In fairness, Thanksgiving wasn’t made a national holiday until 1863. By then, the US had plenty of Catholics, in no small part thanks to the Irish Potato Famine of the prior two decades.
It also had plenty of Jews, thanks to the Napoleonic Wars and the then-recent string of wars along the border of the Ottoman Empire.
Hell, it might be worth pointing out that the Mayflower was the product of the 30 Years War, which also produced a sizable exodus of Catholics and Jews to the New World.
scout10290@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Nice. You gave her the burrrnn. Good job. We need to really start correcting much of this type of misinformation out there when people say it one day many many more will believe it.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a fight against windmills. There’s a certain type of person who’s just totally resistant against learning new stuff. They got their opinion and that’s truth and screw everything else.
You might correct one thing, but by the time you did that they already dug up three new pieces of garbage.
It’s so frustrating.
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gish Gallop
ch00f@lemmy.world 1 month ago
she once refused to back down on the fact that Jupiter doesn’t have a solid surface. Best I got was “I don’t know about that.”