[foobarian]

I mean, it is elitist. Is that inaccurate? What I don't get is why that is supposed to be bad. It's just a fact.

[function_seven]

"Elitist" is almost always used as a pejorative. Just looking up the definition of it points to social power, wealth, class hierarchies, etc. It is rarely used to just mean "smart, capable, skilled" in a neutral sense.

The comment above was clearly using it as a pejorative.