A blogger "Intellectual Snob" vs. Netizens: No score yet...

When you read about how a blogger by the nick of Intellectual Snob riles netizens, you'll be interested to read more about her (yes, this Intellectual Snob claims to be a female).

The annoying fact, however, is that the article does not mention about her blog address. Well, you can try to google for "Intellectual Snob". And you know what, her blog address is indeed easily found: http://theintellectualsnob.blogspot.com/ and I've to admit I'm IMPRESSED!!

You just have to read her articles to realize how intellectually snob this blogger is.

By the way, not trying to be a snob myself, but the definition of an intellectual snob is "One who uses intellect as a hammer to beat on others". How apt!

A blogger who is taunting her readers with bigoted comments about students here is causing a stir in the online community.

The blogger, who calls herself Intellectual Snob, described Singaporeans educated here as 'frogs in the well', compared to those of her ilk.

She claims to be from Raffles Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College, before furthering her education at prestigious Ivy League colleges, Yale and Harvard.

She apparently spares no efforts in blasting students here as 'stupid', 'unsophisticated', 'annoying' and 'provincial'.

In a strongly-worded post, she wrote: 'There is no directive on paper restricting frogs from being appointed in analysts, economists and trading roles.

But the competition is just so cut-throat that these frogs simply don't stand a chance.'

The blog has drawn hundreds of comments and generated furious online discussion in various forums, such as Stomp, AsiaOne and HardwareZone.

Administrative executive Michael Tan, 29, said: 'It's quite unbelievable how someone who is supposed to be so educated can fail when it comes to being considerate and thoughtful.'

A blogger, who calls himself Anything That Interests Me, wrote: 'Just because I am from the National University of Singapore means that I am not clever? This is a vacuous statement, and I can't believe that woman can hold that belief.'

However, the identity of Intellectual Snob remains a mystery.

In response to my paper's queries, Yale said that it is not possible to pin down her identity while Hwa Chong Institution said it was 'unable to ascertain if the anonymous blogger is indeed from the purported institutions'.

There were those who doubt she is who she claimed to be.

A civil servant, who held an overseas government scholarship, said: 'Someone who has sufficient smarts should know that if senior management or even colleagues in the government organisation that she's working in find out her true identity, it is likely to jeopardise her career or, at the very least, make it less comfortable for her at her workplace.'

It could well be someone who is not a scholar but 'dislikes such overconfident scholars and parodies the stereotype', she added.

From Asiaone, "Intellectual Snob riles netizens".