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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy
I think this is something Obama got in trouble for mentioning when he stated that some Americans are clinging too tightly to old traditions. Of course, I think he was also talking about shooting beer bottles off of road signs...  |
No matter how you look at it, or who says such things, it is very blatantly elitist. It's the same presumptuous mechanisms at play that some people find so offensive about racists/racism.
Same mechanism, - just different selection process when it comes to acceptability or offensiveness.