I think the craziest notion is that those that are apparently the ones virtue signalling are the ones who are brainwashed, when the mass media, the bots on social media, and even the UK government are pushing a massive “anti-woke” right wing agenda.
To reach a point where anti-racist people - activists even - are seen as the problem, where taking the knee is one massive Piers Morgan shaped problem that’s “rammed down our throats” and not the racism would be laughable absurd if it wasn’t so depressing.
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04-08-2022 01:47 PM #61
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04-08-2022 01:51 PM #62This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Do you feel the need to tell people this at every opportunity? Do you ever bring the subject of racism up purely so you can tell people how bad it is?
Being against racism is a good thing, of course it is.
Bumping your gums about it every 5 mins and complaining about people who don't feel so strongly about it as you is the issue.
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04-08-2022 01:55 PM #63This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteFollow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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04-08-2022 01:56 PM #64This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-08-2022 01:59 PM #65This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Just live your life in a decent way and treat people with respect.
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04-08-2022 02:03 PM #66This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-08-2022 02:04 PM #67This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I will however challenge racism when I see it. often in situations where previously I wouldn't have because of a sense of social awkwardness. As an example I was in a pub last week and someone in the group made an off hand remark about 'sweating like the proverbial n****r'. I felt I had to say something because not doing so is tacit approval and facilitates the behaviour. Of course it was awkward but it wasn't virtue signalling, it was standing up to something that is, by any reasonable standards, wrong. I also made it clear i wasn't amused with the other couple of people in the group who sat in silence whilst I spoke up.
Frankly I don't really understand people who don't feel strongly about racism. It's just so obviously wrong and motivated by ignorance.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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04-08-2022 02:12 PM #68
These issues don't affect me so I would rather I didn't have to hear about them all the time. It makes me very uncomfortable at the mere thought that not everyone has it like I do. Stop ramming it down my throat, I don't want to have to think about it, it's not fair that you push these agendas on me and make me think about them
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04-08-2022 02:16 PM #69This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
How is that disrespectful? Or pushy? It’s about the most passive and nondisruptive form of anti-racism activism that exists in the mainstream - yet a couple of folk are still on this thread voicing descent about ‘virtue signalling’.
Nothing is being pushed down anyones throat lol.
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04-08-2022 02:45 PM #71This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
When I said being part of the problem, we all know the adage about not saying anything. Not recognising the issues, but instead complaining about those those acknowledge them etc. Falling for the whole nonsense about woke and culture wars, instead of recognising the actual issues that can affect those in society and not the illusory ones.
Silence can be complicity, it's a sad fact of life.
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04-08-2022 02:49 PM #72This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’m going to add to it though!!
If, and I’m not saying you would or do do this, but IF you told that same story every week on here, and wrote to the EEN about it, and talked about it every time we got together in the pub, then you’re virtue signalling!!
That’s the only thing I’ve “got an issue” with.
If you don’t do these things then we’re in full agreement.
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04-08-2022 03:01 PM #73
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04-08-2022 03:15 PM #75This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
So you only seem to have an issue with a hypothetical situation?
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04-08-2022 03:59 PM #76This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-08-2022 04:03 PM #77
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04-08-2022 04:29 PM #78This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-08-2022 12:06 PM #79
I had a Black Lives Matter poster in the front window of my house for about a month last year.
It was a hand drawn design by my 13 yr old daughter, who’d been learning about the civil rights movement at school and inspired to show her support. Of course her world view is a bit naive - she’s barely a teenager - but I’m proud of her for showing a wider interest in the world and happy to support her.
Of course I now realise my mistake. I should have put the poster straight in the bin and lectured her about ‘ramming her opinions down peoples throats’.
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05-08-2022 12:48 PM #80This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nobody is taking issue with school kids doing school project stuff!!!
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05-08-2022 02:19 PM #81
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There’s a lass up the road of me and she’s of driving age, and not sure whether I should continue approving of the BLM sign she’s got in her window or not?
I find it quite encouraging to see younger members of society making an effort and speaking out where others have failed before.
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05-08-2022 02:43 PM #83This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There are of course ‘virtue signallers’ in life - or, rather, people who say or do something primarily to boost their perceived status - but to dismiss everyone who supports a particular cause as such is disrespectful imo.
As a kid, I remember neighbours who made a big show of going to church every Sunday… the virtue signallers of their time. It doesn’t follow that everyone or indeed the majority of people who went to church were self-promoting pricks though.
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05-08-2022 03:27 PM #84This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The irony of this is they, and their followers, are the ones who complain the most about virtue signalling.
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05-08-2022 04:10 PM #85This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Taken on board
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05-08-2022 04:58 PM #86This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-08-2022 05:15 PM #87This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-08-2022 07:09 PM #88This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm guessing you mean anyone that talks about the issue of virtue signalling is just using that as an excuse or something to be racist?
Just come out and say it if that's what you think.
For my part, i don't feel strongly enough about the subject. That makes me part of the problem apparently. I'd say i'm the same as the vast majority of the population. A normal, decent person that treats others with respect irrespective of race or religion or anything else.
Nobody is saying 'anti-racists' should shut up either. Or not that i've seen on here.
And absolutely nobody has ever tried to argue that not being a racist is a good idea. You literally made that up. Why? It serves no purpose.
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05-08-2022 07:43 PM #89This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-08-2022 09:04 PM #90This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Peace and love mate.
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