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exe34 11 hours ago

it's a perfectly good phrase to describe what it says. if that bothers you, maybe you need to ask yourself why.

standardUser 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> if that bothers you, maybe you need to ask yourself why.

That's even vaguer and less compelling rhetoric than "virtue signaling".

lern_too_spel 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In my experience, people who use the term "virtue signalling" don't understand the problems that the supposed virtue signalers are trying to solve and simply use the term as a cheap dismissal of their policies. If the policies are bad, explain why they're bad. Don't just say that people putting the 10 Commandments in schools are virtue signalling.

exe34 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Or indeed, it's possible that neither you nor the virtue signallers understand why they're doing it.

aspenmayer 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Regardless of whether or not either interlocutor understands the term, using the term virtue signaling itself is self-defeating for both parties for different reasons.

For the one hearing it, it’s a red herring, and for the one saying it, it’s a dog whistle. For the third party person reading the interaction without or with lesser context, it’s a thought-terminating cliche.