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AlterNet: Why We Shouldn't Celebrate Thanksgiving

AlterNet: Why We Shouldn't Celebrate Thanksgiving: "The most common argument went something like this: OK, it's true that the Thanksgiving Day mythology is rooted in a fraudulent story -- about the European invaders coming in peace to the 'New World,' eager to cooperate with indigenous people -- which conveniently ignores the reality of European barbarism in the conquest of the continent. But we can reject the culture's self-congratulatory attempts to rewrite history, I have been told, and come together on Thanksgiving to celebrate the love and connections among family and friends."

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