The realization that "Intellectual Elite" is somehow being used as a slur against like-minded Liberals.
Thesaurus.com identifies the top antonyms (or opposites) of intellectual are "body, foolish, simple, physical, ignorant, stupid." [Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.]
Thesaurus.com identifies that top antonyms (or opposites) of elite are "bad, poor, common, lower, ordinary, inferior, second-rate, low-class, lower-class, worst." [Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.]
Now, I'm not calling anyone names, but merely pointing out the irony of someone sneering at "intellectual elites" while not even being conscious of word meanings.
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