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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:33 PM Original message |
Thankstaking Day, USA |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jeez... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. oh for pity's sake. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. an american Indian? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yeah, all Native Americans feel the same way about everything. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. When you've been to Pine Ridge, you get back to me. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. I have. Lived on Standing Rock for a bit also. Fall Harvest Festival predates pilgrim/indian myth |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. As a native (chichimec/apache) I don't see how you define the op's point as bigotry. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. proclaiming that all members of a given group think the same |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So you're saying? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Difference being those groups are voluntary and based on beliefs |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Why do you use terms like "dear" and "dearie"? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I see those terms as the "non-insult", insult. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Like people who make hateful, back-handed insults, but then insist they're "just kidding" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I know, and then saying "I said I was just kidding" gives them a free ride |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you want to go out of your way to find stuff to feel bad about, go right ahead. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. I dunno |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. Family gatherings wouldn't be the same without |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Guess what? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. He could have a tofu-apology-day turkey |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. My mother's side of the family is Native American... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. war is hell, but we won. deal with it. |
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beyond cynical (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, Thanksgiving is for winners, not losers. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. exactly. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Celebrating the colonization and genocide of indigenous people? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. celebrating our lives and our current way of living them. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. What the hell? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. ??? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. wow |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. asanine? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. I know that's what we are thinking about over thanksgiving |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Given what has happened, Thanks Giving really equals "god bless our thievery and genocide" |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. it was a war of conquest and our side won. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm beginning to wonder if the definitions of "progressive" |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you for posting this. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. +1 |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. So, did fall harvest festival predate pilgrim/indian myth? If so, then wtf does |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. We always celebrate put on a spread as we've much to be thankful for. However... |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well, |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. You do know that Thanksgiving is just a fucking harvest festival? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Thank you, glad to see someone else here gets it. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nevermind the native Americans. 122 folks died today because of no insurance. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Pilgrim/Indian myth is taught some places, most of us celebrate family fall harvest festival |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. -1 |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. You must be a hoot at the 4th of July barbecue. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Why wouldn't you celebrate Thanksgiving? It's a day of giving thanks to the American Indian |
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