NY Times: How the Word ‘Elite’ Became a Slur →
https://marco.org/2008/06/02/ny-times-how-the-word-elite-became-a-slur
What was once an accolade has turned poisonous in American public life over the past 40 years, as both the left and the right have twisted it into a code word meaning “not one of us.” But the newest and most ominous wrinkle in the denigration of all things elite is that the slur is being applied to knowledge itself.
Excellent editorial on this sad anti-knowledge trend in our culture.