Word: elitists
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Those who object to fraternities (and final clubs) usually do so on two grounds. The first is pragmatic: They're a bad element, they promote drunkenness and endanger women, and they fragment the campus social scene. The second is more fundamental: Single sex social institutions are discriminatory and elitist, and hence we can't condone them morally...
...social institutions on fundamental moral grounds are ironically adopting a much weaker argument. It is tempting to look at fraternities and final clubs and say, "Hey, they don't allow women to join [they're exclusive], and they don't accept people based on their personality [they're elitist]. How can we possibly condone that...
...news but the way journalists cover it that has turned off the public. In his book Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, James Fallows, now the editor of U.S. News & World Report, argues that journalists have lost touch with their audience by becoming too elitist, too self-involved, too cynical. Stories about politics, for instance, focus mainly on campaign strategy--the "horse race," rather than substantive issues that have an impact on people's lives. "[Journalists] increasingly present public life mainly as a depressing spectacle, rather than a vital activity in which citizens can and should...
...Yale is defined as being inferior. This is certainly the most appealing to me, because I'm a Harvard student and thus defined as being elitist. And as an elitist, nothing feels better than saying someone else is naturally inferior...
...Rock the Vote campaign, and for the idea of activist voter registration in general. They bother me in much the same way it bother me when playoff ticket land in the laps of casual fans. I have no real grounds to be annoyed, but still, there's an undeniable elitist suspicion that if people don't have to work hard for precious things, they won't appreciate what they're getting...