>If you want to signal how strongly you believe in taking victims seriously, you talk about it in the context of the least credible case you can find. I think

>If you want to signal how strongly you believe in taking victims seriously, you talk about it in the context of the least credible case you can find. I think there's another angle to picking the least credible case in that it requires more psychological investment. Those who join the group are stronger and have expended more psychological effort. Because the cases that are chosen to fight about are ambiguous, to fight about them requires a form of committent and faith. Any doubts about the case and validity of the morality or faith would cause a painful admission of the amount that was psychologically invested in it. The strength of your belief is signalled but the strength also deepens your involvement in it.