How “Virtue Signalling” Is Collapsing Society

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Today we explore the controversial topic of "Virtue Signalling" a word that went from a light criticism to now a weapon, we explore internet activism, its merits and its limitations.
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[@MrRaccoon879]

I'm a bad person I swear.

[@usefulidiot-]

Another awesome video Jimmy🥊 How about a video on the last greatest decade that is the 90s?? Best music like the rise of Rap Hip-hop into the main stream when Rock bands were actually good, Britpop was everywhere, The Rave scene (ecstasy, culture) Jungle music, boy/girl groups Oasis playing to 250,000 people. 90s Iconic TV shows. TGI Friday, The Word, The Big Breakfast, The legend Mr. blobby. The rise of the Ladette, 18 to 30’s Hoildays, if you didn’t catch chlamydia in the 90s, you wasn’t there (joke of course maybe) The 90s was alcohol, drugs, music jokes, and banter & Football. Dam I miss the 90’s

[@gorgonismztruth1551]

I stand against democrats and all there communist fuckery

[@AutisticWimpyKid]

Myheritage is a scam.

[@MoringAfterStar]

i wouldn't want my genetic data held by a for profits company that can, you know... sell that data. not a conspiracy attached to it, just sounds VERY insecure as far as the security of the code that makes my literal being work.

[@tziirkq]

Virtue signalling is annoying, but what makes my eyes roll down the street is how suddenly everyone becomes an expert in that thing. I genuinely had no idea that there were so many people who are experts in race, virology, economics, socio economics, immigration, and international politics all at the same time. A truly enlightened age we live in.

[@stalfithrildi5366]

Astonishing that we can't gerrit all sorted wi so many experts about, intit.

[@Bathingwookie]

Just because you haven’t done any research doesn’t mean that others haven’t. Shall people just have an opinion on absolutely nothing in risk of being called out for being an “expert”?

[@Lilliathi]

I don't think people are claiming to be experts, they just have opinions on those topics and use the talking points of (actual) experts to argue their opinion.

[@georgia.cccccc]

I personally research everything thoroughly. I get annoyed if things aren't sourced credibly, but for many years, I wasn't like that. I used to read things on social media and take it as fact. Since doing my own research, I do feel especially enlightened. I still agree with the majority of my previous view points, but I'm also able to see flaws in the people I agree with (spreading wrong information, making assumptions, not understanding statistics etc). But I think theres a lot of people out there like me. Who, during their late teens and early 20's were a little too righteous without doing genuine work to understand what they're actually reposting and saying. Then they get older and start feeling disillusioned because of how unsourced information is getting and how little context people have - thats when they start doing proper research.

[@ElJaf17]

ye haha or an expert about virtue signalling and subcultures, like this channel and commenters lol

[@ManicIdiot]

Giving to charity (aka generosity) is a virtue. When you do it privately. When it's done publicly, the virtuous nature is reduced because it becomes more about the person being generous instead of the generosity alone. There are few reasons to be generous publicly beyond getting pats on the back for it. Granted, it can be used to inspire generosity in others, but the peer support is unavoidable. That support taints the perspective of the motives for being generous. Like... imagine a person donates a bunch of money to charity over the course of their life, but no one knows about it until the person dies. That is often looked at with more admiration than a person who donates significantly more money, but flaunts it online for clout. And/or the tax break. Virtue is what you do because of what you feel is right regardless of public praise. Virtue signaling is what you do specifically for public praise. What separates the two is marketing.

[@chrisparsonlives]

most charities are scams tho. not virtuous.

[@Fancylvania]

What about saying you're donating to a charity for ten years when in reality you aren't doing anything at all? I wonder if there's any recent examples of something like that happening

[@ManicIdiot]

I had to read your post a few times because I got Kathy Newman stuck in my head going, "so what you're saying is.." and that was entirely wrong. Reading is hard. 😅 Amber Heard reference maybe?

[@eurosonly]

That's just called lying. @@Fancylvania

[@ImOscarWallace]

Left hand should never know what the right hand is doing. I hate the fact that charities ask for a name.

[@Zorzdog]

Being virtuous is like being humble, if you feel the need to tell people it pretty much becomes null & void.

[@SackTap69]

absolutely true! honestly, I'm one of the most humble people I know and so it's easy for me to spot fakers

[@rafox66]

@@SackTap69 Hahah, ironic.

