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“A Tribute To Our Decency”

August 22, 2009 - 9:07 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Alexis
2009-08-23 09:56:29

When one labels the New York Times as “elite”, they smile because they do regard themselves as better than “the common man”. When one refuses to recognize the pretensions of the New York Times, that is when fear sets in for them. This is not mere semantics; it goes to the root of the power of the New York Times. When people regard elitists as a joke, the cultural power of the elitists vanishes.