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Well, this takes on many forms, and one of the most common, and frequently indulged, is social conservatives who see anyone on the other side of "culture war" issues as an "elite".
Thus to the Hawley's, Dreher's, etc. of the world, every single trans person is an "elite". https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1357710944177184772
Thus to the Hawley's, Dreher's, etc. of the world, every single trans person is an "elite". https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1357710944177184772
This tweet gets it right.
Different people have different definitions of "elite", and a lot of those definitions, like the social conservative one I detailed above, are just plain wrong. https://twitter.com/MikeMitchNH/status/1357712551992324099
Different people have different definitions of "elite", and a lot of those definitions, like the social conservative one I detailed above, are just plain wrong. https://twitter.com/MikeMitchNH/status/1357712551992324099
Yet the right wing definition of "elite", and the use of it in political discourse, is not pushed back on nearly enough relative to how wrong it is and how often it gets deployed.
People like Yglesias and other pundits do some of their work for them. For instance-
People like Yglesias and other pundits do some of their work for them. For instance-
-he characterizes "ivy league" professors as part of the elite. Which may not be WRONG exactly, but this also exists as a dog whistle. As do terms like "coastal liberals", "urban professionals", etc.
The press regularly indulges all this, partly legitimizing the far-
The press regularly indulges all this, partly legitimizing the far-
-right assertions that characterize things like trans rights, BLM, etc. as "elite" positions.
https://twitter.com/striderhlc/status/1358560393862537218?s=20
This is obviously a big part of it too. Right wing fears of a subversive "cultural elite" is just riffing on/coding antisemitic conspiracy theories.
This is obviously a big part of it too. Right wing fears of a subversive "cultural elite" is just riffing on/coding antisemitic conspiracy theories.
https://twitter.com/Fat_DTEA/status/1358560449499955200?s=20
This too.
Fear of "comsopolitanism" has often been a major part of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
This too.
Fear of "comsopolitanism" has often been a major part of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
