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Comments(102):
I'm Native American, but I fucking love Thanksgiving.
I get to stay home from school and eat way more than I should.
Columbus Day, on the other hand, is fucking stupid.
I get to stay home from school and eat way more than I should.
Columbus Day, on the other hand, is fucking stupid.
Sadly, I have encountered people who don't just celebrate it to get another day off, but actually think Columbus "discovered" America.
My older brother has actually had a girl say to him, "Oh, you're one of those Indians that Columbus discovered!"
She was completely serious.
My older brother has actually had a girl say to him, "Oh, you're one of those Indians that Columbus discovered!"
She was completely serious.
I thought it was a celebration of a guy who got lost, found some islands, got 40 or so of his men killed (along with some natives) defending a pointless little fort, beached and sank one of his ships, and came back claiming to have found a whole new world. He also never set foot on the mainland, but did sail close enough to see Florida one time, which means he was too retarded to think the endless expanse of land to his right was worth checking out.
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candidvres **User deleted account** (11/22/2012) [-]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXsOJsXpDcE
I'm guessing this song is pretty appropriate for what a lot of people seem to be doing. I don't think you care as much as you think you do. I think it's you're playing guilty to gain sympathy points. I'm not judging anyone in particular, that's why I said "I think a lot of people". I seriously doubt that the Native Americans were such extreme peace lovers as it's stated. They're just human.
I'm guessing this song is pretty appropriate for what a lot of people seem to be doing. I don't think you care as much as you think you do. I think it's you're playing guilty to gain sympathy points. I'm not judging anyone in particular, that's why I said "I think a lot of people". I seriously doubt that the Native Americans were such extreme peace lovers as it's stated. They're just human.
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cerealisticbeing **User deleted account** (11/22/2012) [-]
**cerealisticbeing rolled a random image posted in comment #151 at good guy pepsi **
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cerealisticbeing **User deleted account** (11/22/2012) [-]
**cerealisticbeing rolled a random image posted in comment #7 at 5 Things to do in an ELEVATOR! ** what I sell
When the first british pilgrims came to what is now the United States, they had no idea how to do anything. They were welcomed by the Native Americans that lived there. They taught them how to plant on the land and what animals could be eaten. Then when the harvest came they had a big feast.
Thats what we celebrate. Everyone chooses to forget what happened next.
Thats what we celebrate. Everyone chooses to forget what happened next.
Manifest Destiny. The belief that the settlers were entitled to everything from the east coast to the west. They took the land by any means and killed off (intentionally and unintentionally by disease) the vast majority of the Natives that helped them survive in the first place.
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justbeingcool (11/22/2012) [-]
**justbeingcool rolled a random image posted in comment #90 at Some three meme ** hfw
is there something historic about this joke? like some event in history everyone from the US knows about but we eurofags don't get it?
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kingoflulzfool (11/22/2012) [-]
the constant war or occupation since the landing of Columbus , the Native population dropped at a rate 90% to 95% from that of 3 million Average from each population in the North and south American continents which only left between 10% to 5 % alone in American territory . Many Native Places south Of America Dropped hugely as well it was a massacre of the native People of both continents. The Native Americans Here celebrate today as Mourning for the dead lost over the deaths of a massacre.
Search your self and see...
Search your self and see...
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oufancyna (11/22/2012) [-]
Not quite. They were actually infected with small pox before the pilgrims landed, where the first thanksgiving supposedly took place. There is no evidence to whether they actually had it with the indians, they certainly didnt eat turkey, which was only native to the carolinas and a few other areas. But thanksgiving didnt become a national holiday until 1930s.
Well, if you want to be historically accurate, the people of Jmaestown were granted permission to live on the land, and in return, threw multiple feasts for the Natives. When the population got too high, the Native Americans would come in and slaughter men, women, and children so the settlers wouldn't encroach too far.
As a reaction, the settlers fought back and caused other settlements with peaceful natives to revolt, forcing European armies to come in and put down the natives, which ultimately caused tensions and littered America with battlefields and growing hostilities between the groups which ultimately lead to Custer's Last Stand, the Trail of Tears, and modern day reservations.
Also, the smallpox thing wasn't a planed attack as so many people falsely believed, Lois Pasteur didn't create germ theory until the late 19th century, people back then believed in miasma theory, which meant that disease was transferred through bad smells. The fact that Natives had never been exposed to smallpox and had no immunity passed along the generations meant that they were more susceptible to it. Despite what the retarded mainstream line of thought tells you, the settlers and Natives actually willfully helped each other most of the time, the Natives taught Europeans how to plant crops and the Europeans gave the Natives technology. It wasn't just a giant hatefest all the time, and the settlers didn't just take from the Natives and refuse to give anything. The Jamestown and all subsequent incidents were few and far between, but still enough to cause major hostilities .
But, if you wanna put sole blame on America, that's ok too.
As a reaction, the settlers fought back and caused other settlements with peaceful natives to revolt, forcing European armies to come in and put down the natives, which ultimately caused tensions and littered America with battlefields and growing hostilities between the groups which ultimately lead to Custer's Last Stand, the Trail of Tears, and modern day reservations.
Also, the smallpox thing wasn't a planed attack as so many people falsely believed, Lois Pasteur didn't create germ theory until the late 19th century, people back then believed in miasma theory, which meant that disease was transferred through bad smells. The fact that Natives had never been exposed to smallpox and had no immunity passed along the generations meant that they were more susceptible to it. Despite what the retarded mainstream line of thought tells you, the settlers and Natives actually willfully helped each other most of the time, the Natives taught Europeans how to plant crops and the Europeans gave the Natives technology. It wasn't just a giant hatefest all the time, and the settlers didn't just take from the Natives and refuse to give anything. The Jamestown and all subsequent incidents were few and far between, but still enough to cause major hostilities .
But, if you wanna put sole blame on America, that's ok too.
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narudawg (11/22/2012) [-]
Not to be a history dick here but the first "thanksgiving" was celebrated long before the one with the pilgrims. It was usually celebrated in Ireland and was called "the harvest festival" Where they celebrated a good harvest every year and gave their thanks. And even before that greeks gave thanks to their goddess of the harvest. Africans also celebrated a festival we now know as kwanza - it was also a harvest celebration.
Tl;Dr The pilgrims didn't have the first thanksgiving
Tl;Dr The pilgrims didn't have the first thanksgiving