Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
But if you say you stand with Ukraine and you do just that...is it still virtue signaling?
If you wore a face ask when it was socially common to, but you did it because you wanted to try and reduce the spread of germs/virus...is that still virtue signaling?
The answer to both is - NO. Neither are virtue signaling if you are doing it because you actually support the issue.
It's used as a pejorative when you think the person is insincere about what they say.
Y'all's are in a mighty righteous huff over being called out for overstepping the bounds of minding ones own business. Would the o.p. be so quick to interfere if some 6'4" 260lb brute was beating on his girlfriend in public. No, he might call 911 but he wouldn't go up against someone likely to kill him without breathing hard. But a situation like that is EXACTLY when a real man shows what he is made of. Police response times being what they are, the woman concerned might appreciate a man willing to put his life on the line in the name of courage and valor.
Talk is cheap. We are the Choir. Law abiding, and (probably) not inclined to treat women with due, but not ridiculous, deference. In 2024 anything more than polite chivalry is as bad as the Victorian excesses at the turn of the Century. And we don't need unsolicited rants about how to treat women in public. You don't decide what is not virtue signaling. The terminology speaks for itself. We are instructed to do our 'good works' in secret. Likewise our reward will be in secret. I'm good with that.
If the o.p. wants to work up a YouTube video or even a seminar where paying customers can benefit from their wisdom as a superior male specimen, they have my best wishes for their success. Bike Forums is not the place for them to try out their material. And those of you lining up on the side of faux feminism should get a clue. What you are displaying is blatant sexism, even if you think it is the opposite.