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   Coach Pāṇini ® (paninid@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 15:52:55 JST Coach Pāṇini ®

   People who use “virtue signaling” like it was a bad thing do not understand how words work nor what they mean.

   They are not Serious People™.

   They are Fellow Travelers™ of those who use “woke” as a pejorative.

   These are the rules.

   https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/03/25/yell-your-commonplace-virtues-dont-signal-them/

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 15:52:52 JST Rocketman

     in reply to

     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @sarajw @paninid We should go on the offensive.

     No more discreet signaling. From now on, we’re virtue yelling!

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 15:52:53 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     @paninid the people who talk about virtue signalling seem to be mostly angry that they are feeling some kind of emotion (guilt maybe?) for not having whatever virtue they feel is being signalled.

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     Arne Babenhauserheide (arnebab@rollenspiel.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 16:06:16 JST Arne Babenhauserheide

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     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @sarajw Isn’t the old word for that "hypocrite"?

     Most widely used to criticize religious people who expect others to adhere to their rules but break them themselves?

     Virtue Signaling can be a problem when it’s false.

     And that it’s false is the claim that people who accuse others of Virtue Signaling usually imply.

     ⇒ Do good and talk about it.
     Start by doing good.
     @paninid

     Alexandre Oliva (moving to @lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br) likes this.
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     Court Cantrell prefers not to (courtcan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 15:06:20 JST Court Cantrell prefers not to

     in reply to

     • Rocketman
     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @slothrop @sarajw @paninid I'm in.

     I CARE ABOUT OTHER HUMANS AND I WANT EVERY HUMAN ON THIS PLANET TO HAVE ALL THE
     FOOD,
     SHELTER,
     BENEFICIAL DAILY ENDEAVOR,
     BODY AUTONOMY,
     HEALTHCARE,
     AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
     THEY NEED IN ORDER TO THRIVE.

     AND YES, I EVEN WISH THIS FOR THE ASSHOLE BILLIONAIRES, BUT ONLY ***AFTER*** THEY'RE STRIPPED OF THEIR WEALTH, STATUS, PLATFORMS, AND ABILITY TO EXPLOIT OTHERS. (Until then, I wish upon them every evil they inflict on everyone else.)

     Rocketman repeated this.
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     Coach Pāṇini ® (paninid@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 15:06:20 JST Coach Pāṇini ®

     in reply to

     • Rocketman
     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
     • Court Cantrell prefers not to

     @courtcan @slothrop @sarajw

     Make #VirtueYelling Great Again