"Elites" is a Right-Wing Slur Word

[McKim]

50. As Democrats We Need to Avoid Using Republican Vocabulary

As democrats, we need to avoid inadvertently using and spreading republican vocabulary. For example: “Iran Nuclear Deal” asserts that this is a haggling arrangement between the US and Iran and that the US and Iran are the only partners. It also echos Trump’s “Art of the Deal” and sets up the idea that Trump can get a better deal. The real name is The Iran Nuclear Agreement.
This presents the idea that it is an agreement between several countries.

Another example is “Obamacare” which is now in the popular lexicon. This makes it look like health care and its costs are all about Obama. What it is REALLY about is “Affordable Healthcare” which is a neutral term that presents government sponsored health care as a good thing.

These Republican words slip into common usage and each time they are uttered, they bash democrats and their achievements and their ideas. Be careful the words you chose can hurt your causes!