Thanksgiving Haiku November 23, 2005 Lauren Courtesy of The Other Dark Meat: White man invades us, Steals our land and livelihood! Enjoy pie, asswipes. Oh, lovely day.
All about nature Haikus are supposed to be. This one is not. I’d rather ruin a childhood classic: Frosty the Snowman was a gay and jolly dude. He was made of snow so he wore no pants. He just strolled out in the nude. All the kids loved Frosty They shouted out with glee As the cops nabbed him away to jail For showing his wee-wee.
I would like to take a moment to remind folks that Thanksgiving is a time to remember when the Pilgrims, who were really just undocumented aliens looking for a better life for their families, broke bread with the Asian-Americans who got here first and they all gave thanks for the earth’s bounty. Granted the peace didn’t last, but the holiday celebrates a spirit of cooperation.
Thank you, B. Moe. Instead of finding ways to tear our country apart, let’s be thankful we are citizens of a country that allows freedom of speech and diverse thinking.
Natives never learned: Unite to form assemblies Or lose, one by one You got some ignorance in your snark, there.
Natives never learned: Unite to form assemblies Or lose, one by one You got some ignorance in your snark, there. No. He’s got snarky ignorance. Shall I offer him a … blanket?
I’ve forgotten more about indigenous and colonial history than you’re ever likely to learn, kids. Tried to get that into a haiku, but it wouldn’t fit right off the bat, and I’ve got a toddler to get off the Nona’s for turkey and pie. Happy Thanksgiving!
I hate this holiday for the very exchange in which i just participated. This is why i prefer to sit at the kids table, if i have to attend some big cheezy dinner. Adults suck. Okay, i’ll be nice. Here’s some lovely photos from the Ashes and Snow Exhibit moving to … Santa Monica ?
Robert, let me ask, which side’s story did you learn? I learned the red man’s. Thanksgiving story: Peaceful Natives and Pilgrims. Too bad it’s bullshit.
I’ve forgotten more about indigenous and colonial history than you’re ever likely to learn, kids. Tried to get that into a haiku, but it wouldn’t fit right off the bat, and I’ve got a toddler to get off the Nona’s for turkey and pie. Happy Thanksgiving! That’s the way to influence people–patronize and insult them! Well, despite that, this iggerant liberal wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving, too!
Pompus Western Arrogance fed by Mother Natures Kin Bit the hand that fed it When will the madness End? (Sorry about the format…Im just a natural born Rule Breaker.)
I’ve forgotten more about indigenous and colonial history than you’re ever likely to learn, kids. Forgetting all of it, however, was going a little overboard. Saying that the indigenous people in North America didn’t know how to form alliances is historically ignorant, because it’s just flat out false, and counterexamples are a dime a dozen. But even if it were true, saying that that’s the reason whites prevailed is even more historically ignorant, because you ignores technological differences, epidemiology, and population pressure. You also seem to assume that the natives necessarily saw the conflict as a racial one with whites on one side and all natives in a sort of autochthonous stew on the other. Despite that rather racist take on it, however, Native people were a bit more politically sophisticated than you give them credit for being, and often saw whites as a potential ally in their age-old feuds with other nations. To suggest that the proper course of action there was for 16th- or 17th-century natives to engage reflexively in a sort of racial essentialism is a disturbing notion to hear even from the likes of you..
Sorry am I that not to the format I did keep but when haiku I attempt ends up reading it usually like Yoda on thorazine!