On this Thanksgiving Day, spare a thankful thought for the irrepressible hatred of the left, as it ratifies the ancient Greek proverb (its exact origin is disputed), “Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” While the left is suffering a case of shell shock and PTSD from Trump’s smashing victory, don’t be fooled. They will regroup, and return filled with more hatred and loathing than before for both America as a country and the “garbage deplorables” who outnumber them.
Right now the left is making a spectacle out of saying you should feel justified in not spending Thanksgiving dinner with your Trump-supporting relatives, as though this kind of familial churlishness is a sign of virtue. Actually I think it is just an excuse to skip a holiday that the left hates and would cancel if it could. because it celebrates “settler colonialism.” It has a “troubled” history, according to arch-explainer Axios: Axios Explains: Thanksgiving’s troubled history.
Here’s my favorite part of the article:
Until the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants that held Thanksgiving gatherings excluded Black Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and (ironically) Native Americans — all of whom would develop their own Thanksgiving traditions.
Conservatives, like the late Rush Limbaugh, attacked what they called revisionist histories of Thanksgiving and dismissed anything challenging the myth.
Before he died in 2021, Limbaugh falsely claimed Native Americans had “little, if anything, to do with the prosperity” the Pilgrims experienced.
Ahead of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ landing in the Americas, Indigenous tribes held protests and began holding mourning events around Thanksgiving to tell another story.
Never skip an opportunity to attack Rush Limbaugh, even though he’s beed dead for nearly four years now.
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Chaser, also from Axios:
A third of young adults expect political arguments during Thanksgiving
Nearly a third of adults under 30 believe that a political argument will be on the menu at their Thanksgiving tables this year, according to YouGov polling.
Why it matters: The holiday follows a highly polarized election season where divisive languagewas mainstream and President-elect Trump promised to turn the federal government against his political and cultural foes.
Gawd these people are pathetic. And I hope they keep it up. It guarantees a J.D. Vance landslide in 2028.
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