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153. I think liberal elite should be elitist

Mon Apr 3, 2017, 01:32 PM

Apr 2017

that does not mean they are not empathetic, sympathetic, caring individuals but that does not rule out knowing one is better than some by virtue of intelligence, morals, etc

I just don't feel elitist is a dirty word, that's all

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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