Why I Decided to Become an Elitist

[Tiggy]

or that elitists are positive thinkers who benefit everyone.

Let's not pretend they all are either. That's a fallacy to assume they all carry the negatives of the few. That's kind of the point of this thread.

There is a reason that elitism and elitist always bring negative conmotations to the table with them.

A lot of that is ingrained prejudice from those pointing the finger at "elitists" as well. It's no different than racism at it's core. People are quick to point and call elitist for almost no reason at all. It's a fallacy to automatically assume someone who runs high end content is elitist and I see that happen all the time, or as a knee jerk reaction to avoid taking constructive criticism. I've literally been called an elitist because in Ultima I said "Hey <off tank> the strat in this fight is at 3 stacks you provoke off the other tank." I was railed against for being elitist when doing nothing more than trying to help. So lets not act like this is a one sided issue where only the "elitists" are the assholes. That's the point I was making. You can be an asshole and not be an elitist too just like you can be an elitist and not be an asshole. They are not mutually exclusive and when you act like they are you are making a blatant logical fallacy. People should stop propagating this ridiculous notion that everyone at the high level of play is an elitist and therefore automatically an asshole. It contributes directly to the negative environment many "non elitists" claim to hate so much and yet at every turn they fail to comprehend how their actions are at fault as well.