| Yesthatphil | 31 May 2016 3:47 a.m. PST |
Elitism is one of those accusations handed out when there are no reasonable arguments left … Phil |
79thPA  | 31 May 2016 4:16 a.m. PST |
…Unless the person is an elitist…. |
| Who asked this joker | 31 May 2016 4:49 a.m. PST |
Another way to put it, "Is name calling OK if the opinion of the person you are insulting does not align with your own world view?" Clearly, no. |
| Frederick | 31 May 2016 5:03 a.m. PST |
There is no excuse for bad manners |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 31 May 2016 5:49 a.m. PST |
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| John the Greater | 31 May 2016 7:45 a.m. PST |
I find that cries of "elitism" come from the mouths of the inferior. |
| nazrat | 31 May 2016 8:06 a.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 31 May 2016 9:32 a.m. PST |
If someone is truly an elitist, they won't respond (internally, which is what you ostensibly are trying to change) to the accusation. It is better to show them up in public rather than to rebuke. Decorum is a good place to start. |
| Weasel | 31 May 2016 7:14 p.m. PST |
In general, if someone is being a jerk, someone should speak up. In gaming circles, elitism tends to take the form of gate-keeping and exclusion. |
| Mute Bystander | 01 Jun 2016 4:46 a.m. PST |
War gaming is full of elitists that decry and deride that which they judge inferior. |
| GildasFacit | 01 Jun 2016 6:47 a.m. PST |
Definitions of an Elitist vary so much it is pretty hard to decry some of the meanings while others have already assumed that the word is inherently insulting. Sadly many people now believe that all are equal and that no elite actually exists. Good or bad, this is a VERY incorrect assumption. |
| Scorpio | 01 Jun 2016 11:08 a.m. PST |
Yeah, I struggled over how you would define elitism. Most of the clues that I came up with really boiled down to the person being a jerk, though. I agree with Weasel above, though, in that it ends up as a lot of gate-keeping and exclusion, which will be a self-correcting problem. |
| Old Contemptibles | 01 Jun 2016 2:28 p.m. PST |
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| Raynman | 01 Jun 2016 2:46 p.m. PST |
I must agree with John the Greater! |
| Rod I Robertson | 03 Jun 2016 7:06 p.m. PST |
Long live the unwashed rabble, the crofters and the sharecroppers. Vive les sans culottes et la revolution! La mort a tous les aristocrates! Down with the elites, let's all be levellers!
Cheers.
Rod Robertson. |
shows us that you don't need money to have great bases.