re: #97 wrenchwench

Which side was Kansas on in the Civil War?

Why Kansas was just like Kentucky… bitterly split.

The point being that Kansas was not some sort of hard core Union state. It was split between very hard core confederates and less hard core Unionists. There were battles (some even real fights with bloodshed) there to make the state a slave state going back to the 1840’s.

Again, much of the state really wanted to go slave. It almost did on several occasions.

Those same attitudes still run very deep. We still see them today. That is the whole point. That this crap comes from Kansas is no surprise. It would be shocking though in NY or Massachusetts.

I suppose we could go into the economics of the range wars but the fact is you wouldn’t care to learn the history. I understand you want to make this into a personal fight. I understand you have your little friends who like doing that. In the end though, it doesn’t change the plain as the nose on anyone’s face history.