Yes it is. The narrative they push is that the Europeans cooperated with the Indigenous people that first year, but given the subsequent genocide, that is, at the very least a dangerous half truth.
Thanksgiving is also a holiday that celebrates familial ties and shared food, because why a holiday was created and how it's celebrated are two distinct things.
Than means that even people who understand that the holiday is a marker of the beginning of the Indigenous genocide are attached to the other aspects of the holiday. That's why people jump to defend it, even when they know that the cooperation narrative is a lie.
Is it moral and justified to try and keep that family closeness and feasting part of the holiday when it's built on lying about genocide? I don't know. I do know that there are cousins I get to see on Thanksgiving, that I only get to see a few times per year because the government has a mandated day off. I love them dearly. I know that food bank donations go up this time of year. We shouldn't need those at all in a well run society, but that isn't our material reality right now.
So yeah, that's the why. I'm not saying they're right, but that's at least partly why people are so quick to defend it. Which is what you asked.
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