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Yes, the phrase "virtue signalling" is deeply cynical. Are there people who adopt a cause for aesthetics or social status rather than deeply felt convictions? S
by DFHippie 6y ago
Yes, the phrase "virtue signalling" is deeply cynical. Are there people who adopt a cause for aesthetics or social status rather than deeply felt convictions? Sure. But seldom is this slur applied to anyone because someone has done a behavioral study to determine the person insulted is feigning morality. And even if they are, if they are aping good behavior with desirable consequences, why insult them? The people calling others "social justice warriors" are doing even less.
- twelve40 6y agooh come on like you haven't seen people who jump on the bandwagon who don't give a shit about the actual issue(s) and are just there to score some PR points. Never happens. No idea if this applies to the parent topic, but denying that virtue signalling exists is very strange.
- thephyber 6y ago> But seldom is this slur applied to anyone because someone has done a behavioral study to determine the person insulted is feigning morality. Your parent isn't denying that the term should exist, only saying that the people who most frequently use it are just slinging a pejorative without knowing if the person is offline-virtuous or just online-conspicuous-virtuous.
- DFHippie 6y agoYeah. That isn't what I meant. Thanks for your careful, good-faith argument, though.