Anti-Climacus

LINK: Ever wonder why music snobs such as myself like some bands and hate others? Why, it's because we hate African-Americans and women, naturally:

"Rockism isn't unrelated to older, more familiar prejudices - that's part of why it's so powerful, and so worth arguing about. The pop star, the disco diva, the lip-syncher, the "awesomely bad" hit maker: could it really be a coincidence that rockist complaints often pit straight white men against the rest of the world? Like the anti-disco backlash of 25 years ago, the current rockist consensus seems to reflect not just an idea of how music should be made but also an idea about who should be making it."

No mention of, say, Patti Smith, and the rather condescending implication that people like me only like OutKast. Public Enemy, etc:

"Ever wonder why OutKast and the Roots and Mos Def and the Beastie Boys get taken so much more seriously than other rappers? Maybe because rockist critics love it when hip-hop acts impersonate rock 'n' roll bands..."

...or maybe it's because they seem capable of producing more than one good song at a time.