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One minor nitpick: in social media the criticism generally applies mostly to mere statements, especially statements of support or outrage over any given emotion
by pluma 10y ago
One minor nitpick: in social media the criticism generally applies mostly to mere statements, especially statements of support or outrage over any given emotionally loaded issue.
Attending a protest or donating to charity is relatively risky and expensive in comparison to just feigning outrage, retweeting slogans or changing your avatar.
- fpig 10y agoYeah virtue signaling is mostly a Facebook/Twitter thing.
- pluma 10y agoYouTube too. Just pick any Sargon of Akkad video at random, it's almost guaranteed to be about either "virtue signalling", "moral busybodies" (i.e. the people mostly engaging in virtue signalling) or "cultural Marxism".