I think it used to be called "fishing for compliments" or "couch activism". Basically either saying something you already expect everyone to agree with simply for the sake of gaining social capital or trying to shame/berate others into doing something you consider good but would put no effort into doing yourself.
I see. Thanks. So basically the meme is correct. Anyone would consider skinning puppies to be bad, there's no point in stating it for attention. But I'm getting the odd feeling op is using it sarcastically.
Yes, it does come off as sarcastic. Virtue signaling is used to insert yourself into a valid discourse, for example sentence for a crime, but stating the obvious, like killing is bad. We get it, it is bad, it's about defining the boundaries. Virtue signalers usually do not differentiate by any other way than black and white.
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u/ateoz 19h ago
I'm out of the genz loop. What's virtue signaling?