[Vocabulary] Latte-sipping liberals

[Kengo]

Hello there,

What does "latte-sipping" mean?
I found this phrase in the following context and could not find any explanation myself.

"Not all gun-control advocates are latte-sipping liberals... and few NRA members match caricatures of hair-trigger survivalist."

Perhaps "latte-sipping" is used as an antonym for hair-trigger meaning like laid-back?
I don't have much background knowledge about the gun issues in America.

It would be great to hear how to interpret this.
Thanks in advance

 

[freezeframe]

Hello there,

What does "latte-sipping" mean?
I found this phrase in the following context and could not find any explanation myself.

"Not all gun-control advocates are latte-sipping liberals... and few NRA members match caricatures of hair-trigger survivalist."

Perhaps "latte-sipping" is used as an antonym for hair-trigger meaning like laid-back?
I don't have much background knowledge about the gun issues in America.

It would be great to hear how to interpret this.
Thanks in advance

It's a stereotype and a pejorative phrase. It means to imply that liberals are elitist because they like culture, posh expensive beverages, foreign things, etc. They're not like "the regular folk".


Liberal elite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Columnist Dave Barry drew attention to these stereotypes when he commented, "Do we truly believe that ALL red-state residents are ignorant racist fascist knuckle-dragging NASCAR-obsessed cousin-marrying roadkill-eating tobacco-juice-dribbling gun-fondling religious fanatic rednecks; or that ALL blue-state residents are godless unpatriotic pierced-nose Volvo-driving France-loving left-wing communist latte-sucking tofu-chomping holistic-wacko neurotic vegan weenie perverts"

red-state = predominantly Republican states
blue-state = predominantly Democrat states

 

[Kengo]

Hi freezeframe
Thanks for your response.

I've understood it clearly. "Latte-sipping" is not quite a general phrase but it works when describing liberals as snobby and prissy.
Thanks for the link and annotation too. I would have known nothing about the state difference.

Great answer:up: