3 ms·
This article is disengenuous. The lead example given is Ben & Jerry's anti-Trump ice cream, which is being painted as "virtue signalling" because Unilever appa
by richmarr 8y ago
This article is disengenuous.
The lead example given is Ben & Jerry's anti-Trump ice cream, which is being painted as "virtue signalling" because Unilever apparently sells skin-bleaching creams in India.
Let's just dwell on that for a second... Josh Dehaas is accusing Ben & Jerry's of cynical motivation, claiming that their "virtue" is performative, based on the actions of another part of a multi-national organisation.
A multinational conglomerate is not a single entity with singular motivations. The framing is flawed... almost certainly designed to appeal to people who already believe "lefties" are "virtue signalling".
- s9w 8y agoThe anti-trump ice cream is virtue signaling in itself - without the skin-bleaching cream thing.
- richmarr 8y agoWhat's your reasoning? How to you claim to know the motives of the people that planned that product?
- cauchyschwartz 8y agoPerhaps it is, but the author's argument appears to be that corporate virtue signalling is bad because it is hypocritical. Examples: B&J despite parent corporation's cream, Qantas vs. work rights, and though not mentioned in the article, probably the same deal for Nike. And to be fair, there is a point there: corporations will back progressive social ideas that explicitly aren't anti-capitalist.