tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post6883740140075786164..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Virtue signalling, a definitionPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-62686580392276916612018-04-17T13:46:05.591+12:002018-04-17T13:46:05.591+12:00I agree with the Twitter comment.
Virtue signalli...I agree with the Twitter comment.<br /> Virtue signalling has been with us for a very long time, it just didn't have the present name for it.<br /><br /><br />B WhiteheadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-54741545976604904282018-04-16T16:47:46.835+12:002018-04-16T16:47:46.835+12:00A commenter at Twitter suggests the definition abo...A commenter at Twitter suggests the definition above is too narrow: "Virtue signalling is also common from people who DO the good stuff ['good,' that is, by the ethic they wish to impose upon you as 'good'] & irritatingly thrust their moral & societal superiority in our faces," he says. "A minor example, recipes. Listener & its demographic, never add an egg, add a fresh organic free-range egg."<br /><br />Another example, from a friends's Facebook feed: "I came home to find my neighbour's daughter sweeping my deck. Her mother asked if she could clean my living room. They don't do this in a spirit of love, but in a high minded sort of way.<br />I told the girl to never work for free - that my rule is I only accept help if I can't do it myself or pay for it to be done.<br />And this altruism is rampant and turns into a high minded snobbiness. And on second thought, it's just altruism as a cover up for low self-esteem (I'm better than you because I have to help you!)."Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-90825067946203248362018-04-14T23:05:31.061+12:002018-04-14T23:05:31.061+12:00A lot of us, and me, spend many hours on internet ...A lot of us, and me, spend many hours on internet blathering on about how to right the world; defeat the wicked progressives. Sometimes on Monday morning I realise I haven't really given any time or energy freely for anyone all week. So that's a virtue free week. But really there is hardly a day can go by when I don't see some old dude who can use some help with a task, and the normal excuse is I'm too busy. lolitasbrotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703899003716348306noreply@blogger.com