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"Now we're entering into a debate of whether perfectly rational behaviour should be eschewed in favour of virtue signalling." Said he, before proudly hanging h
by Hasknewbie 9y ago
"Now we're entering into a debate of whether perfectly rational behaviour should be eschewed in favour of virtue signalling."
Said he, before proudly hanging his "No Irish" sign on the front door of his shop.
- taneq 9y agoActually, no, I do this too. If a person of $demographic_X, wearing stereotypical $demographic_X clothes, approaches me at a train station, I know they're going to ask me for money, and then abuse me when I don't give them any, but I still give them a friendly greeting and listen to whatever they have to say, purely because the one time that one person from that demographic who isn't like that approaches me, I want to make sure I treat them like a human being. But this is a mild example that doesn't cost me much. I think it's an important thought experiment to figure out just how far you'd go and how much loss you'd accept to preserve that self-image of being "a good person."