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"Virtue signaling" is just a modern term for an age old concept. Yesterday someone mentioned that he wanted to know the morbid people using this term (paraphra
by 203812031 10y ago
"Virtue signaling" is just a modern term for an age old concept. Yesterday someone mentioned that he wanted to know the morbid people using this term (paraphrased).
It turns out that Jesus was one of those morbid people, criticizing the Pharisees and hypocrisy (preaching water and drinking wine).
Hypocrisy permeates business and politics, so while "virtue signaling" is perhaps overused, it is nonetheless a useful catch phrase. You can also use it against the right, if you wish.
Trump holding a rifle on stage is also virtue signaling.
- mikeash 10y agoIt's a fine concept. I don't object to the concept at all. I've accused Trump of doing this sort of thing a lot, just not using those words. What I object to is the specific phrase itself. Not because it's inherently bad, but because of how it's used. People use it as a way to dismiss and insult people without appearing dismissive and insulting. It's like if I say "you're suffering from a rectal-cranial inversion" rather than "you have your head up your ass." If people want to call me insincere and disingenuous, I'd like them to have the courage to say it straight, not hide it behind scientific terms.