WHY ARE 98% oF ALL NEOCONS SYCOPHANTS?

Question

DON'T THEY JUST MAKE YOU WANT TO PUKE?

RAGNAROK NEEDS TO LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF SYCOPHANT. IT DESCRIBES MOST NEOCONS TO A T!!

HEY GRESHYMM, JUST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANT, DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE ASHAMED OF IT. I REALISE MOST OF YOU NEOCONS ARE JR. HIGH DROP OUTS AND THEY JUST DON'T COVER WORDS LIKE THAT WHILE YOU WERE IN SCHOOL. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

Answer 1

I have to admit I didn't know, but now that I do it would seem you have nailed it.

Sycophant (Gr. συκοφάντης), in ancient Greece was the counterpart of the Roman delator, a public informer.

According to ancient authorities, the word (derived by them from συκο suko, "fig", and φανης fanēs, "to show") meant one who informed against another for exporting figs (which was forbidden by law) or for stealing the fruit of the sacred fig-trees, whether in time of famine or on any other occasion. The Oxford English Dictionary, however, states that this explanation, though common, "cannot be substantiated", and suggests that it may refer instead to the insulting gesture of "making a fig" or to an obscene alternate meaning for "fig".

Another old explanation was that fines and taxes were at one time paid in figs, wine and oil, and those who collected such payments in kind were called sycophants because they publicly handed them in.

In modern English, the term has come to mean one who seeks to please people in positions of authority or influence in order to gain power themselves, usually at the cost of pride, principles, and peer respect. However, in modern Greek, the term has retained its ancient classical meaning, and is still used to describe a slanderer or a calumniator.

A popular synonym for the English term is "toady" or "toadying", derived from the term "toad eater".

Answer 2

Neoconservatism is a political current and ideology, mainly in the United States, which emerged in the 1960s, coalesced in the 1970s, and has had a significant presence in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. It is today most closely identified with a set of foreign policy positions and goals: a hawkish stance during the Cold War and, more recently, in various conflicts in the Middle East. At times there have been distinct neoconservative positions in domestic policies; in particular, the first generation of neoconservatives were generally less opposed to "big government" and to social spending than other U.S. conservatives of the time, though they also called for significant restructuring of the goals and methods of many social programs.

The prefix neo- refers to two ways in which neoconservatism was new: many of the movement's founders, originally liberals, Democrats or from socialist backgrounds, were new to conservatism; neoconservatism was also a comparatively recent strain of conservative thought, which derived from a variety of intellectual roots in the decades following World War II. While some (such as Irving Kristol) have described themselves as "neoconservatives", the term is used today more by opponents and critics of this political current than by its adherents, some of whom reject even the claim that neoconservatism is an identifiable current of American political thought.

Answer 3

Same reason 98% of Libs are sycophants.

I don't trouble my digestion with such things.



Response: I am fully aware of the definition of sycophant. Perhaps questioner should look up the definition of Ragnarok.

Answer 4

98% sycophants would that be a "liberal" fact.
this explains Why people don't believe liberal lies conspirces and anti american rehtoric.
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democrats create false facts...blatent lies and call them facts
Democrat credibility = crap.
liberals are NO MEN = negative people
republicans are yes men = positive people


By the way why are liberals all NO men? Why don't they have a plan? why do they only bash america and every plan that is offered? All they know is the negative. If you want to call republicans yes men.... then go with a 100% but use my deffinition of yes men people that are positive. YES YES YES YES.

YES! WE BELIVE IN AMERICA!
YES! WE ARE PROUD OF OUR COUNTRY!
YES! WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY!
YES! WE PUT AMERICA FIRST!
YES! WE HAVE A PLAN!
YES! WE HAVE A POSITIVE OUT LOOK!

Answer 5

The accounting firm of Mortimer & Snerd (ASP, PDQ) says you are a liar, your 98% is without basis. Liberal-socialists always use false information and make 'normal' people puke.

Answer 6

It makes me want to puke when people use big words in order to seem smart.

Answer 7

I think that your caps lock key is stuck... you really should get it fixed.

Answer 8

boo hoo hoo another diaper stinking, whining, babbling damnocrat.

Answer 9

DID "CUT AND RUN" LAMENT DECIDE ANYTHING HE IS FOR OR AGAINST YET BESIDE IRAQ?

Answer 10

99% of NeoLibs are Gay!!!