Word: elitists
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Even for traditional media journalists, furtive rumors of dalliance are enough--at least to gossip about among themselves, if not to share with their readers and viewers. There is something slightly elitist about the attitude that we journalists can be trusted to evaluate such rumors appropriately but that our readers and viewers cannot. Actually, though, almost everybody has the same standards--that is, almost none--in passing along juicy rumors to friends and colleagues...
Matthew S. Caywood '98 called the bill elitist...
Joseph P. DiPasquale '00 agreed that the bill was elitist. "It's stupid and pompous," he said. "It reinforces the Harvard sterotype...
...think it's a legitimate complaint to say that this is classist or elitist. To say that is to assume that this [bill] is directed to exclude...I don't think that's what it proposes," he said, adding, "This is a return to the classic ideal of a liberal arts college...
...important to be aware of the effects this may have on some students," Darling said. "But there is a precedent for Latin. Harvard is not being elitist, it's being proud of its traditions...