# What's so bad about virtue signaling? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-virtue-signaling/943867 "2021-06-08T20:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 134
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-virtue-signaling/943867/134 "2021-07-05T12:26:35Z")
@Spice_Weasel, it’s the total inability to empathise with those harmed by the progressive project, as demonstrated in this thread, that makes me disbelieve in empathy as the motivation for ‘virtuous’ behaviour: > [@Brandeis University considers 'picnic' to be oppressive language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandeis-university-considers-picnic-to-be-oppressive-language/945016/450): > > Because generally the former is much bigger than the latter. This thread has (morphed into) an attempt to show the hurt of needing to learn new terms and it’s completely failed. I didn’t say “smart” nor did I compare anyone to me. It’s simply society expecting individuals to be aware of things that have been true and well-known for decades. If this seems unfair note that it’s the same with just about anything, from table manners to expectations for civility, to business conventions: yes, so… All I see is people following dogma: when it says to listen to a person and care about their feelings, they listen and care; and when it doesn’t, they close their ears and their hearts. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-virtue-signaling/943867)._