Building on @aoscott's piece, might be worth making a distinction between elitism and snobbery.
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@emjayemjay@HeerJeet Define "elitist" more like. Elitist is as negative as snob. Need other word.
End of conversation
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@HeerJeet The words are used interchangeably. You can't pick your own definitions but it won't help.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Is there an objective (aesthetic) standard? Without it, elitism just is snobbery.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Thank you. I am a proud elitist who loves the best of pop culture.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet no. It is the nature of democracy. See Plato's Republic. Issue for 2500 years.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The clients described in this article... socially pretentious and unashamedly uncultured: http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/what-its-like-to-be-an-interior-designer-for-the-one-percent-111 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Exactly; the dismissal of connoisseurship/discernment as "snobbery", gustatory experimenters as "hipsters", etc. Drives me crazy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I write essays about this gustatory dismissal in a zine. To me it's one of the most frustrating features of quotidian thought.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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