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I'm an individual and I value some things above others. I will help my friends and family members before I help strangers. I would take the proverbial bullet fo
by chownie 7y ago
I'm an individual and I value some things above others. I will help my friends and family members before I help strangers. I would take the proverbial bullet for them, but for you? I'd probably not.
Equally if I came across a trapped cat I'd try to rescue, if I come across a trapped housefly I don't take notice.
People who aren't vegan still value animals, just with hierarchies of concern rather than one rule to fit all. That answers the good faith portion of the comment, the virtue signalling isn't something I can provide an answer for.
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoYou had one of the best answers in this thread until the last sentence. Saying things you disagree with is not automatically "virtue signalling."
- EGreg 7y agoOne person's disagreement with a moralizing statement is another person's virtue signal. That word "virtue signal" is itself a shibboleth.
- dsego 7y agoHN is not reddit. Judging by your karma and account age, you should know better.
- chownie 7y agoNo, things I disagree with aren't automatically virtue signalling. Feigning ignorance to ask an obvious question (Why do people treat different animals inequally?) but just happening to bring up their own moral stance is textbook virtue signalling.