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Also true. But just saying „but what he’s signaling isn’t actually a virtue, how can it be virtue signaling?“ isn’t a very good argument.
by echoangle 2y ago
Also true. But just saying „but what he’s signaling isn’t actually a virtue, how can it be virtue signaling?“ isn’t a very good argument.
- dkdbejwi383 2y agoSounds like “virtue signalling” has the same definition as “hipster” did in the early 00s - a proxy for “something or someone I don’t like”
- echoangle 2y agoIt’s certainly sometimes used that way. But the real meaning is something like „making sure everyone knows how moral you are without making a lot of effort to actually be moral, just by telling everyone“.
- dkdbejwi383 2y agoBy that definition the linked article doesn't fit, then. The author has put a lot of effort into research and writing about this subject. The "morality" part is a relatively small part of it, just a single paragraph in the conclusion.
- echoangle 2y agoI’m not saying that it’s virtue signaling, I was just criticizing the bad arguments against the claim that it was.
- prmoustache 2y agoThese days the word is "woke" or any of its variants.
- defrost 2y agoI struggle to differentiate commenters muttering "radical wokeism", "virtue signalling", etc from dogs barking at cars. Non constructive noise from creatures with desire only to chase something.