[@benmontjo]

Exactly

[@Zorzdog]

@@SackTap69 i bet you’re favorite song is “I’m So Humble” by Lonely Island

[@LawfulBased]

Kinda reminds us of _" If you must regularly remind people that you are a King, that means you are not a King at all. "_ am I right? 😏

[@jeffersonhassan4558]

Virtue signaling isn't new, social media just amplifies our voices in this era hence why we think it's a new thing

[@Vantaz]

ni**a did you not watch the first 10 seconds before commenting lmao

[@salkoharper2908]

Yes it is true. If you think about it, the first people in England, in the 1700's (Evangelical Christians) who were opposed to slavery, would be classed as 'Virtue Signallers' today. people who were opposed to Facism in the 1930s, people who were against the Vietnam war were called 'Hippies' and would be classed as 'Woke' today.

[@allgoodnamestaken6002]

This is very true. Virtue signaling has always existed but now with social media and the advancements in technology it's easier than ever to do so.

[@richiehoyt8487]

I'm inclined to think that in a lot of ways, social media means that individual voices get lost in the noise.

[@royfr8136]

no it is new - as a behaviour that is so played out. Most people just want attention and a thumbs up

[@AdamOBrien29]

I remember when ISIS attacked Paris and everyone on Facebook changed their profile picture to one with a french flag. As if that does anything other than stroke your ego

[@BlueStarJT]

I think people who changed the profile pic to the french flag were genuinely disgusted with what was going on in the world at that time and wanted to show it , unfortunately times have rapidly changed in the world and people now support and encourage such acts of brutality, like Hamas's terror operation against Israel on October 7th .

[@consolas2514]

It provides a magnifier to the issue for the people who don't read the news and only learn it from social media, which is a scary amount of people

[@willyp1347]

@@BlueStarJTI don’t think people with Palestinian flags in their bio are supporting Hamas. Their against the IDF’s response and previous violent actions. Just like how I doubt every Israeli supports the actions of the IDF.

[@jimmythewheelie]

0:26 "We dont care, youre a soap company" sums it up pretty good lol

[@astarteswillum5259]

But Black Rock does.

[@user-cr3ti1vj6f]

I'm old enough to remember the Christian virtue signalling; you know the evangelists with private jets, the purity rings and all that stuff. When the local Karens were all fanatic Christians, and powerful enough to cancel TV shows or video games.

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Its the same with cancelling, evangelic christians were doing that heavily in the 80s

[@Dapryor]

Yeah, the megachurch craze. And they were the ones calling for censorship on things like books and video games.

[@ManicIdiot]

Dude, saaaaaame. It's the same playbook.

[@TrollLol-sg3so]

@@JimmyTheGiant The far right : we are so sick of this cancel culture Also the far right: started cancel culture

[@adambrennan2259]

@@TrollLol-sg3soChristians aren’t automatically far right

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

It’s not “virtue signaling” that’s the true issue. It’s that 99% of the time what’s being signaled isn’t virtuous. It’s vacuous, platitudinous, and immoral. Signaling true virtue can have it’s place if it leads by example and inspires others or brings to light a worthy cause and raises public awareness.

[@RyanKeane9]

Virtues and morals are best described as the things we do and think when nobody else is around. They are private and internal things. Signalling them in public, by their very nature, ceases them.

[@brown_recluse_human3458]

So, religion?

[@RyanKeane9]

@@brown_recluse_human3458 let’s not get into the realms of the nonsensical

[@SergioBocanegra]

​@@RyanKeane9agreed

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

​@@RyanKeane9tell THEM that

[@williambaird2594]

If you're interested in virtues and their relation to ethics, read up on some Aristotle. I think what you're saying is that a truly virtuous person does the right thing regardless of who is watching, or whether anybody is watching at all. But virtues are always practiced in a society, right? Like, you can't be friendly without someone to be friendly to, and you can't be properly friendly without some care for the wellbeing of that other. Same with generosity. I suppose you can be generous to yourself, but we typically talk about generosity in terms of giving to others - so again you need an other, or a public to interact with. I'm not really disagreeing I guess, just pointing out that virtues require community, society, others, a public, etc. They're not a private thing, really

[@15098D]

I don’t see anything inherently wrong with identifying with a certain thing. I think the problem arises when you don’t back that up with action and/or use it only has a self-esteem boost

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

I agree

[@JimmyTheGiant]

I think its the lording morality over people, assuming a position on a world event means you are moral. But you may be an asshole in every other regard.

[@southbanktrousers2]

@@JimmyTheGiant where did that conclusion come from though? My social media is filled with people posting and discussing about world events and issues. It's never even crossed my mind that they're doing it just to try and appear morally superior to others. Can people not just want to raise awareness of certain things they feel are important?

[@gi7685]

15098D Thats the whole thing... They cant back it up... So you not seeing a problem in it but obviously know there is a problem is the big problem here

[@kingrooper]

​@@southbanktrousers2Because if that's the only thing that they always talk about, they just wants to show people they know everything about the current thing. It just screams look at me I know everything about the current thing. Good Samaritans do things without needing to publicly show it, fake ones uses it to gain clout for their self esteem pills.

