"Virtue Signalling"
It's an invective used widely by the right and, ironically, usually by people with little or no virtue to speak of. What virtue, for instance, does the merkin-sporting leader, the twice impeached, Insurrection-inciting former president bring to the table?
I'll wait.
I have to laugh at the cultists who wield this term as if they were pointing out a character flaw.
I, myself, have been called a 'virtue signaler' by many with whom I share diametrically-opposed political views. More recently with a former colleague who has positioned himself on the front lines standing tall against the mortal dangers of DEI.
What a cause to get behind! In his narrow-minded world, backed by generations of white supremacy and white privilege, the notion of including people from diverse backgrounds in policy-making, business ventures, school admissions, and even marketing, represents a greater threat to American livelihood than wealth inequality, accessible health care, child poverty and the attempted coup to overthrow the Republic and hand the presidency to a man who literally tried to steal it.
"Come on guys, just find me 11,870 votes. gimme a break."
And, as the right wing does, they have fed this clap-trap to their Fox/OAN/Newsmax trough eaters who gorge themselves on this country club bullshittery, until it's commonly heard at backyard BBQ's, little league baseball games and twice a week Grift-a-thons aka, Trump rallies.
"And what's with all the bi-racial couples in commercials? When was the last time you saw a commercial with just normal white people?" (To be clear this is me quoting a Republican (duh) candidate running for office.)
So go ahead, call me a virtue signaler. It's a badge of honor. Because I know where I stand on the issues. And it's not on the same side of frightened imbeciles who find fault in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Did you know that as recently as two months ago, Indiana Senator Mike Braun said the Supreme Court was wrong to strike down miscegenation laws that banned interracial marriage? Those Neanderthal laws were on the books until 1967! But let's hear more about how there's no Institutional Racism in the USA.
I have little confidence that today's Supreme Court -- under the thumb of numbnuts like Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Trump acolytes -- would rule similarly.
When Putin and his gang installed Captain Fuckknuckle into the White House in 2016, and by the way there's more evidence of that plot than any evidence of rigged or stolen election, Shifty Vlad got his ruble's worth.
They not only sowed the seeds of distrust and vaporized the very notion of Truth in America. They went further and took a flamethrower to one of our most prized possession -- human decency.
1 comment:
I do not understand why we continue to treat the right with respect and dignity, when they refuse to treat others with that same respect.
Furthermore, my disappointment at the "liberal media" is unmatched. They're no more liberal than Joe Manchin.
As Roe begins to slip below the surface of reality, I wonder where we failed as a society. In the late 90s there was a 30th anniversary special on the history channel about the summer of 69. One of the points made during the program came from a man who worked at the pentagon when it was surrounded by hippies in an attempt to force the US to withdraw from the Vietnam War. The individual said, if the hippies would have just stayed a bit longer, they would have brought the pentagon to its knees. Something we don't give enough credit to, is how willing conservatives are willing to sit and wait. If you dump a body into a well, the water isn't immediately poisonous, and if it's done without commotion the damage can widespread and devastating well before said body is found. The only way things change, is if society grinds to a halt.
thanks for letting me vent. don't know where else to do so.
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