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Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Ahli (2008)
Bahasa Itali hingga Bahasa Inggeris
Jul 1, 2017

"Virtue signalling".

Make sure you say "virtue signalling" in all your conversations, for approximately the next 6 weeks.

People will be impressed at how up-to-speed you are.

But after 6 weeks, stop saying it, or people will feel sorry for you because you will... See more
"Virtue signalling".

Make sure you say "virtue signalling" in all your conversations, for approximately the next 6 weeks.

People will be impressed at how up-to-speed you are.

But after 6 weeks, stop saying it, or people will feel sorry for you because you will be so... yesterday.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/i-invented-virtue-signalling-now-its-taking-over-the-world/#

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jun/30/emily-thornberry-accuses-chuka-umunna-of-virtue-signalling-on-eu-vote ▲ Collapse
 
Jack Doughty
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United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Bahasa Rusia hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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Vice signalling Jul 1, 2017

I'd like to coin this phrase for indicating opposition to all the fashionable values embodied in virtue signalling.
 
Rachel Fell
Rachel Fell  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Bahasa Perancis hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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Yes, Jack Jul 1, 2017

It's not so much the new term I mind but the action involved, which I find intolerable.
 
Michael Kapitonoff
Michael Kapitonoff
Amerika Syarikat
Local time: 17:23
Bahasa Rusia hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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Count me in Jul 2, 2017

Rachel Fell wrote:

It's not so much the new term I mind but the action involved, which I find intolerable.


One man's vice may well be another man's... virtue?
 


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