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150. I don't think I understand your point. Are you saying...

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #149)

Mon Apr 3, 2017, 01:02 PM

Apr 2017

... there's no difference between 'elite' and 'elitist?'

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Has anyone here ever met a liberal elitist? [View all] LAS14 Apr 2017 OP

I was actually wondering what the definition expressly was. dhol82 Apr 2017 #1

Elitists think the elite should control society, to be brief. Not all elites are elitists. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #36

+1 dhol82 Apr 2017 #39

Well stated. nt LAS14 Apr 2017 #90

Someone who washes their hands after pooping. Dave Starsky Apr 2017 #94

I am certain that, to many, that would suffice as a definition. dhol82 Apr 2017 #105

Do you mean someone who thinks they're better than most republicans? Yes, yes I have NightWatcher Apr 2017 #2

lol. JHan Apr 2017 #37

By definition, I would be one. I live on the coast, I have an ivy degree and I really enjoy a latte Squinch Apr 2017 #3

If you have an ivy degree, why don't you know what elitist means? L. Coyote Apr 2017 #38

LIBERAL elitist. All you have to do to be considered a liberal elitist by Republican troglodites Squinch Apr 2017 #42

Liberal elite is not the same as an elitist. I think it is an oxymoron. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #43

Nothing is contradictory to Republicans. Squinch Apr 2017 #47

I met Bernie Sanders once. Foamfollower Apr 2017 #4

Keep the divisivness going. That's just what RWers want. TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #16

I'm just being honest. Foamfollower Apr 2017 #20

My kids met all of the candidates, more than once, and they'd call bullshit on that! TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #28

That's their problem, not mine. Foamfollower Apr 2017 #51

Keep trying to justify that initial post. #FAIL TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #65

I merely spoke honest truth. Foamfollower Apr 2017 #73

What's honest about it? Eyeball_Kid Apr 2017 #127

LOL BainsBane Apr 2017 #113

LOL TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #123

That doesn't address BainsBane Apr 2017 #125

Lost in a quagmire of confusion. TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #141

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Do you have a link to that bit about Russians bashing Bernie? Because I heard them talk about bettyellen Apr 2017 #114

The same day you did. BainsBane Apr 2017 #117

You joined the same day! tammywammy Apr 2017 #120

Do you suppose he forgot? BainsBane Apr 2017 #122

You have no right to tell FF "to get lost".. FF Cha Apr 2017 #139

The torture never stops ornotna Apr 2017 #115

Liberal - Yes, Elitist - not so much... WoonTars Apr 2017 #147

It's largely fake, used to deflect populist anger away from the rich sharedvalues Apr 2017 #5

a hundred times this**** JHan Apr 2017 #57

+100 sharedvalues Apr 2017 #61

True BainsBane Apr 2017 #116

Yes I know someone who could be Sanity Claws Apr 2017 #6

Anyone who stayed home or voted third party lapucelle Apr 2017 #10

People that have generational wealth tend to associate Blue_true Apr 2017 #93

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?????? Where are you coming from???? And... LAS14 Apr 2017 #11

Yes, more than one. democrank Apr 2017 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author LAS14 Apr 2017 #9

Liberal elitist any liberal who demands absolute purity lapucelle Apr 2017 #12

I think Bernie used the term as a cheap shot ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #13

That's not populist. It's a Republican slur against Democrats. Has been forever. Squinch Apr 2017 #48

I mean he was trying to appeal to ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #59

How does disparaging the Democratic Party encourage those people to vote Dem? BainsBane Apr 2017 #118

It wasn't meant to disparage the party ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #128

So it was meant to disparage the nominee and the people who supported synergie Apr 2017 #136

Yup ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #146

No, but I've met plenty of conservative elitists. Initech Apr 2017 #14

My mother. no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #15

Oh, yes Warpy Apr 2017 #17

that description easily describes many libertarian/republicans I've met in my life.. JHan Apr 2017 #126

As I said, a lot of the cutoff points are the same in both groups Warpy Apr 2017 #130

Well I think that's a cognitive error/dissonance that comes with privilege JHan Apr 2017 #131

I am confused ( not unusual ) Doreen Apr 2017 #18

1993 Cosmocat Apr 2017 #19

I remember the first time I heard that puke. mountain grammy Apr 2017 #121

Does Lyndon Johnson count? L. Coyote Apr 2017 #21

i don't think that counts. and Johnson definitely wasn't elitist JI7 Apr 2017 #27

Conservatives have FAR more elitists in their ranks steve2470 Apr 2017 #22

Yup Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2017 #23

never met her but Susan Sarandon ? JI7 Apr 2017 #24

Hardly. Just the opposite. She likes populists. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #32

her treatment of Dolores Huerta doesn't show that , in fact the opposite. unless you mean right wing JI7 Apr 2017 #33

I actually sat beside Serandon, Robins and her kids once while on Blue_true Apr 2017 #95

This has to do with rural perceptions. ananda Apr 2017 #25

how come it doesn't affect Native Americans ? JI7 Apr 2017 #35

peta and anti vax , gluten-free types in California JI7 Apr 2017 #26

not liberal but the entire Trump Trash is Elitist JI7 Apr 2017 #29

Sounds like there were quite a few at these events: QC Apr 2017 #30

Elites are not necessarily elitists. L. Coyote Apr 2017 #34

There is the liberal elite. Autumn Apr 2017 #87

BS. People are not automatically evil because they are rich. Blue_true Apr 2017 #96