[@BatCaveOz]

Social media is the worst thing to happen this century.

[@charlesdarwin7253]

Probably even worse than that tragedy.

[@DeathUponYou133]

so bottom line, virtue signalling is wanting to be seen as a "good person" without putting in any effort? basically just confirming what 99.99% of us already knew. & 2020 was most definitely the worst when it came to that sort of thing.

[@KEEGANATORGAMING]

The worst thing we ever did was give any person a platform

[@arcsballss]

thank you for this

[@allanshpeley4284]

Nah, freedom of speech is far better than the alternative. And if you're referring to social media, people have been preaching their opinions in town squares for ages.

[@AdamOBrien29]

I'm sure those opposed the CCP, the Taliban etc would love a platform to speak out

[@KEEGANATORGAMING]

@@AdamOBrien29 how dense are you ? That wasn’t my point at all

[@AdamOBrien29]

@@KEEGANATORGAMING go on then expand on your original comment

[@cjkmelee]

I liked how honest this video was about how normal virtue signaling is

[@digriz85]

As a Ukrainian I find it very helpful that celebrities do publicly support our right of self-defence. Famous people expressing opinions influence their followers and eventually politicians. Politicians vote for support and that in turn saves lives of Ukrainians. Yes, 20% of our territory is still occupied, millions of Ukrainians are refugees and it will take much more efforts to make the situation better. But it could have been much much worse and it still can get worse if we lose the support that we need so desperately. So sorry, despite I do like most of the other videos on this channel, I'm afraid this video misses the point a little bit.

[@CoreDump451]

Daaammnn, those virtue wrist bands brought back so much nostalgia of the early 2000s. I remember I was between 8 to 11 years old when they were popular around 2005 and the few years after it. I even still have a HUGE bag of different wrist bands with all kinds of statements in them I didn't understand at the time.

[@benmontjo]

Most people I knew who were wearing them were wearing them for fashion because they were colorful. Most of them had no idea what it was about (Like crap like LIvestrong).

[@MiguelX.Rodriguez]

@@benmontjoI was today years old when I realized those were virtue bands. I never really looked at them too close especially when most people who wore them wore multiple at a time. I doubt most kids that rocked them in my school even know what they said😂

[@orboakin8074]

As a Nigerian, i have come to see that social justice and virtue signaling can only exist in a developed first world country with very few problems or threats. So, people, especially in urban areas, have bo purpose and need something to do and tend to create tension in their lives. That's why social justice and virtue signaling always fails and creates more problems.

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

Despite me having some small issues with the video, it is a important conversation to have. Tho, I think that virtual signalling is bad with individuals, it's way worse when (big) companies do it, because they have more financial and societal power than most will dream to have but decide to do very superficial gestures. Instead of staying neutral of apolitical, they choose the "We support the thing you like =D" without actual effort to support the thing. It's like they are trying to eat the cake and have it too when I think either supporting or standing neutral would be less bad.

[@ManicIdiot]

This is a fair response to have given how companies, by their very nature, are artificial. They're not a person. People make up a company, but the company runs on policy with a sole interest of making money. This means, even if everyone in the company were acting in unison, the messaging is still muddied they're very existence. A broken clock can be right twice a day, but it's still broken.

[@frawgeatfrawgworld]

What are your issues with it????

[@jeffersonhassan4558]

I'm sorry I don't agree with you on that,we live in an age of capitalism so it doesn't surprise me when companies takes advantage of it by supporting causes they don't even care about. That being said,I don't know about your experience but I grew up in Nigeria as a gay person and to see Disney hoist the LGBT colors did a lot for me as a queer teen,here we have a media and entertainment company that's bigger than any entertainment company in Nigeria standing up for us,it showed me that at least a company I love knows I exist and will welcome me with open arms if I hold hands with my boyfriend now if there was a conservative media company that don't give two shits whether I live or die or feel safe and well respected, I'm sticking with the one who acknowledged my existence even after all the backlash so to you,they should stay apolitical but I'd rather they be political because even if they don't care which is completely obvious they don't, they've changed something somewhere else,you just didn't see it

[@gorgonismztruth1551]

I stand against democrats and all there communist fuckery

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

@@frawgeatfrawgworld The best way I can describe it is more of some _vibes_ idk. Like, from the title, virtual signalling isn't "collapsing society" (I hate video titles like that even if they aren't the video thesis), using pronouns in the bio as an example of virtual signalling is weird, some folks might use for that but it's not that much of virtual signalling, and some other stuff I don't remember. Overall the conversation about it it's important tho, and most of it exposes a lot of the problems with virtual signalling without falling to the pitfalls of political dogmatism.

