I thought he was keying in on twisting their usage as has been done
with Spiro's name. :-)
Stewart
At 10:30 PM 4/29/2009, you wrote:
Spiro T. didn't attack the elite, but the effete; as in:
He once described a group of opponents as "an effete corps of
impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals." (From
the wiki on Spiro).
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Certain elements of society like to take words that mean perfectly
good things and twist their usage into something undesirable.
What the heck is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people like
to be elite at something? wouldn't you like to know elite people
or use elite products?
You mean like Spiro Theodore Agnew?
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