# debunking the myth of Thanksgiving **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849 "2012-11-22T17:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/21 "2012-11-23T16:30:29Z")
I hope everyone read this and refused to enjoy themselves, ever again. Let’s not forget the Pilgrims brought several goats with them. probably for sex, because if they are going to bring goats on a long voyage like that they would only bother with ones that are willing to put out. p.s. The Mayflower Compact. It did nothing to protect equal rights for game show hosts. > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Minute Maid Sour Grapes. That flavor is getting more popular all the time. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/22 "2012-11-23T16:57:01Z")
That this poll does not include French’s (nee Durkee) french fried onions is a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/23 "2012-11-23T17:05:11Z")
You know, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special didn’t mention ANY of this stuff. I feel so…betrayed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/24 "2012-11-23T18:10:38Z")
I don’t think the Pilgrims intended to give the natives small pox or any other disease the natives had not encountered previously. Just like the natives probably didn’t intend to give the pilgrims syphilis. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/25 "2012-11-23T19:24:04Z")
I once got in trouble in elementary school for drawing a picture of the pilgrims raping Indian women and robbing Indian graves in art class. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/26 "2012-11-23T19:29:40Z")
Can’t imagine why? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/27 "2012-11-23T20:04:20Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Exactly what I was going to say. And the reason is because of the company that surrounds the meal: My loving extended family. Eh, I can’t stand those losers. I just like the food. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/28 "2012-11-24T19:24:45Z")
> [@michaeltangelo](#): > > Abraham Lincoln liked the idea so much he declared a national holiday after much pressure from Sarah Josepha Hale, a writer at Harper’s Bazaar. [Right idea, wrong magazine.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/434/is-it-true-thanksgiving-was-invented-by-the-editor-of-em-harpers-bazaar-em) Don’t be too harsh critiquing others’ incorrect facts while having your own wrong, please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849/29 "2012-11-24T19:26:07Z")
And Jesus wasn’t really born in December. So what? Don’t be a grump on the holidays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-the-myth-of-thanksgiving/641849.md?page=1)