The addition of 'elitist' is a key indicator here. It is a label used by the American far-right for anything even slightly left of their position which may corr

The addition of 'elitist' is a key indicator here. It is a label used by the American far-right for anything even slightly left of their position which may correct or expose them. Whereas the right wing relies on the firehose of falsehood, the 'elitist' term is used to attack those that may speak truth against them, particularly media and education. They're portrayed as 'out of touch', and thus sought for destruction. They could correct the lies or shine light on their misdeeds, and so must be slandered and attacked maximally. The right wing views these elements as a threat to their goals to seize power, both in actual power and in control of the message. The position you see doesn't even have to fully make sense to you, because 'slightly right of centre' on your scale would be nearly 'communist' on their scale. Here's some articles from over 10 years ago, where this term got popularized by the 'tea party' movement, where they try to analyze this smear term. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/10/the-right-s-favorite-scare-word-is-elitism-what-does-it-mean.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/10/the-right-s-favo... https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/opinion/30jacoby.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/opinion/30jacoby.html https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/who-are-they-calling-elitist/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/who-are-they-calli...