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People say "virtue | 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. | ||
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 == | ||
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
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External links
- Virtue signalling @ Wikipedia
Social media
- Post @ Twitter (13 April 2023)