Thanksgiving: Your reaction to this article as americans

[vinx]

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fact: nobody alive today participated in killing the Indians under the premise of Manifest Destiny. Therefore, we cannot be held accountable for the actions of those that did.

True, and in this day and age i doubt many do
most take part in the thanksgiving holiday as just another american holiday
ie, like anyone else.. its an excuse for the day off and have a big meal with family

Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Truthfully, the theme of this holiday is moving away from pilgrims and Indians, anyway.

Today, it's about family and tradition and God.

Fixt
To me thanksgiving seems to be merging itself in closer to christmas year after year versus staying strictly an american holiday
1) you say grace before the meal
2) you give thanks to god for w/e
3) you dress up as if your going to church lol
4) xmas music starts!
Im suprised the church hasnt found a way in on this and put their spin on it yet

America has to many holidays imo, alot of people dont even understand or know exactly what half of them mean.. or even care
there is a holiday at least once a month and we practically have a holiday for everything under the sun eg, mothers day/fathers day and a flurry of others (international womens day really?)
then you also add in anniversaries/birthdays and everything family inbetween and its no wonder people are left with a vague idea of what holidays are about

imo, the ultimate goal is to: spend spend spend fuck relevance

Originally Posted by Uthgaard [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Once you've seen enough whiny bitches, they tend to get a bit predictable.

imo, predictability can be flipped when discussing history
to quote the article as an example:
the world's great powers achieved "greatness" through criminal brutality on a grand scale is not news, of course. That those same societies are reluctant to highlight this history of barbarism also is predictable

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sounds like a bunch of whining by the losing side to me, to purposely put it bluntly.

I dont see anything in that article to indicate that Robert Jenson is native american

As a native american i dont really care
i dont hold or play the history card because of something that happened generations ago.
and under that same reasoning i dont expect people to play the apology card
or for anyone to feel the need to express remorse/shame/guilt
I will continue to celebrate thanksgiving under the premise of 2 parties sharing a meal. which is what i will be doing

I wont do anything for Columbus Day tho besides take the day off like everyone else
ya'll can celebrate that one and do whatever it is you do

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by vinx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I dont see anything in that article to indicate that Robert Jenson is native american

As a native american i dont really care
i dont hold or play the history card because of something that happened generations ago.
and under that same reasoning i dont expect people to play the apology card
or for anyone to feel the need to express remorse/shame/guilt
I will continue to celebrate thanksgiving under the premise of 2 parties sharing a meal. which is what i will be doing

I wont do anything for Columbus Day tho besides take the day off like everyone else
ya'll can celebrate that one and do whatever it is you do

I should clarify what I meant: He sounds like he's using the whining of those who like to bring up past atrocities (typically those of native american descent) in order to perpetuate the anti-american sentiment that's become all too popular.

Have you seen this guy's other articles? He's the kind of professor that quite frankly scares me. Young people are listening to him and believing him. College kids have a scary tendency to believe every word of their professors, and this guy seems to be one of those far-left anti-american professors I greatly dislike and who I think do way more harm than good.

http://www.alternet.org/authors/4690/

Look at some of those other articles. Wtf. I really feel bad for any students that have to put up with him.