Somehow related to that, perhaps Thanksgiving should become a Day of Atonement for Genocide of Native Americans. Or, the enslavement of millions of West Africans, stealing men and women from their families, letting 50% die in transit, for the sake of profits. Those are hard historic realities of our history, ourselves.
I agree completely. I think anyone involved in these heinous acts should indeed spend Thanksgiving as a day of atonement. That is what you had in mind isn't it? I mean you didn't want everyone to do it did you, just those that committed the crime, that would be fair. Surely you weren't suggesting that people born centuries later, several generations removed from the event should be forced to somehow feel guilty for the crime. Would all non-Native Americans and African American people need to feel remorse on this day of atonement or just those that are direct descendents of people that were here at that time? If you live in the south but have descendents from the north, would you only need to feel somewhat remorseful, or would you double up on Native American tribal destruction remorse, and feel no African American enslavement remorse? What if you are a cild of an inter-racial marriage, where one parent is of the remorse feeling race and one of the remorse receiving race? Should you feel nothing on this day, or perhaps a mix of emotions?
You say you don't want to cause or benefit from cruelty to another living thing, but aren't you guilty of that when you ask people to try to atone for something they didn't do? You're wanting to fill people with a sense of guilt when none should be there. This kind of thing is divisive to our country, not a positive in any way. People should be educated to the truth but not forced to feel guilt over something that they had no part in and that cannot or will not be undone.
Let's just stick to giving Thanks on this day and leave the what fors to the individual. I myself am thankful to have my mansion, nuclear plant, and billion dollar bill, not to mention my vest
Some men hunt for sport , others hunt for food
The only thing I'm hunting for is an outfit that looks good
See my vest, see my vest
Made from real gorilla chest
Feel this sweather there's no better
than authentic Irish setter
see this hat, 'twas my cat
My evening wear, vampire bat.
These white slippers are albino
African endangered rhino
Grizzly bear underwear
Turtles' necks, I got my share
Beret poodle on my noodle it shall rest
Try my red robin suit,
it comes one breast or two,
see my vest,see my vest, see my vest
Like my loafers, former gophers
it was that or skin my chauffeurs
but a grayhound for tuxedo would be best.
So let's prepare these dogs
Kill two for matching clogs
See my vest, see my vest
Oh, wont you please see my vest
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