theklng said:
You're exactly one of the people that I referred to in my previous post.
What, the people who think they're pompous because they're elitist about what they like instead of thinking they're about the bigger picture? Allow me to clarify my stance a little.
theklng said:
The greatest flaw of the average man is the consideration that he is better than everyone else, especially when only exercising it through bureaucratic measures. E.G. Smart asses who correct spelling and grammar errors, as if it was the end of the world if someone misspelled the term YOU'RE. People like that like to create a reason for themselves, and usually the outcome is just as bad as their own mind is.
The real elite is actually keeping quiet and working for more meaningful causes than a world society to end all spelling errors. If you think you're an elitist, you've got to prove it.
I might add that while IQ certainly has its say in this, there are different forms of intelligence.
While I naturally agree with the concept of elitism having different levels, you seem to mistake elitism for a higher purpose. Granted, spelling and grammar are important on a small level, because they have their natural uses in day-to-day life, but what you address as "quantifying self-worth via measurable concepts" (For example, seeing correct spelling and grammar as being of more worth than the message), I see it as "clarifying the communicative medium through which we all use" (For example, correcting someone who uses dangling modifiers to address the sentence incorrectly, like "The young boy in the car crash inspiring sympathy from myself and my mother who died" implies to the reader that my mother died, not the boy who inspired the sympathy).
I'm not going to pretend I'm serving some higher purpose, leading the grammar invasion atop the silver steed of righteousness and self-worth, but you certainly seem to indicate in your post that you're working on something very silent but important.
So yes, from your post, not only are you elitist, but you're elitist as hell. You regard yourself with a smug sense of superiority so vast you aren't even telling us why you think you're better. You simply say "I'm working in the shadows, and I know I will accomplish more than you." Con-gratu-freakin'-lations,
sir, but instead of pretending like I make a bigger difference, I help the little guy. People have come to me asking them to edit their reviews, and I have. People go to me asking for my opinions, which I give.
I make a difference for these people, which I'd like to argue is more important than your shadowy self-validation,
sir. So while I appreciate the time it takes for you to remind me just how much better you are,
sir, I'm going to continue making what little difference I can, and measure my elitism by that. While you,
sir, continue to gauge your self-worth in the shadows and flickering light.
Forgive my moment of blindness,
sir, I tend to mistake helpful pretentiousness for self-righteous, arrogant pretentiousness. It won't happen again.
[sup]Just as a footnote, elitist [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/elitist] is defined as "consciousness of or pride in belonging to a select or favored group," and considering I find writers of some talent to be a select group, I find myself elitist. I think you've mistaken elitism,
sir, for crusading [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crusader].[/sup]
[sup]Footnote 2: For anyone who thought I was serious about the greater good [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=yUpbOliTHJY] should watch more movies.[/sup]
