So this thread has woken back up again. In that case I would like to contrast two recent posts:
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
[...] Genre snobbery is pervasive, and stems from misplaced notions of status. "Ewww! You read that? Boy, you're a tasteless dweeb, and I'm better than you!" [...]
The trick is thinking through your judgments, and being able to say why something didn't work for you in terms someone else will at least grasp, even if they don't agree. [...]
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But earlier you said this:
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
[...] The bigger question is why the mass audience is style and tone deaf, and finds them readable.
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It seems to me that there is not just a "Genre snobbery" but a popularity snobbery. "Ewww! If so many people like that it must be for the masses and so can't possibly be good."
To me the rejection of the taste of the masses is like harking back to the times when voting was only offered to landed gentry, never to the poor, idiots or women.