[@user-ip1ow7hf8c]

Then there are those of us that just do our own thing and face accusations when we dont pick a side publicly. Just because i dont actively say i support something or not doesnt mean i don't have morals. And to then accuse me of choosing a side because i asked questions? Madness.

[@ileolai]

what questions?

[@flameron1]

@@ileolaiany. It doesn’t matter what question. It could be as simple as “did that really happen”. Or why did that happen. That’s enough to make people angry. Simply because you don’t side with them immediately and ask questions to be informed

[@pertoor]

In that case I think you're surrounding yourself with the wrong people. Or you give those people around you, that you don't really like/value, too much importance.

[@flameron1]

@@pertoor lol no. Nobody around me is like that. The only people who do that is my family back home who I don’t live with anymore and the occasional stranger. Also people online. But that’s a given. I don’t hang out with anyone I don’t like, that doesn’t mean that we agree on everything, but if we can conversate and actually talk then that’s all that matters

[@HeadRedShot]

@@flameron1 what is it you dont believe happened?

[@Coach_jayci]

Can't believe you didn't highlight the Canadian government accidentally giving a standing ovation to a Nazi.

[@AdamsHadEnough]

Including Pierre Poilievre.

[@Zzzabra]

Hey Jimmy, great Video, you`re taking on social responsibility with this one and talk about a very important topic that all too often is not being adressed or only being adressed in extremes that only escalate things further. Came a long way from watching your parkour content first, keep up the good work!

[@Syrxen]

Almost forgot I subscribed to you for parkour/freerunning. Congrats on the transition to something that can bring you a wider audience :)

[@chantsmantrasandrelaxation5079]

I recently re-read an article by Martin Reiche (German YTer and journaller) who talked about how some people seem to feel they MUST have an opinion/take sides etc, so rather than say 'I'm not sure' or 'I think I need to learn more before I decide one way or another' they plough ahead and take a position. Perhaps the notion of "virtue signalling" is a part of the entire facade and personality/image that social media encourages - for example it may be better to be seen as decisive rather than knowledgeable depending on the image one is cultivating. This allows both pro and anti positions to validate their own position towards virtue signalling. EDIT: IMAGINE a world where we valued thoughtfulness so that the 'virtuous' position was that of consideration and information gathering.

[@relax101mag]

It's not the virtue signaling that is the problem, it's the emotional undertone driving it. It is often a cover for anger and blame which always leads to disaster

[@dande5009]

Acting unhinged on the internet is typically regarded as poor behaviour, possibly even signifying broader psychological issues. Doing it under the right cause is celebrated 👏🏼

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Acting unhinged on the net is plain funnand shitposting its funy and undedstanding you dont own the internet it isnt real and its not a extenti9n of the self the internet has 3 uses shitposting information gathering and porn there is no other use oh maybe online gaming to if youncare about others behavior in a not real place its you who has the issue its no different tomspell checking the internet its phycotic ​@@dande5009

[@angelofchrist4494]

Binge watching you the last few days and I love your doc style and love learning

[@davidwestwood351]

Great video Jimmy. Good points on all of this

[@noxiousbaz]

Loved watching this with you.

[@esf88]

Some really good points in there, good vid man ❤

[@SplitAxisProductions]

Great video as always dude

[@alexdavis1288]

you are spot on with your vids. its kinda refreshing to see a guy your age getting the problems in this world. good man keep going mate

[@Nirbanox]

Great vid!

[@theirishbandit7301]

Fantastic video!

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

I dont view virtue signalling as a big issue on its own, but on the political scale, where people who refuse to participate in it are declared public enemies and people who receive criticism start calling themselves victims of cancel culture, its literally pure poison to democracy. Regarding the cancel culture stuff etc. right wingers basically created vice signalling, the only thing that matters is being against virtue and people who fall for it supoort ideologies, which can end our peaceful societies pretty fast.

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

@@Regarded69 Actual conservatism is dead. In our anglocentric environment conservatism turned into a composition of fascist, libertarian and regressive opportunists who do anything to destroy democracy. Conservatism means keeping status quo and not trying to reestablish norms and laws from 50 years ago. Authoritarian right wingers nowadays just cant deal with people thinking differently than them, thats why every criticism, every idea which in some way or another challanges their agenda and regressive world view, is considered woke or left wing. And this strategy is successful, because right wingers dont reflect, they always believe to be right about something, while left wingers and even woke people reevaluate things, bring in new ideas and thats why stupid people without any competence in media start to believe fascist lies. I was once also on the side of the fake conservatives and thought woke people try to silence me, but after I decided to actually spectate people, I realised that woke might have strong opinions, but they dont cancel others like conservatives do. Another main issue here is, that left wingers dont hold good opinions about conservatives, so conservative cancel culture remains below radar, because the ones to criticise it, view it as so deeply conservatives, that criticising it is unnecessary.

