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Comment on What is the word for someone who is friends with different groups but doesn't have loyalty to any one group?

You all are harsh.

“A social butterfly is a slang term for a person who is socially dynamic, successful at networking, charismatic, and personally gregarious. Usually, social butterflies don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another.” Wilipedia

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Pat12@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Hmm I think it’s fine if someone is a social butterfly, they don’t have bad intentions etc. I am talking about someone who seems like you can trust them but actually they have other loyalties, I live in a place where people get arrested for supporting democracy for example

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- wahming@monyet.cc ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If we’re talking where consequences of their friendships get you thrown in jail, traitor is a pretty good word.
  
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- reinei@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I heard them called “bats” because they flap around between different groups and are associated with darkness thus “shady”!
  
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  - Pat12@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    I heard them called “bats” because they flap around between different groups and are associated with darkness thus “shady”!
    
    hahahahah
    
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- pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In the USA, one term we have for this kind of person is “poseur”.
  
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- credo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What about perfidious gadabout?
  
  I think your focus is on the disloyalty, but really there are two aspects of your description that make it difficult to find s single word which fits well. I’m also thinking the individual isn’t necessarily disloyal, but rather loyal to an unseen cause. E.g., disingenuous. If the person is a plant, then “mole” comes to mind.
  
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