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== 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
- Virtue signalling @ Wikipedia
Social media
- Post @ Twitter (13 April 2023)