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Using "virtue signaling" is in vogue, and I don't like it. Yes, the idea is real, but it has become an easy way of dismissing the legitimacy of the person it i
by tasty_freeze 10y ago
Using "virtue signaling" is in vogue, and I don't like it. Yes, the idea is real, but it has become an easy way of dismissing the legitimacy of the person it is invoked against, without doing any work to actually support the accusation.
It is also telling that it is used exclusively to undercut progressive stances -- things like feminism, liberal immigration policies, fair pay, etc. It is never used to undermine the position of someone who who has made a typically conservative stance. Let me demonstrate.
Statement 1: "I wouldn't want to work there because they have a reputation as having a sexist work environment."
Rejoinder 1: "Your obvious virtue signaling is a joke. I don't care what you think."
Statement 2: "I believe in the constitution and believe guns are a significant foundation to the freedoms we enjoy."
Rejoinder 2: "You are just virtue signaling. Ooh, look at me, I'm such a patriot. Ha ha."
Why is it we only see type 1 rejoinders and not type 2?
- oculusthrift 10y agoi like how somehow they believe that people can't honestly believe that woman shouldn't be objectified and should be equal and therefore think that anyone expressing that must not be genuine and most just be "virtue signaling"
- Intermernet 10y agoThanks for pointing this out. I've noticed this as well. But, you should be careful with comments like these, as someone will probably accuse you of both being "triggered", and of being a "cuck". I'm still not sure if I'm annoyed or delighted to see Shakespearean insults coming back into fashion, although I've yet to see some commenter riposte that someone's wit is as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard...
- tasty_freeze 10y agoWhenever someone uses "cuck" unironically, it tells me what tribe they belong to. It often saves me a lot of time, as there is no need to engage them in conversation.
- thisnotmyacc 10y agoWhich, ironically, is virtual signaling. That's the modern world though - lets everyone retreat to your corners and come out throwing buzzwords at each other. "Misogynist" "Cuck" If only we could talk about ideas, not labels.