Word: elitistã
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...epithet “elitist?? also came into currency only when Obama observed that Pennsylvanians are “bitter” and “cling to guns or religion,” yet somehow Shipler declared that “‘elitist?? is another word for ‘arrogant,’ which is another word for ‘uppity’”—claiming, ergo, that any word synonymous with a synonym of a racial slur is a racial slur...
...than blackness. Granted, some words, like “welfare queens” and “busing,” have used blacks as wedges between whites, but the terms “inexperienced,” “socialist,” and “elitist?? have no such racial dimension. The truth is that nearly any word can be construed as racial. By labeling every argument against non-white candidates as racist, defenders of Jindal and Obama indicate that all criticism of their candidate is racist and that the only reason...
...lows of campaigning in the race for the democratic nomination. Whether it is Obama advisor Samantha Power’s comment about the “monster” Senator Clinton, or Senator’s Clinton opportunistic response to Senator Obama’s “elitist?? comment about rural America, negative campaigning threatens only hurt the Democratic party’s chance in the general election...
...final clubs, speak up—loudly but not cruelly. When you see members congregated in front of their mansions, look at them like the anachronism they are. Make like the anarchists did recently and express yourself through chalk drawings on their driveways (“This club is elitist?? for instance). Refuse to be a date for a punch event. Stand in front of a music-blasting club at 3am with 50 of your closest friends and steal their tunes for an impromptu dance party. Laugh at them. When a section-mate says...
...concluded his talk by telling the audience not to be embarrassed by their elite status as Harvard students. “If ‘elitist?? just means ‘not the dumbest motherfucker in the room,’ I’ll be an elitist,” he said, to loud cheering...