Did you know that being educated and just generally knowing shit makes one an "Elitist"?

[MrScorpio]

I did not know that.

The things that you learn from Sarah Palin... Amazing.

[ananda]

1. ignorant backlash.

Sad

[SoCalDem]

2. well.. she spent 5 or 6 years at several colleges

to get her degree... but then we never SAW the diploma, now did we?

[malaise]

12. I'm betting that she was kicked out of more than a few of them for

cheating.

[SoCalDem]

16. or for "quitting" on classes

I think Little Miss sarah was a big-time party girl.. It's hard to get to AM classes when you've been up all night partying:)

[HeresyLives]

3. You betcha!

First ones to the wall in any revolution too.

[dysfunctional press]

4. i guess that she never has to worry about being labelled as an elitist, then.

[KonaKane]

5. I don't give a fuck what Sarah Palin thinks, frankly.

No offense, I'm just sick of hearing about her.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Yes, sadly.

I have been called that on many an occasion just for knowing basic information.

[MadHound]

7. Oh hell, that one goes back for decades

Adlai Stevenson was beaten handily by Ike in part because Ike tapped into the ignorant vote, which demonized Stevenson as a "pointy headed egghead".

Intelligence and education has been demonized by the masses for at least a century.

[rubberducky]

8. Pubbies love them some stupid. They seem to adore dumb.

That`s how we ended up with "w" and reagan.

[Mixopterus]

9. Yeah :(

Anti-intellectualism is quite popular in the States.

[malaise]

10. Bwaaaaaaah

That is one stupid 'igrunt woman'. Hi there fellow elitist. :hi:

[texastoast]

13. She is not igrunt

She's ignernt.

:P

[malaise]

20. You betcha

in what respect Charlie and whatever is on my cheating palm :rofl:

[HBravo]

19. Hello

:hi: :toast:

[malaise]

28. Hi there

:fistbump:

[2Design]

11. that does seem to be the meme now from the right n/t

[joeybee12]

14. It's that damn book-lernin'!!! The Devil's work!!! n/t

[Mz Pip]

15. Seems that getting

$100,000 per speaking engagement is pretty damn elitist if you ask me.

She should be willing to speak for free to all her fans.

Mz Pip

[Fire1]

17. Then I'm proud to be an elitist! n/t

[Alias Dictus Tyrant]

18. Joe the Plumber "knows shit" too. It's part of his job. Must be a professor.

[niyad]

21. I was called an egghead, a brainiac, and other lovely things in school, and regarded as something

not quite right. however, once I got to college, an institution where learning was actually prized, it was a whole other world. one of my professors pointed out that, merely by virtue of being there, of getting our degrees, we would be seen as "elitist"--and he said we should be proud of that, proud of our accomplishments.

the anti-intellectualism in this country really worries me. I remember the comments made about al gore after the debates ("he reminds you of the person you all hated in school for being so smart". being one of those hated people, it really ticked me off to see gore being derided for actually knowing what in the hell he was talking about.)

all of this reminds me of a person I knew years ago who fits right in with this mentality. he informed me that, contrary to rational belief, it was actually the uninformed, the unlearned, and the street people who ran things in this country. I sadly realize that, at least these days, he seems to have two out of three right.

[lukasahero]

22. Hey - who needs Palin

We have that attitude right here on DU. Amazing is right.

[Mike 03]

23. Rec and Kick, and THANK YOU for saying this.

This will be the destruction of our country: this obsession that if we are dumb and ignorant and uneducated, we are somehow more "American" deep down.

[pipi_k]

24. So, just how educated does one have to be in order to be called an "Elitist"?

And how much general shit does one have to know?

I know lots of really cool shit, but I'm not sure how useful it is...


:+

[Iris]

39. You might be an elitist if...

you passed 3rd grade!

[damntexdem]

25. I don't think that one has to do both be educated and know shit to qualify.

I think that either alone puts one over the threshold.

[niyad]

26. I am so much of an elitest that nobody will play trivial pursuits with me--especially not the

women's herstory edition.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

35. Hey I didn't know about that edition!

I have the original Genus edition. I'm killer in Science and Nature and Arts and Literature.

Sounds cool.

[HipChick]

27. I guess her 4 or 5 homes with unpaid property taxes and multi-million bank account makes her still

one of them?..

[muffin1]

29. Well, to quote President Obama,

"It's like they take pride in being ignorant."

[Caliman73]

30. She reminds me of the scene from "O' Brother Where Art Thou"

Where the Homer Stokes is talking about "...them fancy people, think we descended from monkeys. That ain't my history!! That ain't my religion!!"

She is feeding into fear of people who seek to gain knowledge of their world. She is pitiful.

[anonymous171]

31. Well, that does tend to contribute to elitism.

Education is like wealth, it can make you think that you are better than everyone else and therefore deserving of special consideration.

[Hekate]

37. Excuse me?

[provis99]

32. Idiocracy is coming true.

People who can string together coherent sentences are wimps who talk "faggy".

[Frank Cannon]

38. You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded.

That movie was supposed to take place, what, 500 years from now? More like five. And much of it is happening right before our very eyes.

[sendero]

40. Please come back..

.... when you can afford to make a purchase.

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

[MonkeyMama]

41. That is my go-to example on this topic!

It won't take us long to get there at the rate we're going.

[NuttyFluffers]

33. does this bias apply to sport and cheap beer? cuz i'm very ignorant on those.

yay! i'm not elitist! NASCAR and WWE fans are elitists! yay! :evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

34. I'm an elitist? Wow! Who knew?

Besides Sarah, that is.

[Hekate]

36. I figured it out a year or so ago, & it appalled me beyond words. I thought elitism was about power

... and money and influence.

But education? My gods, what have we become?! I worked like a dog for my degrees, and I mean that unlike that moron Bush I *worked* my way through! And somehow that didn't translate into becoming a gazillionaire with the power of life and death over mere mortals!

What the hell is wrong with these resentful people and those who manipulate them?

Hekate

:argh: