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Virtue signaling? Honestly? People should just shut up and wear a mask. (And social distance. And wash their hands. And refrain from touching their face. And,

Virtue signaling? Honestly? People should just shut up and wear a mask. (And social distance. And wash their hands. And refrain from touching their face. And, and, and) If there's even a 0.000001% chance that you could prevent the spread of a rampantly spreading disease that has hospitals in many regions at or above capacity, by putting a damn piece of cloth over your face, then just do it. It's not burdensome. I think about past generations in the US that had to sacrifice mightily in the great depression or WWII, and then I look at today and how many people are whining over petty nonsense like this, and I shudder at what the country has become.

jfengel 6y ago
"Virtue signaling" is the all-purpose response to anything they don't wish to do solely because you wish them to do it. They don't have to engage with whether or not it's a good idea. They don't have to engage with whether you're being serious or not. It's just a two-word dismissal: if you care about it, it must be wrong, and no further thought is necessary. For me, it has a convenient counter response: nobody using the term "virtue signaling" has anything useful to say, on any topic. It's "vice signaling", their call-out to their buddies that they, too, don't like anything you say solely because you say it. They're not listening to me, except for the purpose of rejecting it reflexively, so there's no point in talking to them.
- iaHN 6y ago
  It follows that nobody who uses the term "vice signaling" has anything useful to say.