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Re: We are all Slave now.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I see no reason any person in a MAGA hat would be signalling because to embrace that know-nothingism is self-degradation. Quiet Trump voters may be acting out of greed, bigotry, religious motives, or belief in protectionism. But the MAGA hat crowd is acting out of desperation. Perhaps one could assert it is signalling to align ones self with even a "deplorable" movement, but the essence of signalling is insecurity and desire to be seen as better than somebody else. To align yourself with the bottom of the barrel is very strange signalling. For that reason, I have to say the MAGA hat people are earnest. Whether as a result of confusion, delusion, or simply because they hold really noxious views, they are "all in" on the crazy.
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Perhaps they are "virtue-signaling," whatever that means, but they are signaling other virtues.
Not sure what you mean by the term, but it sounds like a pejorative way of suggesting that people express views in order to be understand by others as being the sort of person who expresses such views, rather than because they hold them sincerely.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 11-28-2018 at 01:33 PM..
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