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Thanksgiving for Dummies...Sorry, I Mean College Professors
Townhall ^ | 11/27/2019 | Ann Coulter

Posted on 11/27/2019 7:44:08 PM PST by RightGeek

As every contemporary school child knows, the first Thanksgiving took place in 1621, when our Pilgrim forefathers took a break from slaughtering Indigenous Peoples to invite them to dinner and infect them with smallpox, before embarking on their mission to fry the planet so that the world would end on Jan. 22, 2031. (Copyright: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)

Consider this description of the Pilgrims' treatment of the Indigenous Peoples:

"They were the worst of conquerors. Inordinate pride, the lust of blood and dominion, were the mainsprings of their warfare; and their victories were strained with every excess of savage passion."

You've probably guessed -- unless you are an American college student -- that that's not a description of the Pilgrims' treatment of Indigenous Peoples at all. It is a description of some Indigenous Peoples' treatment of other Indigenous Peoples, provided by Francis Parkman, the world's foremost Indian scholar.

It was Indians, not Pilgrims, who let out the "Mohawk war-cry" that made the blood run cold.

This is why the Wampanoag had a lot to celebrate that first Thanksgiving. They were delighted to have such excellent (European) allies against the terroristic Iroquois and Narragansett.

The Pilgrims also had much to be thankful for. Of more than 100 passengers aboard the Mayflower, only 44 survived the first winter, felled by scurvy, malnutrition and the bitter cold. Even the ones who made it did so largely thanks to the friendly Wampanoag, who shared their food with the Europeans and taught them how to till the land.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: happythanksgiving; thanksgiving

1 posted on 11/27/2019 7:44:08 PM PST by RightGeek
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To: RightGeek

I can’t imagine Thanksgiving Dinner at Ann Coulter’s house.
Maybe she is disciplined enough to turn it off for a while, and just be Ann, not someone at the center of a debate.
Maybe, but I’d be surprised if she could resist the compulsion to disagree about something, even which fork to use first.


2 posted on 11/27/2019 7:46:51 PM PST by lee martell
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To: RightGeek

Marking.


3 posted on 11/27/2019 7:55:27 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: RightGeek

The College Fix has multiple such articles already.


4 posted on 11/27/2019 8:00:27 PM PST by tbw2
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To: carriage_hill

Ping.

I can imagine Thanksgiving dinner with Ann Coulter at “The Cabin”.

Naughty me!


5 posted on 11/27/2019 8:02:26 PM PST by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: RightGeek

In the great REAL MEN THANKSGIVING TRADITIION, let infect liberals with food poisoning and exterminate them.


6 posted on 11/27/2019 8:25:07 PM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: RightGeek

Ping


7 posted on 11/27/2019 8:27:02 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: RightGeek

A very good article. I am impressed she quoted Parkman. The trouble with history is that it is often complex and most people don’t have the interest and persistence to read deeply and extensively enough to understand it. Too often they buy into the twisted versions of history that are sold by people who have a axe to grind.


8 posted on 11/27/2019 8:40:52 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: RightGeek

I started my day by watching CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE with Tyrone Power. Caesar Romero was Hernando Cortez. Wonder if he was any kin to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

I will probably watch NORTHWEST PASSAGE in a few days.


9 posted on 11/27/2019 9:02:43 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: lightman

That’s hilarious! 7am and the best laugh I’ve had in a long time!

Happy Thanksgiving, my FRiend...


10 posted on 11/28/2019 4:09:01 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Get a copy of the novel Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger!

If you loved the movie, you gotta read the book!

I found a copy among my father's possessions, with his name in it, from back in the 1940s. I read it. What a wonderful book! One of my favorites!

Catana Pérez is one of the greatest heroines in all literature. What a wonderful, powerful, beloved, unforgettable woman! Tears come to my eyes just thinking about her!

And the final episode, when the parents of Pedro de Vargas meet her again brought tears to my eyes! I almost wept!

Tyrone Power could not do justice to the character of Pedro de Vargas though.

Shellabarger was a scholar and an expert on 16th century Europe. His Prince of Foxes is also an excellent novel, exploring Italy of the time, as Captain from Castile explored Spain. Therein, he created another unforgettable female character, the Saint, Blessed Lucia Brocadelli. The scene in which she bravely confronts the powerful and evil Cesare Borgia is spellbinding and unforgettable.

(I don't think the movie of Prince of Foxes was very good. As I recall, they left Lucia out completely, and she was the crux of the story. The scene between her and Borgia--as I recall--was not even in the movie, and it was absolutely the best part of the tale. It's hard to imagine that even Hollywood could have ignored such a scene!)

11 posted on 11/28/2019 4:50:19 AM PST by Savage Beast ( The curse of intelligence: having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The crux of Prince of Foxes was the Saint's reply to Borgia's cynical question to her. He asked if she heard the voice of God, to which she replied that she did. When he asked by he (Borgia) didn't hear it, she told him that it was because he would not listen.
12 posted on 11/28/2019 4:54:34 AM PST by Savage Beast ( The curse of intelligence: having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
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To: RightGeek

The pilgrims made a geographical error.They assumed the latitude of Plymouth weather would be like that of Spain, warmer than England.

They were wrong. Massachusetts is cold as hell


13 posted on 11/28/2019 4:57:23 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: lee martell

Ah yes Ann, while your forebearers were doing the Lord’s good work here in the new world, the Puritan champion Oliver Cromwell was busy massacring Catholic men,women and children in Ireland. A virtual cornucopia of industrious do-gooders.


14 posted on 11/28/2019 5:37:12 AM PST by Mashood
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To: Savage Beast

I watched PRINCE OF FOXES last night. Should have been done in color but still great!


15 posted on 11/28/2019 8:24:12 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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