…so you think this holiday was created to celebrate the near-genocide of the Native American population of this continent? Well, then,
FUCK YOU.
Number 1, “Native American” is a misnomer, since the American Indian was originally an Asian Mongolian type. He migrated across the Bering Straits during the Ice Age when the Bering Land Bridge was above the waves.
Number 2, it’s hardly the White Europeans’ fault that they brought all manner of disease (like smallpox) with them to which they were immune, but the Indians weren’t. Absent any reason to think such a thing would even be possible before there was any thought of anything like a germ theory of disease, that was pretty much an accident. But we can thank the Indians for their return gift of venereal disease, specifically, syphilis.
Number 3, I find the comforts of Western Civilization preferable to living off the land and wondering where my next meal, hot bath, or comfy doss is going to come from. Don’t you?
And finally, number 4,
FUCK YOU ANYWAY,
because you probably voted for Barry, Harry and Nancy’s Traveling Medicine Show and aren’t paying any attention to reason to begin with.
On the other hand, if you think this holiday was created to thank $DEITY (or whomever) for the bounty we enjoy in this country, and even share with other people including the Indians, then
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
and may you enjoy the blessings of family and feast as we usher in the Season of Joy.