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Abolishinist

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18. Most definitions of sycophant include flattery for personal gain,

Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #17)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:18 PM

Jul 24

especially if financial in nature. Is this really the best you can come up with? Because I doubt this applies to the vast majority who watch his show.

Cambridge English Dictionary - someone who praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them.

Oxford English Dictionary - Nowadays, “sycophant” is used almost exclusively to mean a person who tries to get ahead through obsequious agreement or flattery.

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Apparently, AOC is now the enemy [View all] B.See Jul 24 OP

Some of the protestors don't care about Palestine. Irish_Dem Jul 24 #1

Precisely. It DOESN'T MAKE SENSE and B.See Jul 24 #3

yes. Right after the HAMAS attack I said it had Putin's fingerprints all over it. Irish_Dem Jul 24 #7

Putin exactly. Speculated on this back then B.See Jul 24 #8

Yes it was a brilliant plan on the part of Putin. Irish_Dem Jul 24 #11

I agree completely. From day one this made no fucking sense. NT Mike 03 Jul 24 #4

Many of the protestors don't care about Palestine 617Blue Jul 24 #6

Isn't it just a little... Wuddles440 Jul 24 #2

Odd indeed. And the B.See Jul 24 #5

I guess the point is ITAL Jul 24 #9

Still, its easy thinking, easy targets bumper sticker protesting. haele Jul 24 #14

It's the purity police SocialDemocrat61 Jul 24 #10

Would these be the same 'purity' police who proclaim Abolishinist Jul 24 #15

No SocialDemocrat61 Jul 24 #17

Most definitions of sycophant include flattery for personal gain, Abolishinist Jul 24 #18

So maybe a better word would be SocialDemocrat61 Jul 24 #19

The people protesting her office are absolute KOOKS. BannonsLiver Jul 24 #12

Who's funding these attacks on Democrats? MagickMuffin Jul 24 #13

No offence, but I think B.See Jul 24 #20

This is not the first time AOC has betrayed the Palestinian cause vanessa_ca Jul 24 #16