Please give your definition. What you think the term(s) mean(s), not what it says on dictionary.com.

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I thought this was a College Football Thread. Carry on.

Edited September 26, 200818 yr by ScarHeel
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Good question Jim. I'll come up with a definition later, but it's always interesting to me that those with bank accounts in the seven digits are somehow in touch with America.

I think it's people that think they are better than everyone else.

I can give you rockmom's definition: PepRock01.

I think it's people that think they are better than everyone else.

 

That could include a plethora of people, including a lot without money. :lol:

That could include a plethora of people, including a lot without money. :lol:

 

Yes, it most definitely could.

Me?

 

No, seriously, I have to avoid most political debates outside of BGP, because I can't control how condescending I am sometimes. It's certainly an unfavorable trait.

 

I view an elitist as someone who ridicules and belittles someone for a belief because they think the other person is naive.

I believe an Elitist is a person that feels they are superior to the majority. Be it because of money or power. John Kerry is the poster child for Elitist in my mind. Any time I hear that word that is who pops in my head (Pelois has been added to that list as of late).

 

I always think of the word Elite in a different sense. A person or group that has proven they are the best in their field would be Elite. Tiger Woods is the Elite of the PGA, the SEC is the Elite conference in college football, Brady/Manning/Palmer are amoung the Elite QB's in the NFL. The Navy Seals are an Elite fighting group, ect...

Me?

 

No, seriously, I have to avoid most political debates outside of BGP, because I can't control how condescending I am sometimes. It's certainly an unfavorable trait.

 

I view an elitist as someone who ridicules and belittles someone for a belief because they think the other person is naive.

 

My friends flat out refuse to talk politics with me....:lol:

I can give you rockmom's definition: PepRock01.

 

 

Only for elitist.

 

Two different concepts:

 

Elite is a condition. Elitist is an attitude.

 

To be elite is to be hard to attain, or above the rest.

To be elitist is to hold ideas or an attitude that one is above the rest, not necessarily rooted in reality. :lol:

To be elitist is to hold ideas or an attitude that one is above the rest, not necessarily rooted in reality. :lol:

 

:thumb: Well put.

 

An elitist isn't a person who chooses Stella over Bud Light.

 

An elitist isn't a person who drives a Lexus instead of a Chevy.

 

An elitist isn't a person who reads Cicero instead of the sports page.

 

I could go on, but I think my point is clear: Drinking European beer, driving foreign cars, and thinking don't make a person an elitist - believing that drinking European beer, driving foreign cars, and pretending to comprehend Cicero makes a person better than the rest makes them elitist.

:thumb: Well put.

 

An elitist isn't a person who chooses Stella over Bud Light.

 

An elitist isn't a person who drives a Lexus instead of a Chevy.

 

An elitist isn't a person who reads Cicero instead of the sports page.

 

I could go on, but I think my point is clear: Drinking European beer, driving foreign cars, and thinking don't make a person an elitist - believing that drinking European beer, driving foreign cars, and pretending to comprehend Cicero makes a person better than the rest makes them elitist.

 

 

Makes sense to me. I like your take on this. :thumb:

Good question Jim. I'll come up with a definition later, but it's always interesting to me that those with bank accounts in the seven digits are somehow in touch with America.

 

I've always understood the concept to mean elite = rich and powerful. Somehow it got redefined to mean "educated." And unfortunately, that has added to the already rampant anti-intellectualism in this country. One more piece of the GWB legacy, I suppose.

I've always understood the concept to mean elite = rich and powerful. Somehow it got redefined to mean "educated." And unfortunately, that has added to the already rampant anti-intellectualism in this country. One more piece of the GWB legacy, I suppose.

Wow... I don't think that Plasticman has nearly the reach you're making here Jimbo... :lol:

 

I was with you otherwise... :thumb: