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I keep seeing (in different veg boards) people getting upset and not wanting to celebrate taking away the land from the Indians (native americans, whatever you want to call the people who first populated the US)...
UM, did nobody pay attention in school?
Thanksgiving was a day where the Pilgrims and the Indians came together and learned to work together, to help each other survive a very harsh winter. Many people died the year prior, and with the help of the Indians, the Pilgrims has a much better go of things that next winter.
It is celebrating what we HAVE, what we are grateful for.
Is it tragic what happened to the Indians in the hundred years to follow (and beyond)? Absolutely. BUT that is not what this day is all about.
Am I the only one who remembers this? There is no reason to be angry with the day itself. If you want to be angry, be angry at the companies who raise and kill millions of birds for the consumers who want them.
UM, did nobody pay attention in school?
Thanksgiving was a day where the Pilgrims and the Indians came together and learned to work together, to help each other survive a very harsh winter. Many people died the year prior, and with the help of the Indians, the Pilgrims has a much better go of things that next winter.
It is celebrating what we HAVE, what we are grateful for.
Is it tragic what happened to the Indians in the hundred years to follow (and beyond)? Absolutely. BUT that is not what this day is all about.
Am I the only one who remembers this? There is no reason to be angry with the day itself. If you want to be angry, be angry at the companies who raise and kill millions of birds for the consumers who want them.