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Everything You Know About Thanksgiving Is A Lie

The truth about Thanksgiving is brutal.

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Everything You Know About Thanksgiving Is A Lie
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I'll never forget the adorable Thanksgiving play the first graders put on when I was grade school. You may have done similar things in your school to celebrate the holiday. You know, the play where all the kids stand around and tell this heartwarming story about how Native Americans welcomed the pilgrims, helped them survive, and then shared a big feast with them that included corn and turkey and all the other delicacies that we enjoy on Thanksgiving day.

What your childhood history books and the teachers you had in first grade left out was all the brutal acts that actually occurred.

Such as how the pilgrims stole the land from the Native Americans. How the Native Americans contracted diseases from the pilgrims, dying from these illnesses they had never faced before. And how the "cute" pilgrims, in their little buckle hats, waged war against the Native Americans, brutally murdering them.

Yes, that all actually happened. And yes, the United States somehow managed to take the true story of how horribly we treated the Native Americans and turn it into a fun holiday that celebrates sharing food with friends and family, gushing about everything you're thankful for.

Now I won't lie, I love eating mashed potatoes and pie on Thanksgiving day, enjoying the time with my family and sitting on the couch barely able to move all night because my stomach is so full. But the older I get and the more I realize how disillusioned I was thinking that Thanksgiving is a wholesome holiday, the less I want to celebrate it. The Thanksgiving of today may have good intentions, but it's unjust to forget the true story, especially since we continue to oppress Native Americans hundreds of years later.

Honestly, maybe we should just stop celebrating Thanksgiving. Everyone would rather just continue to celebrate Christmas early anyway, right?

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