I think the term Elitist, as it is being used is about serving an agenda. People who may do the right thing, but do it for the wrong reason could fall into that category.
If you do something, because it is cool and then bad mouth other because they don't do it, then that would fall into the Elitist category. I used those examples because they are often things I hear of people doing because they want to be cool, anti-establishment types that don't like the man. Being those things is fine, just be those things for the right reason, not because they are cool. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bill Maher > > whose perception? > > Elitist and liberal are wedge words, just like neo-con. They're used > to set up an "us" versus "them" > > My personal favorties are "liberal elites" and "intelligensia." > > In recent times (the last century alone) being labelled and elite or > part of the intelligencia could get you killed. > > And that is what makes me so fucking angry about this type of thing. > > But let me ask you, 'cause you made the statement: are people that may > be conciously helping the environment, fair trade/compensation > practices, and eating what they percieve to be better food choices > elitist? > > Or is it just the one's that do it for pretense and because it is cool > or hip? Or does it have to do with one's agenda, for or against? > > What about people that drive fuel efficient Corollas 'cause that's > what they can afford, buy locally farmed organic produce whenever > possible because it helps one to eat healthy and it helps the local > farmers to eat local, and drink coffee brewed at home made from beans > purchased from a local coffee company that's been a part of the > community for over a hundred years? > > also elitist? or only elitist if it serves and agenda? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220337 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