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

@@Regarded69 Yeah lets just ignore the second largest party in Germany is a safe ground for Neonazis. Dude youre so blinded by American "conservative" propaganda, that you wont even recognise, that the conservatives of Germany want this party getting banned too. You see fascists and you think they are conservative, because the fascists from US fooled you hard with their fake conservatism. Progressivism also isnt leftist. Another topic fascists from America have fooled you into believing it. Knife crime capital of Europe still has less violent crimes committed with knives than any major US city btw..

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

@@Regarded69 Just get a life dude, American fascists possess you totally. Stop being a lap dog and actually educate yourself about the stuff your favourite right winged influencers claim all the time. And I mean all articles and not just selected ones to fit your narrative.

[@user-bp1be1yg2h]

Which is funny because I don't vote as I have no interest in politics and it's usually left wingers who make us bad guys.

[@nodruj8681]

This is such a reactionary left wing comment lol, the right are doing what leftists have always done, they are counter signalling your "virtues" you're only mad about it because the shoes on the other foot not because its an invalid strat. Also on the cancel culture stuff many rightwingers have had their banks closed, and police at their door. Leftists are the privileged establishment hence why they aren't effected.

[@midwestcrimecorner]

My high school use to raise money and do walk-a-thons for Invisible Children. I did the walk-a-thon in 2009 with them. The school was in a major city, and we would walk 9 miles from the school, and all the way to the down town area, wearing the shirts we bought to be able to even do the walk-a-thon, with that money going to Invisible Children. When all of that later came out, the school stopped doing walk-a-thons. I remember so many people participating in it, year after year. They were definitely raking in the money.

[@currentyearok]

great analysis 👍

[@KyleWatters71]

Good to see even non-political KZbinrs starting to speak up

[@kerrigreen2626]

It would have been interesting if you had looked at moral panics which is often the adverse of vurtue signaling, As both stem from the same points.

[@COLDMKULTRA]

@JimmyTheGiant ... very , very good commentary indeed 👍

[@thatRyzzle]

I'm subscribed to this channel, and obviously, I immediately clicked Like on this video right when it started playing. No, even during the ad BEFORE the video. Yes, yes, yes, I'm that good of a person. #BetterThanYall

[@joob6986]

Great video.

[@Mtb-mxJesse]

You are such a good KZbinr

[@troudubut5951]

Great video

[@Shabakawn]

Some good editing and writing 🎉

[@Austenstone118]

I would just like to say that I stand with this channel and pledge allegiance to this channel by subscribing to it and what it stands for in this present time and in years to come

[@benkendall5562]

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction - virtue signalling goes both ways for sure. The ones who actually help don't seek social media validation. I used to be a big Jordan Peterson fan after reading his work but now he has become what he criticised. It's sad how everyone feels a need to pick a side and not just have their own opinion.

[@allgoodnamestaken6002]

To be blunt, and this is obvious-but with how easily accessible social media is nowadays, it's made zoomers way too comfortable saying shit they would never dare utter in the real world. It's why virtue signaling is so strong nowadays. Like, I've seen sooo many people with "#FreePalestine" and Palestinian flags in their Twitter names/bios, but these people were also completely silent during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It's a bit odd, wouldn't you think? Call it dark, but I'd like to see how quickly these people's "beliefs" would take a turn if they were ever to get drafted. Wonder where all that support and bravado would go, now that they actually have to fight for their beliefs instead of moral grandstanding on Twitter. It also says a lot when, you express a viewpoint that doesn't exactly align with theirs, they seem more focused on attacking you like a rabid dog and trying to tear you down than even attempting to understand your point of view-almost as if they're more concerned with moral grandstanding over whoever doesn't have the same beliefs as them than actually supporting the groups they say they do.

[@Statitude1]

Great video 🦧

[@sordel5866]

I subscribed for your parkour content but this was actually pretty interesting and well-researched. A bit over-edited but then that's your style.

[@robsthedon]

Good one.

[@Pyrotechn1cs]

I love the one where if you wear a watch it shows people you can tell the time by looking at your wrist

[@tommorrison1414]

This was a pleasing and sensible take on a problem that exists throughout the political spectrum.

[@bruceangel4459]

The power of daily brisk walking is so powerful and important to human beings that it cannot be reduced to virtue signaling. Walk briskly everyday to achieve the results that payoff like compounding interest. You need to open your eyes slightly wider while walking briskly, making sure to swing both of your arms while using your eyes for things both near and far. That’s it, it’s that simple.

