Virtue Signaling – Cheap Self Affirmation
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Cognitive Dissonance
We all do it. And we have all seen it done by others. The only question is too what degree we do it. I am, of course, speaking of the latest ‘meme’ to be virally repeated, the accusation that someone else (naturally not me) is virtue signaling.
A popular definition, though most certainly not the last word, is the following pulled from the Interwebby thingy.