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Thread #148169   Message #3440391
Posted By: Jeri
22-Nov-12 - 08:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: US Thanksgiving--Debate
Subject: RE: BS: US Thanksgiving--Debate
At some point, maybe you should stand back and look at the results she gets and figure that if she uses the same tactics again and again, those ARE the results she wants. Pissing people off and getting attention. This "pontificating from afar" stuff doesn't ever change anything for the better, especially not when she's talking
AT people who've been involved far longer, and for whom the holiday is about something smaller and more real than history. And let us not forget the IDEAL of Thanksgiving, because the peace and brotherhood lasted for three days before the pilgrims started the slaughter.

These are not activists and not likely to be posting a lot on the internet, but there are individuals and families from various Indian nations throughout the US who see the day as a harvest festival or a time to gather with family and friends. But if one is on the "holier-than-thou" plane of enlightenment, one probably is OK for attempting to make THEM feel insignificant too.

The original Thanksgiving was good.
What happened after it was bad.
No matter what we do now, we're never going to change what happened.
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For the record, I'm not responding to trolls, who:

1. Piss people off, and continue to provoke until the troll:
2. Gets the desired response from those who react.
3. Claims abuse, "they're picking on me", "WAAAAAAH", and then...
4. Posts something out of place and personal, having to do with "Oh poor me".

It's S&M lite.
And it's never about the pretended subject.
But there are some who always like having their chains jerked...