[@camaderrygoat1314]

Haha great Ryan Long plug 😂 You're both legends!

[@Garblegox]

1:40 lol, I said 'No... obviously' perfectly in sync with Jimmy. You've got my expectations dialed in

[@Mardy1801]

Really like these videos and your content. Keep up the good work!

[@jameshardensfatsuit5726]

Jimmy the Giant, nah Jimmy the Professor😤 great video man ✊

[@pegcity4eva]

I remember when we were first told to text a number after the Tsunami and people deluded themselves into thinking they were such wonderful people.

[@avgriffin49]

Jimmy, great work with the Father Ted reference

[@gregcampbe1l]

solid video

[@dakotawitt5886]

I’m always happy to see when British Mac Miller uploads a new video ❤

[@_xeere]

99% of "virtue signalling" isn't real. It's just people expressing their opinions. Accusing someone of virtue signalling is just saying that you think they don't actually believe what they are saying and only pretend to hold those beliefs to look good. It's basically just saying that the other person secretly agrees with you to avoid actually engaging with what their perspective.

[@allanahjune]

Exactly! Virtue signally is saying something without following through with the act for example Companies that greenwash but don’t minimise their carbon footprint or really care about the environment. It’s just moral posturing but not really believing it. Or people who comment on a cause but don’t follow with a donation or signing or making a petition. That’s virtual signalling. If people get scarred of being called a virtue signaller and misinterpret that, the whole community and world wouldn’t spin…..

[@AdamsHadEnough]

Perfect thumbnail Jimmy!

[@richard1701able]

I would have liked to have seen more analysis of the subject. In my opinion things didn't get interesting until 12 minutes into the video.

[@rupertsmith3496]

Interesting video.

[@tommoric376]

Good, well thought out video 👌 (im a good person i swear) 😂😂

[@Davethreshold]

You REALLY won me over with this! The first time I saw a situation before the term "Virtue Signaling" was coined was on Seinfeld! Jerry was on a first dinner date, and his lovely date had about 5 wristbands on. He asked her what they all meant. This sweet Liberal Woman explained them all, and Jerry said, "So. You are pretentious!" Her: "I'm PRETENTIOUS???" She was so hilariously pi$$ed off by that insult.........🤡

[@meekrodriguez6438]

Nice video

[@vinny-zebu]

This whole debate just turned into pure political grifting, people get lured into ideological boxes and influencer keep feeding the contrarianism and tribalism because it turns to profit. Nuanced discussion is dead because there is too much money involved. Corporations are the biggest culprits of that.

[@eriktheconan]

If you're not going to watch the whole video, you can skip to the summary and conclusion at 12:47

[@sarakajira]

Best video you've done yet. ;) #ISupportJimmyTheGiant

[@feelincrispy7053]

Probably your best video to date. I’m a bad person I swear

[@chestertheblack]

It's crazy because this video definitely made google edit their definition of this word to have the subtitle of derogatory. It was not there last month because I looked it up because I forgot what it meant.

[@FreeSeoul]

Btw alliteration is not when things sound the same in sequence, it's when they start with the same letters or sounds.

[@jasonskerrett3826]

One of the reasons i abandoned social media years ago. I was sad over the George Floyd drama because A. A person lost their life B. Police training/auditing was at a level this thing could happen. Whether he was black/white or the officer was Male/Female had no relevance to me but i was openly told it was a race thing and if i jump on the BLM movement as well then i was racist

[@jeffersonhassan4558]

I mean when you look at the system between black people and the police,I don't judge people who immediately came to the conclusion it was a race thing,it was a bad thing regardless of race but with the history of racism by the cops in America and the world at large🌠,it will always be seen as a race thing

[@derunfassbarebielecki]

@@jeffersonhassan4558 The most disturbing thing about this whole topic isnt just BLM, who partially made it look like a racist thing, but also millions of right wingers, who defend corrupt and brutal Chauvin, because he killed a black guy, even though Floyds murder wasnt racially motivated.

[@simex909]

Same. Police brutality was my main issue as an activist. It got co-opted by extremists, and we lost any chance of making reasonable change. And the craziest thing is they never once even attempted to corroborate the racism angle. We had multiple riots over these "racist" cops, and not a shred of evidence that any of them were in fact racist. All we get is this nebulous, unfalsifiable "racism" that the commenter above me invoked.

[@nodruj8681]

@@jeffersonhassan4558 Yet it wasn't and you have just admitted that the lefts view is based on nothing but reactionary takes.

