{"id":39296,"date":"2013-10-22T12:51:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T18:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/22\/i-guess-you-can-call-me-elitist-andor-out-of-touch.html"},"modified":"2013-10-22T12:51:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T18:51:12","slug":"i-guess-you-can-call-me-elitist-andor-out-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/22\/i-guess-you-can-call-me-elitist-andor-out-of-touch.html","title":{"rendered":"I guess you can call me elitist and\/or out of touch"},"content":{"rendered":"
I guess.<\/p>\n

Unlike Bruce, I scored a 27<\/b> . \u00a0Which fits in nicely with "A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents"<\/i> (depending on how you define middle-class and upper-middle-class).<\/p>\n

Does that make me part of "the super wealthy, super educated and super snobby who live in so-called super-ZIPs: cloistered together, with little to no exposure to American culture at large"? \u00a0I don't know that I'd call myself super-wealthy (though I'm familiar with the percentiles), and I really try not to be super-snobby.<\/p>\n

Maybe I need to watch more network TV and go to the movies more often.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +The Bruce, Mile High<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I scored a 61<\/b><\/p>\n

Reading the typical ranges and demographic backgrounds, I suspect mine is lower than might otherwise be expected due to my no longer watching much TV aside from sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Carey Rasmus<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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I guess. Unlike Bruce, I scored a 27 . \u00a0Which fits in nicely with "A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents" (depending on how you define middle-class and upper-middle-class). Does that make me part of "the super wealthy, super educated and super snobby who live in so-called super-ZIPs: cloistered together, with little to no exposure … Continue reading “I guess you can call me elitist and\/or out of touch”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135720,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/20\/the-republican-victory.html","url_meta":{"origin":39296,"position":0},"title":"The Republican “Victory”","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Dec-17 12:04pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So by running roughshod over every convention, forcing through a closed-door-written one-party budget with no hearings or even opportunity for input from the opposition, hand-waving polling that says the measure is highly unpopular, dropping any pretense of being the \"fiscally responsible' party by racking up a $1.5T debt over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Paul-Ryan-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":135134,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/21\/rob-middle-class-give-rich.html","url_meta":{"origin":39296,"position":1},"title":"To rob from the middle class and give to the rich","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 21-Oct-17 12:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"I mean, that sounds like liberal rhetoric, but that's precisely what some in the GOP are considering with their plan to cut income and business taxes -- with the greatest benefits going to the most wealthy in our country -- and paying for some of the loss in federal revenue\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/unnamed-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30434,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/01\/obama-hitler-take-47.html","url_meta":{"origin":39296,"position":2},"title":"Obama = Hitler, Take 47","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Oct-12 2:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because he's attacking, persecuting, bullying, prosecuting the wealthy just like Hitler did ... 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