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ffs, the pilgrims were Protestants !
Also, the pic, OMG.
Phew, all this is more sad than hilarious.
This is the fictional "history" reactionaries want to teach school children.
THANKS TO THE WASHED-IN-THE-BLOOD-OF-THE-LAMB PILGRIMS, THE INJUNS LEARNED ABOUT FIRE AND HOW NOT TO EAT BIRDS RAW.
sadly, true.
"Over a century would pass before colonists imported slaves from Africa, to provide the aborigines with someone on whom to look down."
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Humans are so idiosyncratic. So much goodness in some, so much cruelty in others.
@artemis Why would they stop lying now? The pilgrims were extremely anti-papist.
"The Pilgrims were part of that opposition. They were English Protestants influenced by John Calvin and wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church of its Roman Catholic influences. The Separatists objected strongly to church hierarchy and all of the sacraments except baptism and the Lord's Supper."
@sfleetucker
They were also slap bang in the middle of the reign of a Roman Catholic king, who like the Protestants did to Catholics in previous years, persecuted their opposite numbers to death.
Bloody *religion* getting in the way of *faith* again. Humans sucked then as much as they do today.
@sfleetucker
History. Yes. Everyone should study history. But,...
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Btw...
Note: I love the idea of celebrating gratitude, being kind, generous, remembering those in need and actually doing something abt it. Txgiving should. not be a day. Should be a habit.
History, however, ... that's a different story:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/