Is it classist to call someone Genius?

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06 Jan 2014, 2:56 pm

I don't think it's educationalist.

Also, I don't mean calling them a genius, but like, "Hey, Genius."

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06 Jan 2014, 3:03 pm

"Elitist" might be a word some would use.

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06 Jan 2014, 3:06 pm

Good one. It's Reverse Elitism.

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06 Jan 2014, 3:17 pm

I'm like Sebastian Ogier today!

http://www.laola1.tv/partner/v4player/i ... lay=149871

Wait, I meant this Sebastian Ogier.

http://www.laola1.tv/partner/v4player/i ... lay=127996

Actually, I meant the Saturday highlights from 2013 Rally Finland, specifically Ouninpohja.

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06 Jan 2014, 3:23 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

I don't think it's educationalist.

Also, I don't mean calling them a genius, but like, "Hey, Genius."

I think some people are innately biologically predisposed to genius qualities. This should be understood on an autism forum of all places.

Intelligence has nothing to do with class or privilege. Neither does stupidity. Its one of the reasons why the class system is inherently wasteful and arbitrarily unfair.

This thread reminds me of the movie 'Billy Elliott'.

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06 Jan 2014, 3:36 pm

What ... ?

Since when is paying a compliment to an intelligent person considered 'classist' or 'elitist'? Why not just you the word 'Bourgeois', comrades?

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06 Jan 2014, 3:47 pm

Fnord wrote:

What ... ?

Since when is paying a compliment to an intelligent person considered 'classist' or 'elitist'? Why not just you the word 'Bourgeois', comrades?

At least you concede that intelligence isn't the sole preserve of the rich.

We agree on something.

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06 Jan 2014, 4:08 pm

I think she was refering to the people who sarcasticaly call other people genius, like "Hey, genius... :roll: "

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06 Jan 2014, 4:33 pm

A) It has nothing to do with class.

B) No one on planet earth ever uses that phrase, so the question is meaningless.

C) Next question.

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06 Jan 2014, 5:34 pm

I don't take offense at people thinking that I am a girl. After all, I do argue for inclusivist intersectional feminism an awful lot. I am, however, a boy cat.

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06 Jan 2014, 6:37 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

I don't take offense at people thinking that I am a girl. After all, I do argue for inclusivist intersectional feminism an awful lot. I am, however, a boy cat.

Are you Grebo?

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06 Jan 2014, 6:40 pm

Tama from Nyan Koi!

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06 Jan 2014, 6:41 pm

thomas81 wrote:

Fnord wrote:

What ... ?

Since when is paying a compliment to an intelligent person considered 'classist' or 'elitist'? Why not just you the word 'Bourgeois', comrades?

At least you concede that intelligence isn't the sole preserve of the rich.

We agree on something.

Intellectual is definitely a derogatory term in some circles.

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06 Jan 2014, 6:49 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

thomas81 wrote:

Fnord wrote:

What ... ?

Since when is paying a compliment to an intelligent person considered 'classist' or 'elitist'? Why not just you the word 'Bourgeois', comrades?

At least you concede that intelligence isn't the sole preserve of the rich.

We agree on something.

Intellectual is definitely a derogatory term in some circles.

Intelligence ≠ Intellectual.

The former is a well established scientific concept with a significant biological basis documented through genome wide association studies.

The latter is an informal and unprotected label frequently used as a pretext for disseminating BS.

Anyone can call him/herself an intellectual, while claiming you are a doctor or a police officer without actually being one can get you in trouble.

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06 Jan 2014, 7:01 pm

Doesn't bother me a bit to be called a "classist" even if I'm not.

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06 Jan 2014, 7:36 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

I don't take offense at people thinking that I am a girl. After all, I do argue for inclusivist intersectional feminism an awful lot. I am, however, a boy cat.

That's the reason I thought you were a woman.

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