No. Moral posturing would imply hypocrisy. Virtue signaling describes the act of making a communication of ones own self-believed virtues. The article's argume

No. Moral posturing would imply hypocrisy. Virtue signaling describes the act of making a communication of ones own self-believed virtues. The article's argument about the word "signal" always involving sacrifice is incorrect on the face, and even if it were not, ignores the face that many acts of "virtue-signalling" do involve sacrifice. Consider not being the language police any longer.