09-07-2006, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 3,781
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stripersnipr
Think maybe for once you could try to respect someones opinion without pronouncing it: Silly, Stupid, or idiotic?
Elitism
Elitism is a belief or attitude that the people who are considered to be the elite — a selected group of persons whose personal abilities, wealth, specialised training or experience, or other attributes place them at the top of any field (especially politics and business, but see below) — are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously, or that these are persons whose views should be regarded as carrying the most weight, or, more simply, these people are best fit to govern. Elitism may also be used to convey a less rational and more purely arrogant sense of entitlement to better treatment owing to wealth, social standing, etc.
Stemming mostly from this usage, elitism has highly negative connotations and is often used pejoratively as conveying arrogance or disregard for the general non-elite public. In its political and sociological sense, elitism sees an elite as occupying a special position of authority or privilege in a group, set apart from the majority of people without the selected abilities or attributes.
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You two brothers? I think you do your share of I`m right your a moron posts to.... I know I do 
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Good health and family
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