Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Let me help you out here, the uncharitable assumption is itself a bit of snobbishness, you've just assumed that the root cause of reverse snobbery is bitterness and jealousy
If you want to help me out, you can tell me where I assumed that the root cause of reverse snobbery is bitterness and jealousy.
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
...instead of a sincere but poorly informed intention to save you from being conned.
I just don't believe that people are dumb enough to possess a sincere, but poorly informed, intention of saving me from being conned by something that my own experience has already told me is worthwhile... unless they also possess the level of arrogance to believe that their experiences and sensibilities should trump my own, which is, again, the crux of the matter.