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'''Virtue signalling''' is a phrase claimed to originate from journalist James Bartholomew of ''The Spectator''.<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/i-invented-virtue-signalling-now-its-taking-over-the-world/ I invented ‘virtue signalling’. Now it’s taking over the world, The Spectator]</ref>  It describes attempts to assert moral superiority via shallow, public displays of one's "virtue" and good character.

'''Virtue signalling''' is a phrase claimed to originate from journalist James Bartholomew of ''The Spectator''.<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/i-invented-virtue-signalling-now-its-taking-over-the-world/ I invented ‘virtue signalling’. Now it’s taking over the world, The Spectator]</ref>  It describes attempts to assert moral superiority via shallow, public displays of one's "virtue" and good character.

By expressing opinion or sentiments that you are good, that your behavior is noble, others should be viewed as "racist", not open-minded and likely "phobic".  The [[phrase]] demonstrates a need to project feelings and receive [[praise]] from others.  Its use boosts one's ego, gleaming with pride, to show that you should be just like me.

By expressing opinion or sentiments that you are good, that your behavior is noble, others should be viewed as "racist", not open-minded and likely "phobic".  The [[phrase]] demonstrates a need to project feelings and receive [[praise]] from others.  Its use boosts one's ego, gleaming with pride, to show that you should be just like me.

*Claiming to "support" the environment and demanding that people give up necessities to "save" the environment and stop "climate change", while refusing to give up their own energy-consuming luxuries and leaving tons of trash at "climate change" protests for others to clean up.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/susanstamperbrown/2017/05/02/protesters-are-environmental-hypocrites-n2320627 Protesters are Environmental Hypocrites] at TownHall.com</ref>

*Claiming to "support" the environment and demanding that people give up necessities to "save" the environment and stop "climate change", while refusing to give up their own energy-consuming luxuries and leaving tons of trash at "climate change" protests for others to clean up.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/susanstamperbrown/2017/05/02/protesters-are-environmental-hypocrites-n2320627 Protesters are Environmental Hypocrites] at TownHall.com</ref>

*[[MeToo movement|Claiming to "support"]] female victims of sexual assault and harassment while hijacking that support for political purposes (most notoriously with the [[Kavanaugh smear]]<ref>[https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/408302-judge-kavanaugh-and-the-weaponization-of-metoo Judge Kavanaugh and the weaponization of #MeToo] at The Hill</ref>), [[left-wing war on women|attacking women while using their positions of power to keep their victims quiet]] and hypocritically ignoring assault/harassment victims if they happen to be conservative women.

*[[MeToo movement|Claiming to "support"]] female victims of sexual assault and harassment while hijacking that support for political purposes (most notoriously with the [[Kavanaugh smear]]<ref>[https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/408302-judge-kavanaugh-and-the-weaponization-of-metoo Judge Kavanaugh and the weaponization of #MeToo] at The Hill</ref>), [[left-wing war on women|attacking women while using their positions of power to keep their victims quiet]] and hypocritically ignoring assault/harassment victims if they happen to be conservative women.

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