"For years now, many on the extreme left have treated Thanksgiving as something that needs to be either corrected through disclaimers or completely done away with.
From social media activists to far-left academics, the same arguments repeat every November — that the day celebrates colonialism and the blood of the tribes who wandered North America before Europeans came.
Those arguments are made in an effort to rewrite the holiday as something shameful. In reality, these arguments form the foundation of a broader push to replace Thanksgiving’s traditional meaning with a narrative centered almost entirely on guilt and grievance.
In today’s polarized cultural climate, the holiday has become an annual battlefield.
Thanksgiving elevates themes that many far-left activists simply cannot coexist with, such as our shared sense of tradition and a strong national identity.
The holiday also challenges the now-common claim that America’s foundations were wholly oppressive.
Its origins contradict the simplified narrative that all of America’s history is defined by injustice.
Thanksgiving centers on gratitude, which directly clashes with the grievance-driven worldview that is so dominant on the left.
When families focus on what they’ve been blessed with, resentment has no seat at the table."
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