By definition, elitists are those who think that some people have more worthy opinions than the common man. That an elite of intelligent, tasteful, educated, and experienced opinion leaders are more qualified to tell what is right and what is wrong, than a random mass of people. “Coincidentially”, most elitists consider themselves to be exceptionally intelligent, tasteful, educated, and experienced.
Normally, in media fandoms, elitism is used to describe a rethoric that is revolving around the fear that a shallow, ignorant audience member’s preference is worth as much as a fan’s who truly cares about the medium in question, then the resulting works will be dumbed down, “pandering to the Lowest Common Denominator“, for the sake of making more money.
Anime September 