-PJ
Mods you can pull if you wish.
The problem is who you are thanking. Holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas interfere with their desire to enforce atheism.
I don’t think it has anything to do with political persuasion.
Thanksgiving?
You mean that troubling holiday celebrating the beginning of the genocide of Northeast First People’s by white supremacist colonizers from Europe?
The one pushing the now disputed narrative that there were friendly, cordial relations between the Puritans and the local tribes and that they came together that first Thanksgiving to share their harvest bounty and express appreciation to God and each other for surviving that first difficult year?
So the Marxist/Left/Liberal cabal want to repurpose Thanksgiving to serve their spite-filled narrative. So, of course, it has to be renamed.
“Friendsgiving. “ Sure. Add it to Festivus and Kwanza. And whatever atheists are proposing for Christmas.
Yeah, Christmas. The literal “white savior” holiday. Except, of course, he was a Jew. Which makes it a “white Jewish savior” celebration, which is even worse.
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Friendsgiving is a new thing people are doing, where they get together with their friends to celebrate this holiday, it is in addition to, not a replacement for, Thanksgiving with their family. My kid just went to one of these last weekend.
Actually, we had a “friendsgiving” party among the leaders of Reopen Maryland last year. We were just distinguishing it from the other celebrations that each family would have.
We did it first and meant no dishonor or correction to the holiday.
-PJ
My kids, who are hardly leftist, call it Friendsgiving, because they invite all their friends without children over to celebrate Thanksgiving. Not a bad thing, actually I consider it charity from my kids toward their friends who would otherwise be very lonely on that holiday.
(I haven’t been blessed with grandchildren yet and won’t travel to them because it’s halfway around the world to get there. A lot of their friends don’t have children yet and parents are too far away l
“Friendsgiving” (in my experience) isn’t a bad thing. Many young people no longer live near family like years ago. They may have a “friendsgiving” for all of those who can’t get “home” and their vacation time is limited. It is also an “addition to”... type of event. Some will have the traditional meal at Mom’s or Gramma’s and then have a party for similar aged friends that weekend. The festivities may be more “young oriented” but the idea of people getting together to have some fun.. I don’t see anything wrong with it. Just like some young people will have a “Christmas party” during the summer... a half way to Christmas party. Let the young be young. IMHO.
Gratitude is not a value on the Left; which is what this uniquely American commemoration is all about.