I've come to learn that when people complain of "virtue signalling" they're actually just signalling to everyone else what colossal assholes they are
Well done, @chinfo with the measured response
Well done, @chinfo with the measured response
They'll accuse me of virtue signalling as I post this badass photo of William Carney, 54th Massachusetts, MOH recipient
And yeah, I *am* signalling that the virtues of courage, loyalty, duty, & respect as embodied by the man who saved the US colors at Fort Wagner are important
And yeah, I *am* signalling that the virtues of courage, loyalty, duty, & respect as embodied by the man who saved the US colors at Fort Wagner are important
William Carney risked his life for a flag that - for much of his life - represented a promise of freedom that he could not share, since he was enslaved. But he so strongly believed in the promise of freedom - in what the US *should* be - that he was willing to die for it
And if his fierce determination to overcome the injustices in the system, with the knowledge that he might not even live to see a nation where the ideals of the Declaration were available to all - if that doesn't inspire the same in you, then I feel incredibly sorry for you.
