You're missing the point because you're too wrapped up in left-right. The comment above about virtue signaling devolving into extremism could easily be re-writ

You're missing the point because you're too wrapped up in left-right. The comment above about virtue signaling devolving into extremism could easily be re-written for the social issues relevant to 1500s Europe, 1790s France, or any other time and still be true.