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I know a lot of people who regard it as a hybrid southern/midwestern state. Plenty of confederate flags to be found in Missouri, certainly, and the MU/KU rivalr
by handrous 5y ago
I know a lot of people who regard it as a hybrid southern/midwestern state. Plenty of confederate flags to be found in Missouri, certainly, and the MU/KU rivalry is, on our side at least, heavy on "bleeding Kansas" rhetoric and imagery, which keeps Missouri's Southern-sympathizing role in the war alive in our popular culture (such as it is). Lots and lots of our local icons, oft-mentioned historical figures, et c., relate back to the war, and especially folks who supported the Confederacy. County seats with those late-addition cheap confederate soldier memorial-statutes outside the courthouse are, AFAIK, quite common in the state.
- CountDrewku 5y agoYou can find Confederate flags in northern states and all over the US. That doesn't suddenly make it more "southern". I live in CO now and I see more confederate flags than I ever saw in MO.
- jeremyjh 5y agoYou can find racists and rebels anywhere. If you order a sweet tea in any restaurant in Missouri they will look at you like you have three heads.
- handrous 5y agoNot true at all, but the sweet tea they serve you will probably be mediocre at best, that's true. A few places will serve you unsweet tea (all they have, as a cost-savings measure) with sugar packets, as if that's the same thing, which admittedly is an offense worthy of challenging your server and/or the restaurant owner to a duel.
- jessaustin 5y agoCounty seats with those late-addition cheap confederate soldier memorial-statutes outside the courthouse are, AFAIK, quite common in the state. This seems libelous. Can you provide a single example of such a statue? I drive through several county seats in Missouri multiple times a week. There are WWII and Vietnam memorials, and actually several Civil War Union memorials, but not a single confederate memorial.