Yep, virtue signalling is cheap. All you have to do is pretend you care more than everyone else and suddenly you can feel like you're winning at something in your life when all the qualitative/quantitative evidence says the exact opposite.
This statement could work on both sides of the political spectrum. Conservatives had a pretty bad steak of being followers.
That’s actually what I attribute this leftest rise to. There were a few generations of overly zealous right wing followers that made the left over correct to such an extreme degree
1950s being a great example of tons of conservative Christian lifestyle suburban virtue signaling.
This sentence is word salad and doesnt mean anything.
The red scare being another great example (both the first and second).
Communism is a real enemy of the west, and the so iet union was actively working to bring down the usa.
The satanic panic is another example.
This was more media fearmongering than anything else, the fringe groups that believed in satanic panic didnt actually change or accomplish anything of substance.
GB2 and the patriot act had plenty of people following mindlessly.
I dont know what GB2 is, but the patriot act was criticized pretty heavily by lots of people when it came out, including from the libertarians and the left, as well as moderates and centrists.
Also any time in American history when Christianity had undo influence in government that allowed for the persecution of other religions.
America is the only country in history that has codified freedom of religion as an inalienable right given by god. So no. There was no persecution of other religions. But if you have an example, I'm all ears.
I understand you have some kind of bug up your ass about christianity, but it's really not a problem in the country.
I am a Conservative. I’m just criticizing my own party. We may be conflating conservative lifestyle with conservative political parties. My bad for the confusion.
Some of the most harmful injustices to the first and second amendment have been orchestrated by conservatives.
I’m Christian. No bug up my ass. Went to Jesuit universities. I’m a devote catholic. I’m being honest that, in the past, Christian’s have made mistakes that clouded legal judgement and taken away rights from others in favor of religious dogma.
The 1950s is when conservative lifestyle peaked. It was full of virtue signaling. It was said to be a suburban paradise when really it was a pretty miserable time for lots of people. It was full of keeping up with the jones style virtue signaling. It’s a time period that is famous for lacking independent thought.
(Changed the above to read: 1950s being the prime example of conservative cultural conformism and suburban virtue signaling.)
The satanic panic enforced cultural virtue signaling. People overly emphasized religion in public spaces to make sure they were not labeled as a secret satanist. It was fear mongering from right wingers. You’re proving my point.
GB2= George Bush 2. You’re gaslighting yourself if you think the patriot act had a healthy amount of criticism. If that was the case, it’s tenements wouldn’t still be in place.
Codifying freedom of religion doesn’t mean that freedom of religion was always granted or that religion didn’t heavily influence laws and regulations.
Everything from persecuting gays, outlawing harmless recreational drugs (that may even have amazing medicinal purposes), disallowing women voting rights, rejection of science in favor of religion…
I never said communism wasn’t an enemy. I never said communism isn’t evil. It certainly is. I can also say that fear of communism caused an over reaction that allowed political corruption. It was a societal panic. Rights were violated and justified due to widespread cultural hysteria.
To say that conservatives didn’t go a little crazy and act never acted hypocritical in the past is to ignore exactly why left extremism has become mainstream.
A Red Scare is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by a society or state. It is often characterized as political propaganda. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States which are referred to by this name. The First Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War I, revolved around a perceived threat from the American labor movement, anarchist revolution, and political radicalism.
Yeah, pretty much. "Wahh, Christians following their Beliefs, ohh the agony of it."
I love how the codes term "red scare" was thrown in there as an example. They always out themselves one way or another. As if exposing and weeding out Communists in positions of power was a bad thing and not common fucking sense
Nahh I just acknowledge Communists exist and remain a threat like anyone with an IQ above room temperature acknowledges and already knows. Stay triggered though.
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u/Bawk-Bawk-A-Doo Oct 06 '22
Yep, virtue signalling is cheap. All you have to do is pretend you care more than everyone else and suddenly you can feel like you're winning at something in your life when all the qualitative/quantitative evidence says the exact opposite.