was older though I was told the truth by my family.
Whenever someone asked what I was doing for Thanksgiving I proudly stated that I no longer celebrate it. Thanksgiving day should be known as National Land Theft and American Genocide Day.
Armed settlers -- which we tell our children were God fearing, gentle, sharing, kind Pilgrims -- invaded a Pequot village. They also set the village, which included many children, on fire. Those who were lucky enough to escape the fire were systematically sought, hunted down and killed. While many, including historians, still debate what exactly happened this day, also known as the Pequot Massacre, it directly led to the creation of "Thanksgiving Day." This is what the governor of Bay Colony had to say days after the massacre, "A day of thanksgiving. Thanking God that they had eliminated over 700 men, women and children."
So when you sit down to dinner this year, look at your family, serve the food and tell each other what you are most thankful for, think about the origins of Thanksgiving. Think about the countless Native Americans who lost their lives so you can carve a turkey and get the best deals on Black Friday.
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Screw with their heads a bit: call it Resurrection Sunday.
Oh, and be sure to use the traditional greeting of “He is risen!”
Another America sucks feel good story.
Oh! Just go away idiot!!!!
Which should be the results any time Redskins meet Cowboys....the Dallas kind that is!!!
Wonder if she give thanks to all the Native Americans who were killing each other raping looting and burning all with out the wheel.
Anything that appears at huffpo has an implied Barf Alert. An explicit one would be redundant.
It isn’t that liberals are ignorant, it is just that they know so much that isn’t so.
Ships and planes leave every day. Ms. Breedlove is free to vacate this awful country.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow.
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