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Dismissing a position as "virtue signaling" is fundamentally lazy. Ironically, aren't you "virtue signaling" right now about how you're sincere enough to be ab
by rfw 8y ago
Dismissing a position as "virtue signaling" is fundamentally lazy.
Ironically, aren't you "virtue signaling" right now about how you're sincere enough to be able to look down on people who do it?
- TeMPOraL 8y agoVirtue signaling is contagious; it infects everything that touches it. My response here will be seen as virtue signaling too, simply because the concept was invoked upthread. Personally, I see a problem less with signals and more with how people make them and respond to them. Aforementioned attempt to appropriate a generic symbol for specific movement is an example of hostile behaviour. Sane people would roll their eyes and carry on with their days, but on the Internet, it starts to become dangerous to let this nonsense pass unchallenged, as then you might find yourself on the business end of Twitter pitchforks after saying something you're unaware that some activist group apparently has dibs on.
- josteink 8y ago> aren't you "virtue signaling" right now about how you're sincere enough to be able to look down on people who do it? No. I’m just making an observation about a supposed movement’s true motives. I am in no way trying to appear superior or “better” (more virtuous) as a result of it.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoHow do you know "true motives"? Are you a part of said movement? If you're just making an observation you have no better knowledge of their true motives than any of the rest of us reading here.