The piece by Tova Mirvis in Monday’s Washington Post is actually a reasonably sweet tale of a woman navigating the first Thanksgiving of a second marriage and trying to please everyone, but the tweet and headline promoting it sounds like an utter nightmare: the wokest Thanksgiving ever.
Perspective: What I learned when I tried to make my blended family a gluten-free, kosher, no-soy, vegan, organic, low-acid, no-dairy Thanksgiving https://t.co/eo0PVzKReh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/933117425301819392
That’s what we thought, but really, it’s worth reading. Again, though, we wonder: aren’t there any media takes on Thanksgiving that don’t make the holiday sound like a politically charged Thunderdome or a sexist 1950s nightmare?
point of the story was a considerate lady trying her best — driving herself mad, and ultimately failing — to make a feast where everybody could eat everything. She’s the victim of the diet crazes, liberal insanity and kosher restrictions, not the perp.
— William Horsley (@WJayHorsley) November 21, 2017
If you don’t read the piece, at least scroll through the replies to that tweet promoting it. Come on: just the idea of a vegan, organic Thanksgiving set off our woke detectors.
https://twitter.com/adudeinaplace3/status/932985403359072257
i got hives from reading this title https://t.co/b8kg38onkV
— Talia Lavin, girl reporter (@chick_in_kiev) November 21, 2017
What did she learn, really?
That nobody wants water for Thanksgiving https://t.co/Q8s1GPk4Jj
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 21, 2017
That most likely you will die alone. https://t.co/kNPP2K5bcR
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 21, 2017
That you'll never be happy, just like the rest of the Democrats. https://t.co/ThM7ibvt6o
— Rep. Steven Smith ?? (@RepStevenSmith) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThinBlueLR/status/933120248777269248
https://twitter.com/rshackelford14/status/933071719773949955
https://twitter.com/AlexisinNH/status/933118669466537984
DING DING DING! Winner winner, Thanksgiving dinner.
That your family will never turn up again for Thanksgiving at your house? ??? https://t.co/KeSk2l56wJ
— farmergeddon???? (@_Farmergeddon) November 21, 2017
How to ostracize oneself from the family.#KIlljoy https://t.co/EOIKXwOx3G
— յօհղ (@OrAroundTen) November 21, 2017
That people actually want food for thanksgiving not dirt https://t.co/simzp4OGHe
— Ben Hitchcock (@TheBenHitchcock) November 21, 2017
You learned they never loved you…and they never will. https://t.co/cSUYSfVOF2
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) November 21, 2017
That I'm trying to live out SJW-hipster-doofus Twitter IRL and it doesn't work? https://t.co/IO5sLVEPdm
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/Stmpy_Mch/status/932856788696760320
You learned the family decided to go to someone else's house that served actual food? https://t.co/C0D3gYL0Wa
— Brad Slager: It's Lt-Col-VP-Rev-Kaiser, SIR ? ? (@MartiniShark) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/CTBellows/status/932975677304864768
https://twitter.com/defenestratorX/status/932900260212609024
https://twitter.com/cmahar3/status/932973621030428673
https://twitter.com/TimWillard3/status/932855818193551360
https://twitter.com/TranslationGoat/status/933004466969866240
https://twitter.com/torriangray/status/932855933767622656
You are alone watching made-for-tv movies on holidays? https://t.co/VsGyQ3VQ64
— Cliff in ATX (@clifftx) November 21, 2017
That self loathing is not a victimless crime https://t.co/VyiNj0Fmzi
— GoshuAAAA (@Skipper1913) November 21, 2017
That you need to learn to mind your own business? https://t.co/FxxdMJ8pGt
— History Prof Brad (@brad_duren) November 21, 2017
What’s one to do when there are so many people with so many dietary restrictions?
Did you serve them air and sunlight? https://t.co/naOV8TmV2v
— ?? Fox Galt ?️? (@fox_galt) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/AFitzpatrick_/status/932857911222657025
I always have a vegan option for guests.
It’s called the front lawn. https://t.co/zQYNtok6zc— Rob Laurich (@rlaurich) November 21, 2017
Why don't you just waterboard them too? https://t.co/en7PZxsmDk
— Pedro Moffett (@realMoffett) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/irishskeptic/status/932857968944734208
Narrator: Most of the thanks were given when people left. https://t.co/JQ0bkFN04D
— ????????? ??? – p.d.e.v. (@ConfiteorDeo) November 21, 2017
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More Thanksgiving fun: Slate explains why turkey day is a sexist 1950s nightmare https://t.co/BYPpesxOtE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 21, 2017