Virtue signaling: Difference between revisions

From Gnomon Chronicles
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:


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.
== 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 ==

Revision as of 05:13, 18 May 2023

People say "virtue signalling" 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.

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)