"Virtue-signalling" is one of those terms we might struggle to define precisely, but we nonetheless know what it means, and we know it when we see it.
That includes those of us who intentionally misunderstand it, for performative reasons.
That includes those of us who intentionally misunderstand it, for performative reasons.
https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry/status/1323380253033713666
Put it that way: If somebody brags about how much money they give to charity, is that "virtue-signalling"?
No. Absolutely not. Because that would be disingenuous literalism. In practice, it never just meant the signalling of ANY virtuous activity. It has a more specific meaning.
No. Absolutely not. Because that would be disingenuous literalism. In practice, it never just meant the signalling of ANY virtuous activity. It has a more specific meaning.
Virtue-signalling really means signalling that you hold political opinions which guarantee easy applause, because they are in line with what the cultural establishment considers virtuous.
And since the cultural establishment = the woke Left, only the woke Left can virtue-signal.
And since the cultural establishment = the woke Left, only the woke Left can virtue-signal.
That doesn't mean that right-wingers can't hold silly signalling opinions. They can, and they often do.
But it's not virtue-signalling. It's something else. Right-wingers can't virtue-signal, because right-wing views are not considered virtuous.
But it's not virtue-signalling. It's something else. Right-wingers can't virtue-signal, because right-wing views are not considered virtuous.
This is virtue-signalling, for example.
Whether or not we can provide a definition that could be printed in the Oxford English Dictionary - we know it when we see it. It's a meaningful term, which describes a real phenomenon.
Whether or not we can provide a definition that could be printed in the Oxford English Dictionary - we know it when we see it. It's a meaningful term, which describes a real phenomenon.
https://twitter.com/Inhumansoflate1/status/1323600105572687873
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