I've come to appreciate the usefulness of the vile term "virtue signaling"; it's employed almost exclusively by people who are incapable of empathy. An efficient red flag for the dangerously narcissistic.
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Strongly agree with you, which is why I found it shocking to see
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Susan HennesseyVerified account @Susan_HennesseyAnd in doing do will burn precious floor time for things like CHIP, a DREAM Act, and other major Democratic priorities in order to virtue signal and score political optics on a bill that will most certainly pass. https://twitter.com/RonWyden/status/951498975529533440 …Show this thread3 replies 0 retweets 8 likes -
Maybe the specific phrase has become overly partisan, but I think the concept of a statement or position, that's not intend primarily to effect actual change or enlist others to your cause, but instead as a performance for an audience on your own side. that's a thing, I think.
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"Hypocrite" is a perfectly good word. It has the benefit of demandimnhg explanation, rather than being an easy slur, which is what "virtue signaling" has become.
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these things always degenerate. Virtue signalling certainly exists as a popular behavior, but it quickly becomes the accusation-du-jour (as with accusations of various -isms). Pretty soon those accusing others of virtue-signalling are just virtue-signalling to their own gang.
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recursive shibbolething
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