I think the fundamental distinction here is between saying and doing.https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/832078262822002688 …
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"Never use a man's generosity as a sword against him" only applies if he's actually BEING generous rather than saying generous
The trouble is it's a false dichotomy (generous versus saying generous).
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oh huh, I didn't quite take that conclusion away from the original tweet.
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"virtue signalling" after making donations, or volunteering time etc. Those are real things. So in practice
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I should ask what "saying generous" is though! Or ask for an example of something dismissed as signaling that..
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deserves more credit, and falls in the "saying" category (if you don't mind, of course!)
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