True, but I doubt that Blackwater was there out of love for humanity. QC Apr 2017 #97

Some rich people are assholes, some are not. Blue_true Apr 2017 #104

Apparently I am one sarah FAILIN Apr 2017 #31

Being a whiney ass snob.... beachbum bob Apr 2017 #40

Here is an interesting article worth checking out IMO... PoiBoy Apr 2017 #41

thomas frank doesn't see race JI7 Apr 2017 #44

he gets eternal side eye from me. JHan Apr 2017 #58

He's great melman Apr 2017 #70

Good read, thanks! beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #112

Complaints about Liberal Elitists from the Right Wing is mostly Complaints about Social Justice JI7 Apr 2017 #45

Her name is Susan Sarandon. AgadorSparticus Apr 2017 #46

So here we are falling for a circular firing squad trick. I had not realized that Sanders Squinch Apr 2017 #49

There's a difference between the liberal elite and a liberal elitist... k8conant Apr 2017 #63

Not in the way the phrases have always been used by Republicans, so neither is a phrase that Squinch Apr 2017 #72

There is no point to this... a number of these sort of OP's were removed yesterday. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #74

+100. No one here really believes this GOP propaganda do they? sharedvalues Apr 2017 #108

No, but I would classify them as MicaelS Apr 2017 #50

Simple greymattermom Apr 2017 #52

I am a liberal elitist. nycbos Apr 2017 #53

I've met wannabe elite liberal elitists butdiduvote Apr 2017 #54

I ve been called one d_r Apr 2017 #55

oh, oh, oh, oh, Eko Apr 2017 #56

I was called one once mercuryblues Apr 2017 #60

Yuppies? moondust Apr 2017 #64

Susan Sarandon Hamlette Apr 2017 #66

OK here goes. Straw Man Apr 2017 #67

isn't that what Trump does ? force others to give up property so he can develop crap ? yet they love JI7 Apr 2017 #69

Yes, it is. Straw Man Apr 2017 #89

Sounds like my hood HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #86

Bill Maher (when it comes to religion). nt Jamaal510 Apr 2017 #68

Labels belong on DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #71

DSB... Thank you ! Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #75

It's funny... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #78

I understand perfectly. People like different things. Both my husband and I like Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #79

Would your husband rather see the Cavaliers or a play? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #80

the Cavs for sure... in fact I might skip the play...I adore LeBron... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #82

The only thing I like more than his athletic prowess is the fact he's a stalwart Democrat. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #84

according to Garrison Keilor Brainstormy Apr 2017 #76

They are running a anti-beverage tax ad in WV using Reagan's voice saying doc03 Apr 2017 #77

No never have. nt Trumpocalypse Apr 2017 #81

Yes. H2O Man Apr 2017 #83

Ye, I have met several of our top Democratic politicians. They are the liberal elite. Autumn Apr 2017 #85

Those same politicians wish to reverse citizens United. JHan Apr 2017 #132

Yes they do wish to reverse citizens united but it hasn't happened yet. nt Autumn Apr 2017 #133

Because that requires a Supreme Court justice Autumn. JHan Apr 2017 #134

Yep. Autumn Apr 2017 #142

Well, I'm definitely one. dawg Apr 2017 #88

San Francisco politics is full of them. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2017 #91

San Francisco has a lot of perfects. That tend to attract people Blue_true Apr 2017 #100

Never met one but I would classify them as .. MicaelS Apr 2017 #92

Male white privilege jeanmarc Apr 2017 #99

I was told it meant BainsBane Apr 2017 #101

No you weren't melman Apr 2017 #102

Certainly people can and should read for themselves BainsBane Apr 2017 #103

It's a stupid label started by the right wing NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #106

I'm not sure what qualifies but I think I'm may be one TNLib Apr 2017 #107

I Think RobinA Apr 2017 #110

Yes. They refer to Medicare for all, tuition free college and $15/hr wage policies as "unicorns". beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #111

But the upper-middle class BainsBane Apr 2017 #119

I, for one, appreciate good style and dress, JHan Apr 2017 #129

I met a history prof in 1980 who claimed to be a "social liberal" and "economic conservative." McCamy Taylor Apr 2017 #124

I've met Limousine Liberals. haele Apr 2017 #135

My daughter attends an elite university Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2017 #138

Speaking like you have an education has a lot to do with it Algernon Moncrieff Apr 2017 #137

I think you may be on to something. nt LAS14 Apr 2017 #145

I don't even know what a liberal elitist is. It appears to be a phony tag used to denigrate those.. George II Apr 2017 #140

Elitists are not bad, they are good HAB911 Apr 2017 #143

This doesn't recognize the difference between elitist and elite. LAS14 Apr 2017 #144

I'm a liberal elitist HAB911 Apr 2017 #149

I don't think I understand your point. Are you saying... LAS14 Apr 2017 #150

I think liberal elite should be elitist HAB911 Apr 2017 #153

Let me frame it this way... brooklynite Apr 2017 #148

My parents told me that I shook JFK's hand when I was four... maveric Apr 2017 #151

I've met plenty who at least part of the time meet my criteria mythology Apr 2017 #152

this has always been a dishonest argument about 'elitists' bigtree Apr 2017 #154

It's an idiot bit of commercial branding for lazy or biased minds... LanternWaste Apr 2017 #155

Maybe what Sanders was referring to was... LAS14 Apr 2017 #156