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The widespread use of the "chav" stereotype has come in for some criticism.[11] Some argue[12] that it amounts to simple snobbery and elitism.[13] Critics of the term have argued that its users are "neo-snobs",[14] and that its increasing popularity raises questions about how British society deals with social mobility and class.[2] In a February 2005 article in The Times, Julie Burchill argued that use of the word is a form of "social racism", and that such "sneering" reveals more about the shortcomings of the "chav-haters" than those of their supposed victims.[15] The writer John Harris argued along similar lines in a 2007 article in The Guardian.[16]