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Sycophancy just a fancy word for brown-nosing, is it not? (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do not either of these require a dynamic of power imbalance between the butt sniffer and the person to whom the butt being smelled belongs?

A bunch of my comrades were agreeing with me on lefty X, but a troll called all my friends sycophants. Rude! My comrades are my dialectic equals -- I wield no power over anyone beyond being correct, which sets them free in the truth.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

geordi-no Sycophancy

geordi-yes sicko-fem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Somehow we don't have an elephant emote