On 6/5/05, Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Doug: > Calling something "elitism" isn't the same as calling it wrong, is it?<
>
> to me it is. I see elitism as being self-deceptive and, in politics,
> self-destructive (unless one wants to set one's self up as a political
> elite, which I don't). One can be "excellent" (or rather, strive to be
> so) without comparing one's excellence to that of others, saying that
> one is better or more rational than others.
> JD
>
> On 6/5/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > Jim Devine wrote:
> >
> > >I agree with Carrol: to presume that the populace isn't "rational" (in
> > >the sense that you are or I am) is to put oneself above them, like
> > >some sort of demigod. It's elitism.
> >
> > Calling something "elitism" isn't the same as calling it wrong, is it?
-- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl M., paraphrasing Dante A.