tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post5792224191548562053..comments2023-08-10T06:32:38.601-04:00Comments on By Their Strange Fruit <a name="top"> </a>: Creation Myths: ThanksgivingBTSF:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02553697351488297764noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-23345178325639041372012-11-19T17:13:55.779-05:002012-11-19T17:13:55.779-05:00Approve!Approve!StrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-53440690551968426672012-11-19T16:46:11.127-05:002012-11-19T16:46:11.127-05:00Excellent, as always. Appreciate your hard work an...Excellent, as always. Appreciate your hard work and the stories you chose to highlight. Here's another blog, similar perspective, that I also found helpful: http://sojo.net/blogs/2012/11/19/truth-about-thanksgiving-why-you-should-celebrate/ From an author at The Raven Foundation (highlighting Rene Girard).martin troyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-43023789454618195032012-11-19T01:38:15.123-05:002012-11-19T01:38:15.123-05:00It is worth mentioning that in preparation for thi...It is worth mentioning that in preparation for this post, I encountered a convoluted quagmire of misconception and misinformation. The stories portraying white settlers in a favorable light predominated, but accounts of the same events from the perspective of the conquered also percolated. Because of the dearth of primary documentation, it was extremely difficult to form a clear picture of the reality of these events. Yet we know that the story of the conqueror will always be taken more seriously than the counter-narrative of the oppressed (See post: Christopher Columbus http://bytheirstrangefruit.blogspot.com/2012/10/foundation-myths-christopher-columbus.html)StrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.com