Para Sycophant Istana


[PORTAL-ISLAM.ID] Ustaz muda dari Jatim, Cak Nur menyatakan Muktar Ali Ngabalin; penjilat. Banyak warganet ngikik mendengar labelisasi ini.

"Penjilat" istilah pejoratif. Kesannya buruk sekali. Nggak ada bocah bercita-cita menjadi penjilat. No one likes "penjilat".

"When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every friendly enemy shows you their colour," kata penulis Michael Bassey Johnson.

Penjilat sinonim dengan kata asslicker, yes-man, bootlicker, brownnoeser, toady, lickspittle, flatterer, flunky, lackey, spaniel, doormat, stooge, cringer, sucker.

Istilah halusnya; "sycophant".

Punya arti "someone who succumbs to authority, doing whatever authority figures ask and attempting to please them in every possible way" atau "a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage".

Memuji overdosis merupakan satu ciri penjilat. "Kiss up, kick down" adalah karakternya. Menjilat ke atas, menindas ke bawah. Ghat's why no body likes penjilat. Mereka berbahaya. Sampah peradaban. Mereka memuja penguasa.

Seperti kata Abu Zeeshan, "A ruler even whem farts, a dedicated devotee smells an aroma of cologne'.

Penulis: Zeng Wei Jian
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