• Sibshops@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    Elon is often talking about freedom of speech. But there hasn’t been one time he protected the freedom of speech of people he disagrees with.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        10 days ago

        this is what virtue signaling actually is in case anyone is interested. the right calls caring about stuff virtue signaling. the left, to whom words actually matter, understands virtue signaling is pretending to care about something until the rubber hits the road and you have to actually stand by that position.

        musk talks a big game about how important self expression is until someone expresses themselves

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          Caring about stuff alone is never virtue signaling. Telling people you care about stuff can be, especially if you think your audience agrees with you:

          “Virtue signalling is the act of expressing opinions or stances that align with popular moral values, often through social media, with the intent of demonstrating one’s good character. The term virtue signalling is frequently used pejoratively to suggest that the person is more concerned with appearing virtuous than with actually supporting the cause or belief in question.”