[@patriciaBurrows-om6vu]

Hey jimmy can u do another rollerblading vid

[@consolas2514]

Silence is far worse than Virtue signalling, at least there is a brief point of education on the issue rather than people just going unaware. Especially as someone who does research the topics and try to provide further reading for people, the whole anti-virtue signalling just makes me feel like people want the world to end

[@JephJepheson]

People not looking at the intricacies of situations in a very reactionary way always causes problems. I honestly believe in all situations that being well educated on the topic provides a much better argument and a much better result than only thinking as far as a simple action. Really, though, simple movements about raising awareness with good plans in mind are good as long as they don't come from places of narcissism or the want to be noticed.

[@meekrodriguez6438]

I like your videos

[@mittfh]

Something briefly touched upon via images rather than words: corporate virtue signalling, especially noticed in June when companies roll out rainbow versions of their logos, reverting in July; while often not actually doing much for the relevant cohort of employees and/or donating lots of money to politicians who aren't very accepting of that cohort (to put it mildly). Similarly with adding legally meaningless words or phrases to their products to make them sound more virtuous than they are (especially with products like shower gels claiming they're vegan when [a] no animal products have likely ever been used in the history of the product, and [b] you're not supposed to ingest the product anyway! One thing that doesn't help with the in group / out group thing is that politicians and the media like to pretend the world is binary: something or someone is either universally good or universally bad, with no room for nuance. Some countries also deliberately misinterpret any criticism of their leadership as a threat to their very existence (yes, multiple countries, not just the one on the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea).

[@DeanWayne424]

The groundhog Day example really hits

[@gammondragon8080]

Love that Ryan Long video you used, satirises it all so perfect. Awaken With JP on the other hand... an absolute hack and the epitome of the 'I support the opposite thing to the current thing' meme.

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Agreed

[@thedinkmaster69]

i like that you don't take much of a political stance within these videos but i also really hate that.

[@benmontjo]

Why you hate that?? It's the most positive thing about this video

[@thedinkmaster69]

@@benmontjo lack of politics is a lack of backbone.

[@benmontjo]

@@thedinkmaster69 how?

[@user-bp1be1yg2h]

@@thedinkmaster69 what a coincidence, I literally just posted a comment about how left wingers make enemies out of people who don't care to pick a side and then I read this.

[@sdqsdqsdqs3825]

@@thedinkmaster69 always looking for the enemy? you don't have a backbone when you're an ideologue

[@allanshpeley4284]

I love how he included that Ryan Long bit. That dude's hilarious.

[@rincandrepeat.999]

PREACH!🎉

[@juggaloclownpreacher]

Virtue signaling is like capitalism it's been around for a long time it has gotten different names.

[@crimsoncola]

Ryan Long is a treasure

[@toxicavenger7073]

"If your really about the support for wtf ever you say then put your money behind it"-me talking to someone who posts about how much they support certain issues

[@NickM_FirstofHisName]

You mean, like XX 's sports?

[@radioactivepotato2068]

They were out there clapping on their doorsteps. CLAPPING ON THEIR F#$KING DOORSTEPS!

[@harrycandlish7998]

hahaha

[@killustrator]

Thank you for stating the obvious and saying the same thing that's been said 1000 times already

[@foxyninjaa]

Bro I've been watching for months and never actually looked at your subscriber count until now. You are criminally underrated, and you remind me of my mate Steve. Keep it up!!!

[@ComfyCherry]

I'd never seen the "I support the current thing meme" I love it so much XD

[@OneDollaCheese]

I'm a good person, I swear.

[@ComfyCherry]

I don't virtue signal in any form, I don't want people thinking anything in particular about me really, I'm an idiot, sometimes an asshole, and just a human being like anyone else can more people just see themselves as a human being rather than this category or that category it's tiring we're human we have issues and we have countless varying interests and opinions, most of the time they don't fit in a neat box to categorise us, so just stick with human and actually get to know people rather than looking for people with certain labels or in certain categories and excluding everyone that doesn't.

[@ManicIdiot]

Don't be jacking my schtick, mate. 😏

[@fullmetaltheorist]

So, the lesson here is don't interact with politics unless you're voting(I'm jumping off the assumption that you're living in a democratic country where you can afford to not interact with politics) and just live your life and do what makes you happy.

[@thrackerzod6097]

I think virtue signalling can be quite important. While it can be seen as lazy, it does help raise awareness of important issues, not only that, it tells our politicians these issues are important to us. It helps shape public dialogue. While it is minimal effort and people should do more than simply virtue signal, virtue signalling is not inherently a bad thing and can be very helpful when raising awareness about ongoing problems.

