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sir pball

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8. You and anyone else who wishes to absolutely can..

Reply to Jeffersons Ghost (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 22, 2018, 04:36 PM

Nov 2018

..I was replying to your comment on why the Pilgrims came.

There's absolutely wheelbarrow loads of BS peddled about Thanksgiving, and good on you for bringing it up, but the nature of Internet discussions does mean that not all child threads are going to be entirely focused on the OP. Honestly I haven't the time to get wrapped up in the "main idea in the OP" today, but I did feel I could make a brief contribution to a tangential line of thinking.

Anyhoo, I need to go start making my dressing...a Southern wife expects much on Thanksgiving

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Hollywood Lies, in rerun television ARE Autrocities on Native Americans! [View all] Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 OP

Deliberate Genocide against Native Americans Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #1

The New York Times article goes on to report: Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #2

My HS Western Civ teacher put it succinctly.. sir pball Nov 2018 #3

Could we discuss lies about interaction between Native Americans and European settlers? Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #4

You and anyone else who wishes to absolutely can.. sir pball Nov 2018 #8

Happy Thanksgiving! We can finish the discussion later. thanks for the kick Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #11

That's often the case. Igel Nov 2018 #5

I rarely ask for a 5th rec; but living in NM has made me more sensitive to Native Americans Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #7

"...racism is structural." Iggo Nov 2018 #13

Yeah, a plague did a number on the local tribe. Igel Nov 2018 #6

How about eradicating the great herds of buffalo to starve tribes of the plains? Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #12

There is a theory that the Portuguese had been fishing off the Outer Banks since around 1000 CE haele Nov 2018 #15

Great Law of Peace - The Thanksgiving Address Achilleaze Nov 2018 #9

nice reply, thanks Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #16

You are welcome. Great wisdom & beauty in this native way. Achilleaze Nov 2018 #17

K&R malaise Nov 2018 #10

thanks Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #14