At some point "stop with the virtue signaling" became "stop with the virtue having"
@ModeledBehavior I’d say it’s more vice signaling
@ModeledBehavior @Noahpinion Saying "We stand with Ukraine" while not actually doing what is needed to win the war, like what Biden did and all of Europe is doing now, is the worst, most dangerous form of virtue signaling. That is *still* the biggest problem in the response war.
@ModeledBehavior Most people learned in the 90s that authenticity is much more important than virtue.
@ModeledBehavior Even though we didn't always mean it this country was better off when it paid lip service to the idea of liberty around the world. After all, “Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue.” Can't say there is a lot of virtue left around here.
@ModeledBehavior virtue signalers rarely have any virtue. what they do have is a lot of ego and deep holes to fill
@ModeledBehavior Nope. Virtue signals are disingenuous, they are lies. They are not related to virtuous behaviour. Calling them out is honest work.
@ModeledBehavior Throwing out the baby and drinking the bathwater
@ModeledBehavior It was quite literally always that for people who never grasped the concept. "Virtue signaling" is a term that rapidly reveals intelligence levels, since nobody thoughtful missed the fact that it explicitly referred to signaling virtues one didn't actually possess.
@ModeledBehavior @eva_kurilova Nah, there is still massive cost free virtue signalling that harms vulnerable people. Take Fife NHS, for example.
@ModeledBehavior @eva_kurilova The pendulum is swinging back after the cacophony of virtue signaling blocked out any talk that wasn’t about how virtuous we are or aren’t.
@ModeledBehavior It was never about the virtue signaling.
@ModeledBehavior Time and place. Maybe prioritize not having your country slaughtered first then you can worry about the rest of it.
@ModeledBehavior @ESYudkowsky Unimpeachably virtuous comity against public tyranny —> 🕐 —> 🕦 —> Virtually unimpeachable comedy tyrant seeking publicity ———- I like that because I meant it against Trump but if you hate Zelenskyy and like Trump you can still use it.
@ModeledBehavior Barack here. You’re a retard.
@ModeledBehavior Enabling mental illness is not a virtue.
@ModeledBehavior The backlash to the exploitation and manipulation by activists of our better instincts was always likely to include some degree of embracing callousness and cruelty.
@ModeledBehavior You're right, but we're so far past that point.
@ModeledBehavior That point was the first time someone said the words "virtue signalling"
@ModeledBehavior It began the first moment someone said "virtue signaling"
@ModeledBehavior because like if you don't express your virtues why do you have them
