[rams74]

I'm turned off by taking perfectly good English words, combining them together, and turning them into a political catch-phrase that means something else. To me, "virtue signaling" falls into that category.

[AvengerRam]

I'm turned off by taking perfectly good English words, combining them together, and turning them into a political catch-phrase that means something else. To me, "virtue signaling" falls into that category.

So you’re turned off by political catch phrases like “white privilege,” “critical race theory” and “assigned at birth.”

Good to know.

[/zn/]

I'm turned off by taking perfectly good English words, combining them together, and turning them into a political catch-phrase that means something else. To me, "virtue signaling" falls into that category.

It's usually just used to dismiss motives of those doing something the dismisser cannot abide usually for purely political reasons. It's just a more nasty but less substantive version of "I don't agree" or "my opinion differs." It can't be more than that, really, because it consists of "mind reading" ie ad hominem motives attacks.

[AvengerRam]

It's usually just used to dismiss motives of those doing something the dismisser cannot abide usually for purely political reasons. It's just a more nasty but less substantive version of "I don't agree" or "my opinion differs." It can't be more than that, really, because it consists of "mind reading" ie ad hominem motives attacks.

This concludes another episode of Captain Hypocrite in his never ending battle with his arch nemesis, The Strawman!

[St. Loser Fan]

Not football, but you can see the effect.

[Jerseydevil]

If this makes him a better hockey player, then I'm happy for him.