The Thanksgiving Of A Grateful Nation—And The Ingratitude Of A Few By James Fulford

Recently I wrote about a bunch of ungrateful people in Seattle who aren't happy about Thanksgiving. [Thanksgiving–History From The Enemy’s Point Of View].

The idea is that we're supposed to feel guilty about the settling of America by people from England, because the descendants of the original inhabitants aren’t happy about it.

The Seattle Public School Board, and some irredentist Indians at Oyate.org say

“Fact: For many Indian people, 'Thanksgiving' is a time of mourning, of remembering how a gift of generosity was rewarded by theft of land and seed corn, extermination of many from disease and gun, and near total destruction of many more from forced assimilation. As currently celebrated in this country, 'Thanksgiving' is a bitter reminder of 500 years of betrayal returned for friendship.”

But for the rest of us, it would presumably be a celebration of victory, right? No one's suggesting that we refrain from celebrating VE Day for the sake of Nazis and Fascists, or refrain from celebrating VJ Day for the sake of the Japanese Imperialists, are they?

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