@theghostoftomjoad here's the thing I'm going to nitpick on, because how we phrase things is important and has an effect on the overall outlook.

I don't think that anything I'm saying is a "contrarian" view.

what I'm saying is facts in regards to how Indigenous peoples have been treated in this country, and that this supposed holiday is an incredibly racist and whitewashed part of history that we as non-Indigenous Americans need to confront. #NationalDayOfMourning #NationalDayOfMourning2022

another recognition of today's history and important to keep in mind with regards to #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2022 as the #NationalDayOfMourning #NationalDayOfMourning2022 is #Unthanksgiving #UnthanksgivingDay.

this is an annual ceremony and event on Alcatraz Island, commemorating the protest events of 1969 when the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement occupied the island until they were forcibly removed by the United States government in 1971. https://colorlines.com/article/unthanksgiving-indigenous-peoples-sunrise-ceremony-honors-resistance-over-revisionism/

💀Today in Plymouth MA #NationalDayofMourning2022 12 noon. Cole's Hill. #UAINE #Ally #INFO: http://www.uaine.org/
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#livestream https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZpy2GhNxc&feature=youtu.be
💀🔔🪦Since 1970, Indigenous people & their allies have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US Thanksgiving holiday.
http://www.uaine.org/

"We want to educate people so that they understand the stories we all learned in school about the first Thanksgiving are nothing but lies. Wampanoag and other Indigenous people have certainly not lived happily ever after since the arrival of the Pilgrims." —Kisha James, Aquinnah Wampanoag and Oglala Lakota #NationalDayOfMourning #NationalDayOfMourning2022 #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2022 https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059212893/native-american-tribes-are-gathering-in-plymouth-to-mourn-on-thanksgiving

@kabrams tysm for this reminder 🙏

#NationalDayOfMourning #NationalDayOfMourning2022

for many people, today is #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2022, but it is incredibly important to remendar that it is also #NationalDayOfMourning #NationalDayOfMourning2022.

there are an incredible number of colonialist and racist myths that are perpetuated in both the educational system and society as a whole about Thanksgiving. we cannot ignore the violence, theft of land, and slavery upon which the country was founded today or any day.

listen to indigenous folks on this, okay?