It's a condescending phrase, but I can't think of a better alternative. A different term won't change the fact that each group thinks that the other makes consi

It's a condescending phrase, but I can't think of a better alternative. A different term won't change the fact that each group thinks that the other makes consistently bad choices. There's just no way to avoid a negative term. The way I see it, there are two possibilities. Either they're right, that one set of people is consistently misinformed, or they're wrong. If they're wrong, then we'd have to find some way to convince them of that. It won't be just a matter of finding a different phrase. The condescension itself would be undeserved, and we'd have to root that out somehow. Or they're right, in which case they might as well be as descriptive a term as they can. There would be literal "condescending", which originally referred to nobility or aristocrats "going down with" their social inferiors. The term was actually viewed favorably at the time -- it implied humility and generosity. Either way, I don't see what to do about it.