Quote (Black XistenZ @ 27 Oct 2020 21:10)
There is no virtue signalling in going against the mainstream opinion. Virtue signalling, by its very definition, consists of flaunting the attiudes/values which are defined as virtuous by the cultural mainstream.
There was nothing brave about praising socialism in the USSR.
There was nothing brave about praising national purity and condemning the jews in Nazi Germany.
There was nothing brave about praising the revolution in 1979's Iran.
There was nothing brave about praising free market capitalism in 1980s America.
There was nothing brave about praising the military and foreign wars in 2000s America.
Likewise, there is nothing brave about expressing anti-racist or pro-mask opinions in 2020.
i don't know what you base that definition on, as to me it is about publicly touting certain values and moral superiority, which is exactly what many prominent right wing figures did by defying science and reason. it's ALMOST like you simply don't want to talk about the fact that
people promoting mask wearing trigger you harder than those whose machismo virtue signaling cost the lives of tens of thousands of americans... never go full kellyanne...
Quote (WiziLiCe @ 27 Oct 2020 21:12)
Why should he reply to your what-abouts?
you DO realise that his virtue signalling angle was already a blatant deflection, right? my original post was a joke about the scam that was trump university, which backx didn't like so he tried to ad hom the guy who made it...
so blaming me for a whataboutism is a bit of a strange and arbitrary point to choose to 'intervene'...