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Conversely, are people who buy a Prius always virtue signaling? Perhaps the appellation is an empty way to dismiss someone without engaging them?
by pwinnski 7y ago
Conversely, are people who buy a Prius always virtue signaling?
Perhaps the appellation is an empty way to dismiss someone without engaging them?
- criddell 7y ago> are people who buy a Prius always virtue signaling? Of course not. I was simply responding to the idea that a significant investment is all it takes to counter the claim that some activity is virtue signaling.
- romwell 7y ago"Significant" is a relative term. Buying a Prius vs. buying a non-Prius is hardly a significant investment for people who make that choice. I guess the more proper word here would be sacrifice, something you never get back.
- b_tterc_p 7y agoI meant to imply the consumers of his stuff were most likely virtue signaling. Not he himself. Your phrasing implies that dismissing someone without engaging someone is a bad thing. On the contrary it’s recognizing that most people’s opinions are based on nothing but their sense of community identity and aren’t worth engaging at all.