How long has the liberal elitist been a stereotype?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The Federalists were elitist in their orientation, one of the reasons I wouldn’t have supported them

They also weren’t liberal.

Elitist and conservative goes hand in hand in 19th century and prior.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Since the beginning, so long as you mean "coastal elitist" and not "Democrat elitist". It's basically what Jefferson considered Adams IIRC.

I do but I also think that could have gone either way. Adams in some ways seemed more populist then Jefferson though that may be more on a personal level and not so much in regars to their respective political coalitions.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Since the beginning, so long as you mean "coastal elitist" and not "Democrat elitist". It's basically what Jefferson considered Adams IIRC.

Yeah that makes a lot of sense, especially since Adams was also
more religiously pious as well.

I realize now that I sort of misread this post lol.

[RINO Tom]

Since the beginning, so long as you mean "coastal elitist" and not "Democrat elitist". It's basically what Jefferson considered Adams IIRC.

But the "coast" part is only overly relevant in our own era.  The Federalists absolutely considered Jefferson and his planter class Virginians elitist in their own right, and Jefferson's condescending attitude toward religion is a great example of how those attacks were used against Democratic-Republicans.

[ReaganLimbaugh]

It's been a stereotype even since certain segments of the population did not take too kindly to having their taxes raised. 

I hope this was of use. 

^^^^ is right

[RINO Tom]

It's been a stereotype even since certain segments of the population did not take too kindly to having their taxes raised. 

I hope this was of use. 

^^^^ is right

^^^^ is laughably misguided and simplistic, if not flat-out wrong.

[Aurelius2]

At least all the way back to the French Revolution

[darklordoftech]

Could anti-semitism have contributed to the rise of the “liberal elites” narrative? Maybe “liberal elites” was initially code for “Jewish elites”?

[Fuzzy Bear]

The "liberal elite" stereotype of my generation was NY. Mayor John Lindsay.