To Mizzou Fans

I've been looking over these message boards the last few days, and finally wanted to say something to my fellow Mizzou fans.

I want to remind some of you that you are not Yankees. Even if your personal belief is that of the Yankees (which would be a shame), it still doesn't mean you're in Yankeeville (which is what one poster has as his location).

I saw another poster with a picture of a MU Tiger with the words 'Damn Yankees'.

My feeling is you're doing this for one reason; to agitate. The only reason you're doing it is to gain an edge in this never ending game of trying to frustrate someone else online.

Have some pride in your heritage. Yes, Missouri was a mixed state... but its heritage is much deeper on the Confederate side. Missouri and Kentucky are the exact same in this matter, expect Missouri was essentially fighting for the Confederate independent mindset long before the Civil War even started.

Instead of using others misguided understanding of that time period (It amazes me that most southerners have no clue that Missouri was such an active state in the Civil War and so rooted in the Confederacy)

There is no need to go off on a tangent about Quintrill, Jesse James, and the long heritage between the Confederates and Missouri. I'm not even close to an expert, I just know enough to know that putting 'yankeeville' is dumb. You might as well be a Beaker fan if that is the case... and you don't want to be a Beaker do you? So then please refrain from being a Yankee knucklehead. Thanks.
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Also, If you are a fan of another team and argue that yes Missourians are Yankees, you are showing a tremendous lack of knowledge of something that you're supposed to know a lot about. So please, I welcome you to call us Yankees.