Can you spot the patterns?

Be proud of who you are.

There is a growing problem in many ideological spaces: the performance of morality has begun to replace the practice of it. In some circles in particular, virtue signaling has become a social currency. The language, the hashtags, the public condemnations these are treated as evidence of moral worth. The louder the denunciation, the purer the reputation. But performance is not principle. Virtue signaling thrives in environments where social approval matters more than honest dialogue. Instead...