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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 16

    Stop Apologizing for Being Elitehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/opinion/sunday/elites-stop-apologizing.html …

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      2. Ankush Narula‏ @ankushnarula Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Lovely - but nobody resents professional elites. People resent cultural and moral elites; being told they are ignorant, racist, and sexist; being scoffed at for patriotism; being browbeaten with language policing. Nobody resents reason when it is accompanied by humility.

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      3. Dave Howlett RHB‏ @RHBDaveHowlett Mar 17
        Replying to @ankushnarula @sapinker

        Well stated Ankush. I suspect that arrogance is an occupational hazard of wealth, power and education.

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. eyeslevel‏ @eyeslevel Mar 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Stop apologizing for being white. #ItsOkayToBeWhitepic.twitter.com/rTwWEV6bCf

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      1. APA‏ @raulandresAPA Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sueño una sociedad en que todos quisiéramos pertenecer a una elite positiva: aquella que busca la excelencia en lugar de dinero o credenciales. @mwassermannl @AntanasMockus

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      1. Emil‏ @this_emil Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Stop apologising for neoliberalism, Steven.

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      1. Trevor Greetham‏ @TrevorGreetham Mar 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thanks for an excellent article. We’re also suffering from a denigration of expertise and a devaluation of truth in the UK, stemming from a famous comment in the Brexit campaign. Something similar happened in the 1930s & 1940s in Europe.https://www.ft.com/content/3be49734-29cb-11e6-83e4-abc22d5d108c …

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      1. Becoming Other‏ @becomeother Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        When Hillary Clinton has special fundraisers only Goldman Sachs execs can attend where the tickets are $500k a pop, recording in secret her disdain for average Americans, you're damn right they resent those elites. Not all elitism is a result of personal merit.

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      2. Jonah Popp‏ @jhpopp12 Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Perhaps some people are mad at political/economic elites for using their power to rig the economy so that income flows upwards?

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      1. Ashish Rajpal‏ @AshishRajpal Mar 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        It doesn’t matter if you are apologizing or not for being elite.What matters is that you put your privilege to use to enable those who have less of it.And if not, then of what use is that elitism?The elite serving just the elite is not only small its not very smart in the longrun

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      1. Mark Collard‏ @profmarkcollard Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Interesting coincidence that this piece should appear on the same day. Warning: may induce nausea.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/16/powder-mountain-ski-resort-summit-elite-club-rich-millennials …

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      1. Hav‏ @havjoul Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        A part of the challenge is the labeling. This Op-Ed’s title does little to clear up this semantic mismatch.

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      2. Dan Holley‏ @DanQbrut Mar 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Sure, in a dichotomous vacuum in which they either beg our forgiveness or enrich our society, that headline holds up. But they so rarely share the fruits of their advantages. In lieu of generosity, I think they owe society an explanation; in lieu of an explanation, an apology.

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      3. Grievxnce Scholxr‏ @Kvos77 Mar 16
        Replying to @DanQbrut @sapinker

        This is complete BS. What kind of bubble are you living in? Oh...UC Davis...forget it...

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      4. Dan Holley‏ @DanQbrut Mar 16
        Replying to @Kvos77 @sapinker

        Grew up between MA, CO, and the impoverished South; served in the Marines throughout the Pacific and Asia; lived overseas extensively; and technically call Roseville home (not Davis--I commute). But yeah, excuse my academic tunnel-vision and naïveté. 😉

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      5. Grievxnce Scholxr‏ @Kvos77 Mar 18
        Replying to @DanQbrut @sapinker

        Isn't it funny how we end up where we're meant to be?

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      6. Dan Holley‏ @DanQbrut Mar 18
        Replying to @Kvos77 @sapinker

        Not as funny as your inexplicable shift between mutually exclusive social-constructivist/enviro-psych and deterministic explanations of my online behavior. 🤷‍♂️

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      2. Tim Travis‏ @TimTravis2 Mar 17
        Replying to @sapinker

        What type of narcissism is required to actually consider oneself "elite" and then pontificate on injustices of inequality?

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