The way your coming off IS elitist. Your saying they are bad because your stereotyping the fans. Is that what you look for in a band? Sorry, I let music come first..who care's if retards listen to the band, lol.
Calling slipknot pop is really stupid too. Sure, they aren't the most brutal band out there, but they have some heavy songs. The newer CD isn't as heavy as their old stuff, but hey, it's up to what you like. If you actually looked into it you might be impressed.. not to mention that their CD has gotten a lot of positive ratings.
For the record slipknot is not my favorite band or anything. I didn't really care about them until I decided to look into them, and yeah I was quite impressed. Not forcing my opinion on you :\ But it sounds like you haven't really listened to anything besides their singles.