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> What kind of "evidence" beyond the content of the signalling itself it would require? "Virtue signaling" means someone is acting only to signal their own vir
by azernik 2y ago
> What kind of "evidence" beyond the content of the signalling itself it would require?
"Virtue signaling" means someone is acting only to signal their own virtue, and not because they actually believe in the thing they are doing or expressing.
There is no evidence of that.
- CRConrad 2y ago> "Virtue signaling" means someone is acting only to signal their own virtue, and not because they actually believe in the thing they are doing or expressing. [Emphasis altered -- CRC.] Really? I never knew it had to be a necessary part of it, that they don't believe in [whatever]. Are you sure that's part of the general definition, and not just something you made up? Even if you do believe in something, if you keep preening yourself in sanctimony about how virtuous you are for believing in it -- what is that, then, if not virtue signaling?
- azernik 2y agoNot because they actually believe in. i.e. they may, but that's not the reason they're taking the action.