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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Interesting. Let's compare that with what you typed earlier...
Notice the difference... the word intended (which you left out for some reason)... is important here. For virtue signalling to have taken place, comments must have been made for the purpose of presenting one's self in a particular way. None of my comments here were made for that purpose. And I don't think anyone else's comments here were either. People are just sharing their views on the topic, nothing more, nothing less.
If we were to go with the broader definition you typed, it would mean that any time anyone shares their opinion on anything, it could be considered virtue signaling.
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It comes across as virtue signalling because your view of Ovechkin hanging as heavily on the profile photo he uses on one of his seldom-used social media profiles that he only posts on in Russian is absurd. I very much doubt anyone who actually believes that Ovechkin is committing a serious moral transgression would give a #### about one profile photo.
Combined with the immediate dismissal of things like supporting the invasion of Iraq, which (again) any person who actually takes issue with Ovechkin on moral grounds connected to the invasion of Ukraine should very naturally take issue with, it just comes off like virtue signalling.
You can be pedantic about the exact definition of it if you want, but it’s certainly hard to believe your position and the positions of some here (certainly not all) isn’t based on you thinking it’s the correct opinion to have rather than basing it on actual morals.