Why leftists hate Thanksgiving — and can't stop ruining it

Is there any hope for this perpetually outraged leftist?

I’d like to think so. After all, I’ve written about opening your home to others — even perhaps strangers — on Thanksgiving. But Robert Jensen is a hard case.

Redistribute land and wealth? No wonder his fellow leftists would rather gorge on stuffing.

That’s because Jensen, who writes at AlterNet — the spiritual home of the fevered far left — wouldn’t be much fun at your Thanksgiving table. That's because he says we need to "replace the feasting with fasting and create a National Day of Atonement to acknowledge the genocide of indigenous people that is central to the creation of the United States.”

Holiday haters

Jensen is one of those Thanksgiving haters. He's been writing about this for years, popping up in November with dark