by Dee Gibney, Hamilton
I am sick of hearing about the Woke People. They want to twist everything in history and Christianity into an outright lie. They don’t know the truth in history nor the Bible, but want to twist any subject into a demented narrative they have made up in their crazed minds.
I just heard the Woke speak about the evils of Thanksgiving. They said the Pilgrims took land from the Indians when the truth was the Pilgrims landed on a stretch of land that was considered taboo by the Indians and did not want any part of the land. They were glad to give it to the Pilgrims. It was considered taboo because a whole tribe that lived there died from other explorers who had given them smallpox.
These supposed Woke also claim the Pilgrims cheated them in land expansion when paying them very little money. The truth was, documented in court cases, that the Indians did not want money, they wanted beads because that was their money system. Both sides agreed to the price to be paid for the land.
They claim we gave them smallpox, someone or country gave it to explorers first, they just did not come up with it out of thin air.
Second, the New World as it was called, was virgin land and was going to be explored by many countries sooner or later, that comes with sailing ships.
These Woke people don’t know history nor do they want to learn, they only want to spread lies and twist any historical fact to denigrate our proud history to make people hate America. These Woke have an agenda to tear down America! People, wake up and realize these Woke are evil and you should not listen to their twisted lies nor anything they have to say.
Go study history for yourself and learn the real truth.
Clark P Lee says
It is unfortunate that we teach such a transparently propaganda filled version of history in our public schools. It is certainly why I dismissed it as irrelevant in my youth. As I learned a more investigative approach to learning I found history to be like a mystery novel and a lot more interesting albeit depressing in it’s repetitiveness. History depends on who is writing it and when it is written. It is generally written by ‘winners’ at the exclusion of the ‘losers’.
Will Walker says
I agree wholeheartedly that revisionist history represents a dire threat to the integrity of our Nation. Many- if not most- Americans have been taught a distorted account of our past in the interest of a narrative that has a lot to lose from people who are able to see past their propaganda, and there is no subject where it is as apparent as the Plymouth settlement and the first Thanksgiving.
For instance, many people have misunderstood the aforementioned beads as a form of hard currency for the Indian tribes in the area. These beads- called wampum- were initially mnemonic devices that aided the oral histories and treaties of the tribes. Wampum became a valuable trade item because the beads were difficult to produce, yet there was a consistent, steady demand for them. In this way, they were not used as currency, but as a commodity. It was only when the European settlers realized the value of Wampum that they defined rates of exchange and thus flooded the market with fake and mass-produced beads, destroying its value.
Secondly, it is true that the puritans settled in an area that was previously an Indian village. An epidemic from 1616-1618 had all but destroyed the native population shortly before their arrival. Were it not for the cleared land and cornfields made by the Patuxet tribe, the survival of the colony would have been even more precarious than it already was. The relations between the settlers and the remaining Indians were tentative, but it was through the assistance and translation of a Patuxet Indian named Squanto (also referred to as Tisquantum) that they were able to reach a mutual understanding and system of mutual aid. How did Squanto know english? He had been kidnapped by an English expedition in 1605 to be sold into slavery in Spain. He escaped, traveled to England, joined the Newfoundland company as an interpreter, and returned to America to find that his village had been destroyed by disease. This mars the feel-good attitude we have about the story of thanksgiving, so it’s generally omitted from school instruction.
The peace of thanksgiving didn’t last. About a generation after the event, open war broke out between the Indians and English colonists. The Pequot tribe and its allies initially performed strongly, to which the colonists responded by slaughtering an entire village, most of whom were women and children. The war ended soon after in a decisive English victory, and violence and subjugation remained the standard policy of land acquisition forever afterward.
So, no, the land was not free and open for the taking. It was bought with innocent blood. More than 100 million native americans were killed between Columbus’s landing and the present day by the effects of European colonialism, all of whom were quite present on the land and quite partial to it.
It truly is a great shame that so many people have been led astray by those that benefit from ignorance. It is our responsibility, then, that we correct misinformation wherever it may appear and promote the real truth of American history.
Will Walker says
I agree wholeheartedly that revisionist history represents a dire threat to the integrity of our Nation. Many- if not most- Americans have been taught a distorted account of our past in the interest of a narrative that has a lot to lose from people who are able to see past their propaganda, and there is no subject where it is as apparent as the Plymouth settlement and the first Thanksgiving.
For instance, many people have misunderstood the aforementioned beads as a form of hard currency for the Indian tribes in the area. These beads- called wampum- were initially mnemonic devices that aided the oral histories and treaties of the tribes. Wampum became a valuable trade item because the beads were difficult to produce, yet there was a consistent, steady demand for them. In this way, they were not used as currency, but as a commodity. It was only when the European settlers realized the value of Wampum that they defined rates of exchange and thus flooded the market with fake and mass-produced beads, destroying its value.
Secondly, it is true that the puritans settled in an area that was previously an Indian village. An epidemic from 1616-1618 had all but destroyed the native population shortly before their arrival. Were it not for the cleared land and cornfields made by the Patuxet tribe, the survival of the colony would have been even more precarious than it already was. The relations between the settlers and the remaining Indians were tentative, but it was through the assistance and translation of a Patuxet Indian named Squanto (also referred to as Tisquantum) that they were able to reach a mutual understanding and system of mutual aid. How did Squanto know english? He had been kidnapped by an English expedition in 1605 to be sold into slavery in Spain. He escaped, traveled to England, joined the Newfoundland company as an interpreter, and returned to America to find that his village had been destroyed by disease. This mars the feel-good attitude we have about the story of thanksgiving, so it’s generally omitted from school instruction.
The peace of thanksgiving didn’t last. About a generation after the event, open war broke out between the Indians and English colonists. The Pequot tribe and its allies initially performed strongly, to which the colonists responded by slaughtering an entire village, most of whom were women and children. The war ended soon after in a decisive English victory, and violence and subjugation remained the standard policy of land acquisition forever afterward.
So, no, the land was not free and open for the taking. It was bought with innocent blood. More than 100 million native americans were killed between Columbus’s landing and the present day by the effects of European colonialism, all of whom were quite present on the land and quite partial to it.
It truly is a great shame that so many people have been led astray by those that benefit from ignorance. It is our responsibility, then, that we correct misinformation wherever it may appear and promote the real truth of American history.
helen sabin says
I had never heard of the “land of taboo” – what source do you use to post this information? and who was here before the American Indian? Try this one on for size..https://www.theregister.com/2012/07/13/clovis_not_first_says_paisley_caves_excrement/