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People say "virtue signalling" as if it were a bad thing.
People say "virtue signaling" as if it were a bad thing.


We all signal our virtue, all the time.
We all signal our virtue, all the time.
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Failure to do so is pathological:  the realm of compulsive liars and heartless monsters.
Failure to do so is pathological:  the realm of compulsive liars and heartless monsters.


== Standing by your principles ==
You call it "virtue signaling".
I call it "standing by your principles."
What do you signal — your lack of virtue?
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1732876957207965877 Post] @ Twitter (7 December 2023)
== Commentary ==
My suspicion — I have no evidence, this is anecdotal — is that "virtue signalling" emerged as a conservative's supposed-to-be-snappy comeback to "dog whistling".
"Oh, I'm a 'dog whistler', am I?  Well you're a virtue signalling social justice warrior, nyahh nyahh."
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1659169945685569538 Post] @ Twitter (18 May 2023)


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[National virtue signalling]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [] @ Wikipedia
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=== Social media ===
=== Social media ===


* [ Post] @ Twitter (13 April 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1646457031618973697 Post] @ Twitter (13 April 2023)
 


[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]


[[Category:Essays]]
[[Category:Essays]]


[[Category:Virtue signalling (nonfiction)]]
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 7 December 2023

People say "virtue signaling" as if it were a bad thing.

We all signal our virtue, all the time.

Failure to do so is pathological: the realm of compulsive liars and heartless monsters.

Standing by your principles

You call it "virtue signaling".

I call it "standing by your principles."

What do you signal — your lack of virtue?

  • Post @ Twitter (7 December 2023)

Commentary

My suspicion — I have no evidence, this is anecdotal — is that "virtue signalling" emerged as a conservative's supposed-to-be-snappy comeback to "dog whistling".

"Oh, I'm a 'dog whistler', am I? Well you're a virtue signalling social justice warrior, nyahh nyahh."

  • Post @ Twitter (18 May 2023)

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (13 April 2023)