Afterwards free-range tofu turkey was served.

Quote:A peer education program at SUNY Albany recently held a meeting to discuss how Thanksgiving is allegedly a commemoration of mass murder.

Hosted by the C.H.A.R.G.E. Peer Education Program, posters originally advertised the meeting as “NO THANKS GIVING: Do you know what you are celebrating this Thanksgiving?”

The name of the event was subsequently changed to “Thanks/Friends Giving,” however, after someone complained about the original name.

“We simply wanted to shed light on the Native American experience, and where they were during this time in history,” C.H.A.R.G.E. Director Liery Santos told Campus Reform. “We know the Native Americans were already occupying this part of the world, but now live in reservations. The conditions in these reservations are awful, considering Native Americans were already here.”

The event took place Tuesday night and was sparsely attended. Bibi Chaterateach, a senior at SUNY Albany and C.H.A.R.G.E. member, ran the meeting, which she said was “based on looking at Thanksgiving through the Native American perspective.”

Although Thanksgiving takes on different meanings for different groups, she noted that for Native Americans, “Thanksgiving is a day of mourning.”

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10192

liberals are bad at history.

(11-23-2017 07:56 PM)banker Wrote:  liberals are bad at history.

How so?

(11-23-2017 08:05 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 07:56 PM)banker Wrote:  liberals are bad at history.

How so?

they don't give a shite other than what they think aligns with their 'stars'.....

The first Thanksgiving didn't involve the geocide and forced placement of any native Americans, that was a couple hundred years later and had nothing to do with the holiday. If you want to argue it all started with the Pilgrams being here, that's fine, but a ridiculous stretch.

Thanksgiving is really just a day set aside to reflect on the things you should be thankful for, it's not a celebration of "stealing" land from the Indians. So this whole event is a straw man with no other purpose than to push yet another virtue signaling moment.

(11-23-2017 09:10 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 08:05 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 07:56 PM)banker Wrote:  liberals are bad at history.

How so?

they don't give a shite other than what they think aligns with their 'stars'.....

Overly partisan people will distort history for their purposes, yes, but it's hardly a problem which only exists to liberals.

(11-23-2017 09:33 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 09:10 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 08:05 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 07:56 PM)banker Wrote:  liberals are bad at history.

How so?

they don't give a shite other than what they think aligns with their 'stars'.....

Overly partisan people will distort history for their purposes, yes, but it's hardly a problem which only exists to liberals.

agreed......however, it's all you guys have in left in the tank.......the right has economic tangibles......

I'm fairly certain, most that hang either way don't give two shites what the uber left is 'hanging' onto at this point.....

I know I don't....

Building better worlds, much better.

(11-23-2017 10:18 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Building better worlds, much better.

#chesnutsroastingonanopenfire

(11-23-2017 10:32 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-23-2017 10:18 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Building better worlds, much better.

#chesnutsroastingonanopenfire

This has been a thing since the 70's... its not a recent Social Justice thing. I've known about this since I was a child.

http://www.uaine.org

As a part native American I sure liked my turkey today. Yummy. Thanks Pilgrims.

Yea, Ollie. Kudos.

There’s some injun in my extended family, and after he told me about the 30 ft cabin cruiser he and the squaw just bought, no real mention of “oppression” or their reservations to be in this Country early were mentioned.

Lots of folks strolled onto this land dead broke, no food, no shelter, no govt to lean on.

But, uhhhhh, aren’t still whining about it 250 yrs later.

Said it just a couple days ago- if you can’t make it here, then you may just suck at life.

Blaming “whitey” only goes so far. Plenty of dumb whiteys to go around out there too.

Wanna get ahead in this joint? Get a job.

Any job.

Do that and see if your losers-lot in life doesn’t improve in a scant generation or so.


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(11-23-2017 11:38 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  As a part native American I sure liked my turkey today. Yummy. Thanks Pilgrims.

I'm 100% native american. I was conceived and born on this soil. My turkey was also delicious.