Ya know Jackson, while I mostly agree with you here, AND while I know that last line o' yours was not directed towards me personally, I sure wish people would STOP bandying around the term "elitist" in this friggin' undereducated country!!!
Because, the term "elitist" does NOT ONLY mean someone who thinks they are superior in their intellectual abilities or some other pursuits, but ALSO MEANS that because they feel this way they deserve some special social priviledges or some favored status in the world.(at least according to my "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language", anyway)
And I haven't as of yet seen anybody in this thread propose that any class of people here "deserve any preferential treatment" in any manner whatsoever. Though, I have seen a whole lot o' people(myself included)say in essence, "It's that other guy's fault!", here.
And sooooo, I invite you to be among the vanguard of Americans who will start using this word(and MAYBE a "few" of the other words in our glorious language) correctly.
(now I hope that didn't "hurt too badly" there, because the above was NOT MEANT FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, ya know!!!)
Last edited by Dwight; 07/03/2008 2:01 PM.
