The brutal truth about Thanksgiving.

[mai72]

Yea, its not like how we were brought up to believe. That the early settlers and the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard of North America got together and had this amazing feast. And, then afterwards they were a big happy family.

It was nothing but genocide...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_emzJvxZ8E

[Stranger]

"So? Not my problem. :P"

[Devsman]

Makes for a good clickbait YouTube video title anyway

[Courier 6]

Publicado originalmente por Stranger:

"So? Not my problem. :P"

steam forum users trying not to type "not my problem" to a thread they are not "interested" in(impossible)

[Ulfrinn]

Do you just go around looking for parades to piss on to make you feel better about your own existence or something? What kind of person actually goes around and tries to make others miserable?

[ZZZZZ]

but the settler were grateful.. just not for long

[Stranger]

Publicado originalmente por Ulfrinn:

Do you just go around long for parade to piss on to make you feel better about your own existence or something? What kind of person actually goes around and tries to make others miserable?

Ghosts are kind of famous for this.

[Grynn]

Every year these people come out of the woodwork...

[Courier 6]

Publicado originalmente por Gumbabumba:

Publicado originalmente por Courier 6:

steam forum users trying not to type "not my problem" to a thread they are not "interested" in(impossible)

How else can you reply to this? Some ♥♥♥♥ happened in the past, what can we do now.

ww1 happened and 15 million people died but hey it is all past so lets not talk about it right?

[Phirestar]

I was already aware of what the actual history of the holiday entails.

What I think a lot of people now-a-days aren’t aware of is the history of the pre-colonized Americas. For some reason, many people (especially younger ones) have been mislead into thinking that the western world some utopian-like place prior to when the Europeans came in and settled here.

Contrary to whatever bull crap is being told to you on social media, the Native American tribes were incredibly brutal and hostile toward each other. There was plenty of bloodshed and genocidial wars happening before the days of Christopher Columbus and the like. And yes, the Native Americans also participated in slavery. I know that people want to tell you that slavery was “the white man’s business”, but no: warring tribes would go in and capture members of other tribes and enslave them. And even when the time came that areas of North America were being settled by Europeans who brought over slaves from Africa, there were also Native American tribesmen whom became members of these new European societies and would even own black slaves themselves.

That’s the part of history that people need to hear about: the one that’s being intentionally skewed for the purpose of creating racial division in current day for political purposes.

[Slim]

It's all in well to teach history but I hear a lot of probablies and most likelies. I mean, bad and good has happened all thruout. History isn't all Disneys Pocahontas while many tribes used the settlers to their advantage at the detriment of the tribes next door.

We all make fun of Merica and its gun problem but damn, their first school shooting was perpetrated by a native war band.

[Devsman]

Publicado originalmente por Grynn:

Every year these people come out of the woodwork...

This time next week it'll be about Christmas and Saturnalia.

[Stranger]

Publicado originalmente por Grynn:

Every year these people come out of the woodwork...

It's like they're bots!

Or following a seasonal script.

[Groogo]

I don't care.

[Plaid]

We've got a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up, horrible past, it's true.
Some would say the present is horrible.

Publicado originalmente por Gumbabumba:

Publicado originalmente por Courier 6:

steam forum users trying not to type "not my problem" to a thread they are not "interested" in(impossible)

How else can you reply to this? Some ♥♥♥♥ happened in the past, what can we do now.

what can't you do now?

[76561198356019466]

I know what the truth is, but the reason I don't celebrate it is because I can't stand being around my family.

I'm the only, and I mean only, liberal on the family tree, going back to 16th Century England.