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The point of the protests is for the protesters to signal moral righteousness


I’m going to let you in on a secret: people can have deeply held beliefs. Yes, some people are dishonest about their opinions for political or social advantage. However, a knee jerk reaction that people vocally expressing an opinion you disagree with are simply posturing or virtue signaling is a form of denial.


Which opinion do you think we disagree with?

The point we really would like you to understand is that doing meaningless pointless things that accomplish nothing is wasting everyone’s time.

If anything, people are making the problem worse.

Peter Thiel won’t be giving up flying private anytime soon.

https://youtu.be/Tl_QeSk1_4k




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