[mo]

An example, one from which my ancestors fled,...is here http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2040&dekey=IrishLan&gwp=8&curtab=2040_1

[Jakarta ex-pat]

"We disrespected local aristocracy which kept our families run into the ground by virtue of birth"

This is what you stated and this is what I replied to. Probably the greatest American to live, George Washington, would surely be called "local aristocracy".

I don't see the connection of disrespecting a group of people because of their wealth or status.

BTW, I'm sure the "Native Americans" could come up with similar facts to which you have linked to.