Poor people are evil

Etymologically.

Naughty - someone who has naught. Rascal - lower class. Vulgar - common. Especially notable is "Vulgar Latin". Villain - French for peasant. Russian word "zlodey" (evildoer) is akin to Ukrainian "zlyden'" (peasant).

Boor and churl are also on that list.

edited 28th Feb '13 8:56:54 PM by Tiiba

Structural classism as the language developed.

Same thinking caused sexism in language, too.

edited 28th Feb '13 9:00:12 PM by Completion

Well, I mean, depending on your interpretation of how the French Revolution turned out...

Thread title made me think of this.

Thanks for introducing me to that song.

Semaaaaantiiiiic DRIIIIIIIIIIIIFT!

Well, if you liked that song, try this one.

I heard left-handers are quite the sinister bunch.

See that issue the one I was thinking of.

Also, poor = a bad show, not up to scratch, etc. For example, "Your work is poor."

I'm not at all surprised to discover there are classist biases in language because, to my knowledge, for most of human history, class was the ONLY thing that mattered. Only recently (comparatively) have concepts like egalitarianism and widespread education been put into wide circulation.

Also it means to spill something into another thing, except intentionally.

Oh, wait, wrong homophone.

Bad-dum-tish.

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week. Hold your applause, just throw money.

I know I am evil. I am also left handed for extra fiendishness!

Are you evil, though?

I had to put some thought into that one.

@Tom: Hey, so am I! We should form a club.

so are rich people, and other people.

This guy right here.