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:''Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. '' | |||
::St. Matthew, chapter 6, verse ii. | |||
A form of [[preaching to the choir]], only with added moralising, [[virtue-signalling]] is making a statement that ''looks'' brave but is not. A virtue signal is a flamboyant but yet safe and inexpensive gesture that has no prospect of really impacting is subject matter, but is [[calculated]] to burnish one's own, inevitably [[libtard]], credentials. | A form of [[preaching to the choir]], only with added moralising, [[virtue-signalling]] is making a statement that ''looks'' brave but is not. A virtue signal is a flamboyant but yet safe and inexpensive gesture that has no prospect of really impacting is subject matter, but is [[calculated]] to burnish one's own, inevitably [[libtard]], credentials. | ||