Hate Missouri Week.
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I saw a supposedly seriously posted question on Twitter, you know, X, the other day asking why do KU fans hate Missouri so much. It was pretty evenly answered by people living in Misery and people living in the sunflower state.
The hatred is real. They can’t tolerate us because some Jayhawkers attacked Osceola and killed some slavers there. Of course the raid on Lawrence was far worse and resulted in a large loss of life. It’s great to be able to say we hate them simply because we’re on the right side of history in the conflict. Typically some of them uttered some nonsense about states rights being the issue while others cried foul on that and gave the reason for what it really is.
When I arrived on campus I was unaware of this history. I’d grown up with Bears/Packers and thought that was hatred but that was ‘you suck and so does your grandma’ type of hatred. But suddenly I got immersed in this rivalry and it didn’t take long for me to develop my own hatred for all things Misery.
I don’t think all the pent up hatred and anger towards them is going to help us this weekend, but I hope I’m wrong.
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They never finish the sentence, states right to what?
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I honestly have zero idea of how in the hell they can recruit black players with the history they proudly share. There will be thousands of folks in the stands wearing Quantrill shirts that say burn baby burn. It would be like Germany wearing hitler shirts to the Olympics.
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@kjayhawks I’ve wondered the same thing.
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Anyone interested in the history of the evil wrought by the miseryans should read the book “The Englishman in Kansas” by TH Gladstone.
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Lawrence (and therefore KU by association) had a remarkable role in the termination of the abomination and horror that was American slavery. An early attempt at a Kansas constitution came out of Lecompton and included the right to own slaves. This proposal wasn’t ratified by Congress. Anti-slavery residents in Lawrence and Kansas City then proposed a constitution that didn’t include the right to own slaves, the Wyndotte Constitution which led to Kansas’s admission as a state, a free state. Our admission tipped the number of anti-slavery votes in Congress in favor of abolition. Thereafter, South Carolina and other states attempted to secede from the union. To fight to become a free state, Lawrence residents campaigned for anti-slavery supporters, many from Illinois to come to Lawrence to live and boost the number of voters in favor of a free state. It’s too early in the morning to look up more of the actual history, but it is truly fascinating how Lawrence residents in 1858-1860 fought to become a free state, which led to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. And yes, Missouri slavers fought Kansans the whole way.
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Well, on the historical topic, here’s one of those mom’s-father’s-brother things…
I recently learned of a connection to Quantrill’s Raid on my mom’s side. Most of the raiders were killed or got away, but one was captured by my mom’s paternal grandmother’s father. Apparently the rifle used to seize the raider was passed down to her uncle who gave it to her father and she inherited it when he died.
There are many accounts of the raid with conflicting details, so I take this with a bit of a grain of salt. Like anything, I figure there are some bits of truth in all of the accounts.
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For the record - every week is hate Missouri week.
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Learning some good interesting history here.
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@bskeet That’s a fascinating story to be connected with.