[@kennywilkinson913]

Last time I came this early my gf left me. She wasn't virtue signalling either 😂

[@richiehoyt8487]

Everything you said! A related phenomenon I've noticed emerging and which really bugs me is the use of the term 'Conspiracy Theorist' to shut people down. All the phrase _actually_ means, of course (when used correctly), is someone who believes in the existence of a surreptitious plan or plot - whether that be a plan to actively do (or _not_ do) something, or simply a plan to keep the truth of a given situation from the public. Given the proclivity of people to plot as readily as they breathe, to say someone is a conspiracy theorist, 'as such', is merely a neutral assertion. For some time now, though, and this is probably going back quite a bit, but I've _really_ noticed that it has become the case since the pandemic, 'Conspiracy Theorist' has become synonymous - _literally_ synonymous - with the much more loaded term 'tin~foil hat wearer'! As I say, people conspire _all the time!_ For as long as you've had a collection of 3 or more people, you've had conspiracies; but because conspiracies are, by definition, hidden, it can be difficult to know who is conspiring, what are they conspiring about, how will the conspiracy be enacted... or is there even, in fact, a conspiracy at all?! It is this last point that the 'Anti~conspiracy Conspiracists' (as it were) exploit... however, while some conspiracy theories would strike all but the most fringe elements as ridiculous (The Earth is Flat... Elite Members of the Establishment like The Royal Family are Literal Lizard Creatures, etc.) Others would strike people with even a smattering of knowledge about the subject as quite plausible, even likely, such as that Lee Harvey Oswald was just one element, if even that, in a far deeper, more extensive and more sinister plot to assassinate US President Kennedy.) And then there are those conspiracies that have been posited, regarding which, most sensible people would reject buying into believing the 'whole 9 yards' version, but may still believe that there was/is a greater level of intrigue involved than is acknwledged in the 'received' versions, like the '911 was a put~up job' idea, or the whole UFO/UAP 'thing'; going from "People do, in fact, see weird stuff in the sky all the time, and 'the' government don't really know a whole lot more than the rest of us about it" to "Not only are these _real_ spaceships crewed by _real_ aliens, but the government, who've known all about it for decades, are actually in league with the ETs! So, it should be clear that while uncritical belief in some conspiracies is surely barking mad, believing that others may contain a great deal of truth is little more than common sense! It used to be that people understood these nuances, but 'Conspiracy Theory' is one of those phrases like 'Fake News' that have come to be used by all sorts of factions to their own ends, sometimes carelessly, sometimes _very carefully indeed,_ but almost always as an insult. To say someone is a conspiracy theorist has become like saying that someone believes in Santa Claus, and 'That's just a conspiracy' [sic], has become another way of saying 'that idea is nothing but rubbish'. Like I indicated at the outset, I really started to become aware of this during the Covid outbreak with regard to any contentious issues regarding that pandemic, and while I, personally, had been sold on the benefits, whether to myself or others, of wearing a mask and getting vaccinated (but could understand the reservations of others), I found it interesting to note that many of the things about the pandemic, like where _exactly_ the virus had come from, that had been dismissed as "Just a Conspiracy (Theory)" turned out eventually to have a substantial basis in fact! While of course these revelations have been very illuminating in their own right, it was the way the terms 'Conspiracy' and 'Conspiracy Theorist' were weaponized against those who weren't going along with the imposed 'narrative' (yeah, sorry...) during this period that was most interesting, not to say, worrying! It wasn't a new thing, and this sort of mendacious use of language (as with 'Fake News' and, if I can put it this way, "Speech which is characterized by 'Haight' ") really became noticable in the period leading up to the US Presidential election in 2016. Let me say here, btw, I'm no Trump~ist! I actually find him, on a personal level, obnoxious. I'm not even American, and I pity Americans for the Hobson's Choices that are presented to them every four years at election time. I suppose we're now stuck with this distorted lingo, unless, like 'UAP' for 'UFO', someone invents a new term to indicate they keep their tinfoil in the kitchen, and not by the hatstand!!

[@brianmcisaac]

Although we didn't have a name for it I've been aware of virtue signalling since the early 1970s. In all seriousness back then my friends and I used to call it..."Trying to get laid by a patchouli drenched hippy."

[@dande5009]

I think social media engagement has a lot to do with it now, too. This is a bit of a different topic altogether, but I have a theory that Millennials/Gen Z are primarily motivated by social media, whether that’s conscious or unconscious. The result is that basically every thought is screened for social media compatibility, with red notification icons being the end goal. And either form of engagement has value, whether positive or negative. If people approve, you get to enjoy the influx of clap reacts. If people counter what you’ve said, there are a litany of pre-prepared buzzwords at hand to discredit challengers - bigot, transphobe etc. These social media wins are basically the meaning of life so I don’t foresee people letting go of the shallow low-hanging fruit that is ‘virtue signalling’ anytime soon.

[@pertoor]

I support whatever this channel advocates. Notice me sensei.