Great Moments in cultural elitism

Jon Heyman this morning:

lengthy discussion in starbucks now by 2 people regarding their love of hooters’ wings. i gotta get back to NY!

Anyone want to tell Heyman that there’s a Hooters on W. 56th Steet?

But I don’t mean to single out Heyman. Tim Lincecum likes to mock those with different tastes as well:

He’s a fan of the People of Wal-Mart Web site, and if you’ve ever seen it, you probably feel a lot better about your ability to dress yourself in the morning.

Lincecum and a buddy made a run to the local big-box retailer yesterday and he was very pleased with the photo of himself out front, smiling while making a “W” symbol with his hand. He submitted it to the site and hopes to see himself soon.

I’m not trying to be the thought police here, but having grown up in places that many people consider to be less than culturally sophisticated, I get really tired of this kind of casual, mocking cultural elitism. Hooters and Wal-Mart patrons buy baseball tickets and copies of Sports Illustrated too. Many of them -- even those whose photographs were taken without their knowledge while they were looking less than their best

and then were posted on some website -- are actually pretty darn nice people if you get to know them.

If you don’t like Hooters don’t eat there (I’m not a fan myself). If you’re gonna hate on Wal-Mart, hate the fact that their executives have are largely responsible for getting this country hooked on crappy, cheap, disposable imported consumer products and for ruining the Kansas City Royals.

But lay off their customers, will ya? Not all of them are worth eight figures or can afford to live next door to Pudge Rodriguez. They’re doing the best they can.