The Pequot War was a thing. You can pretend it has no significance, you can claim ignorance - until you learn otherwise. And then your decision to form an opinion on the matter is yours alone. The fable of Thanksgiving, what you were told in grammar school, what the advertising agencies push to sell turkeys and cardboard cutouts and dioramas and pumpkins - is a fable.
I think the OP is asking everyone to remember that Thanksgiving isn't really about all that advertising garbage. And to remember and respect that it IS about being thankful that we have our lives, our Democratic Republic, our relative freedoms and rights.
And NOT that the Pilgrims shared a meal with the Native Americans. Because that - never happened.
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