Or at least that’s the message of this excellent Washington Examiner article by … The beauty of virtue signaling is that it allows everything to be turned into a simple binary question of good vs evil. And it’s my belief that virtue signaling deserves scorn and should be the pejorative it has become in modern lexicon.

I also believe that the accusation of virtue signalling can and often is a bad-faith (and very effective) way to shut down discussion. The internet was more than willing to point out the major flaw in t By this people mean, in the words of James Bartholemew (who helped to popularize the term, and who I like very much in every other respect), writing or saying things 'to indicate that they are virtuous'. Virtue comes from mere words or even from silently held beliefs. Empathy, fellowship, society, love? You know how after every social incident, all the corporations that give so much fuck about our well being start virtue signaling campaigns by painting their avatars in LGBT rainbow colors, … So, let’s compare some terms.

But “virtue” and “virtue signalling” are two wholly different things with vastly different meanings, intents, and outcomes.

The mission of the Media Research Center is to create a media culture in America where truth and liberty flourish. But you would be wrong; virtue signaling on college campuses is somehow more omnipresent and obscene than it is in the current Democratic Party. Empty virtue signaling, why not anonymously contact the poster anonymously ?

Finally, virtue signalling has devolved into code for criticizing people who say things you politically disagree with, but actual, bonafide virtue signalling sucks. The virtue signaling seems to have spilled over to Capitol Hill. This is psychological projection, but still interesting: where did it come from?

Virtue signaling isn't necessarily negative as it can create awareness and momentum for important issues. It's not really a new thing, but it's been grinding my gears for quite a while. r/virtuesignalling: Hilarious examples of virtue signalling from the righteous

British journalist James Bartholomew is often credited with originating the term "virtue signalling" in an article in The Spectator in 2015.

Kavanaugh = bad, so the accusations against him had to be believed verbatim no matter how weak they were. Anthony Jeselnik has a great comedy special called Thoughts and Prayers where he criticizes virtue signaling (I think even before it was called virtue signaling).