If you heard it mentioned at EF (and I'm amazed if that's the first time you've heard it XD), did you ask what *they* meant by it? Would have been interesting to know before launching into the questions. =;)
Generally I've always treat The Furry Elite to be a more perceptual grouping term applied to individual people matching certain characteristics, without being a proper fixed entity or group. Not necessarily someone who is good at a certain thing, but rather someone who thinks and acts as though they are above others because they *believe* themselves to be good at something (and more often than not such people actually aren't =:P).
The jealousy part I've always found tends to come more as a perception thing from the individual. Furries who tend to act complete cocks but have a large groups of fanbois following invariably close their eyes to their own faults (why agree the sky is blue, when 10 other people will agree with your assertion that it's pink?), thus put any criticism down to jealousy as it avoids the need to do much needed self-analysis.
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Generally I've always treat The Furry Elite to be a more perceptual grouping term applied to individual people matching certain characteristics, without being a proper fixed entity or group. Not necessarily someone who is good at a certain thing, but rather someone who thinks and acts as though they are above others because they *believe* themselves to be good at something (and more often than not such people actually aren't =:P).
The jealousy part I've always found tends to come more as a perception thing from the individual. Furries who tend to act complete cocks but have a large groups of fanbois following invariably close their eyes to their own faults (why agree the sky is blue, when 10 other people will agree with your assertion that it's pink?), thus put any criticism down to jealousy as it avoids the need to do much needed self-analysis.