• jaybone@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    All cultures do this, and I think this is part of that persons point.

    In mainstream culture now, Christmas is not about Jesus, or the pagan solstice the Christians took it from.

    Now it’s just about giving presents and being with family and other modern traditions driven mostly by commercialism.

    Just like thanksgiving isn’t about pilgrims or native Americans, Halloween isn’t about all saint or all souls or whatever it was. Easter isn’t about Jesus rising (or whatever pagan holiday that was probably originally based on) it’s just about a bunny and colored eggs.

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      1 year ago

      And I am politely refraining from explaining why converting “we dicked over the indigenous people but tell ourselves they liked it” to “we are truly blessed by God” is somehow even worse.

      Mostly because the subject of this protest does that for me

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        1 year ago

        Many people were not educated about the true history. So they weren’t celebrating “we dicked over the indigenous people” day.

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          1 year ago

          Yes. Propaganda is strong and critical thinking is low. That changes nothing and is just a blatant attempt to absolve oneself of any guilt