Posted on 11/27/2023 5:40:11 PM PST by MNDude
truth should triumph over nationalistic narratives. And the truth about Thanksgiving should be learned by all Americans, as it is a part of our complicated history of savage betrayal and removal of indigenous people and the colonization of their land.
The actual date for the first Thanksgiving is somewhat disputed. Most put the first Thanksgiving in 1621, when the Pilgrims had a feast with the Wampanoag, an Indigenous Nation in and around Plymouth. Scholars say "Thanksgiving" is a misnomer, since the Pilgrims would have given thanks by fasting and "quiet contemplation." It would have been referred to as a "Rejoicing." The Wampanoag made a mutual defense pact with the Pilgrims. They had been devastated by an epidemic brought by settlers and didn't have the numbers to fight off their rivals, the Narragansett. The Pilgrims were relatively small in number but the Wampanoags could use all the help they could get. The Wampanoag showed up for the rejoicing thinking the Pilgrims were being attacked, not because they'd been invited to a feast.
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Up yours, Newsweak!
“The Wampanoag . . . didn’t have the numbers to fight off their rivals, the Narragansett.”
Not possible. Native Americans were all peaceful and kumbaya-like with each other.
/s
Right off the bat, it’s clear that only their version of “the truth” is what the truth will be.
Newsqueak. Take that crap somewhere else. I think Gaza could use a news rag. Toilet paper is hard to get over there.
Rush Limbaugh told the story of the first Thanksgiving everywhere until he could no longer. It is an excellent telling.
This guy Nichols pimps mythical African American history so he decides to take his racist hate out on the Pilgrims.
Thanksgiving is a time for friends and family to eat together. I doubt any body talks about pilgrims or colonizing any place.
The bastards on the left invented all this nonsense because they want to destroy this country.
None of my ancestors came here as pilgrims or colonizers.
Jason Nichols is a racist POS.
Truth of native tribes needs to be included.
I am SO tired of this trite crap! PLEASE make it STOP!
Oldplayer
Oklahoma Choctaw
Hey, Newsweak: STFU
It isn't hard. Just omit anything that disagrees with your narrative. Then make up quotes about the rest. Don't worry about being caught. The Wokesters will never punish falsehoods which advance the cause.
I recommend this book: Not Stolen The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World.
Truth from Newsweek? Seriously?
Up your nose with rubber hose
Yeah you know if Thanksgiving had no pilgrim narrative but was simply a harvest festival giving thanks to God it would be attacked for the religious aspect and called divisive and offensive. The whole idea is anathema to leftists and their religion.
They’re as full of shite as a Christmas goose.
Anything to destroy America.
They can all go EASD...no turkey for them!!!
We need to have a day where we all yell and scream profanities at diseases. We should stomp our feet as well, but not in any culturally appropriating way.
The proclamation of Thanksgiving that Lincoln made wasn’t about Indians or any kind of harvest celebration.
Great post! I agree all the way. Good points.
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