That’s Business Insider’s Josh Barro responding to self-described “tech-head” and “data nerd” Patrick Ruffini, who asks:
Where is our Harvard, our New York Times, our Hollywood, our Silicon Valley? Owning the commanding heights of culture, it matters.
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) February 4, 2014
Where are the right-wing equivalents to these elite institutions in the United States? Barro believes there aren’t any, because of the “anti-intellectual” nature of American conservatism. Naturally, Barro’s tweet captured the imagination of Twitter conservatives, who decided to give Mr. Business Insider the business.
Elite. I'm elite. You hick. I'm an elite. Elite is good. Elite institutions are my thing. You stupid. In N Out stupid. Me elite. Elites.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 4, 2014
@charlescwcooke Do you Daddy teach econ Harvards?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
Me Daddy impressive man. So me elite. You not Daddy genius. So hick. RT @iowahawkblog: @charlescwcooke Do you Daddy teach econ Harvards?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 4, 2014
@charlescwcooke SO ELITES MANY GRADE PIONTS
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
@charlescwcooke In N Out Devil! Me smart! Hamburgerings are for Walmart peoples!
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
@iowahawkblog Me ate chicken nuggetings. Learn quicko that nose not work like mouth. Stuck for ER. Burned nostril hurting.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 4, 2014
@charlescwcooke Wow you are relly eliting NOW. Are you goes to Harvards?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
@iowahawkblog I go and come back too. Learning that everyone not elite. Stupidheads disagree. That's why they stupidhead.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 4, 2014
@charlescwcooke Me so elite, Harvard Dad made me with he Harvard mom sister! For extra eliteness!
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
So much eliteness! Nah, not really.
<== Proud hick descended from the Walmart tribe.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
What is “elite,” anyway?
Your diploma says "magna cum laude" but your tweets say "windowlicker." #Elite
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 4, 2014
E·lit·ist (n.): A person who thinks he can control the economy, weather and human nature but doesn't know how to change the oil in his car.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 4, 2014
Want to impress me with your elite credentials? Learn how to build a ****ing website.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 4, 2014
You can tell a person is intellectually secure when he spends hours a day insisting to strangers that he is very, very smart.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 4, 2014
@exjon "Barroing"
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 4, 2014
Ha!
Awesome, @jbarro is inteleckshulizin and stuff. HE MIGHT BE A WIZARD.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 4, 2014
@stephenkruiser or a douche canoe
— Brad Bandido! (@BradEssex) February 4, 2014
@RyanBLeslie Hey, Josh lives in New York & may very well own a cat. He's earned his right to be condescending. @PatrickRuffini @jbarro
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 4, 2014
This elite Barroing stuff is hard to follow. Perhaps we should consider this unexpected defense of American conservatives, from BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins of all people.
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/430548689757548544
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/430550133504503810
See, stupidheads? You not elite, you stupid.
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