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by tomjen3
1558 days ago
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When you protest something not because you care, but in order to signal that you care it is virtual signal (literally, you are trying to signal your virtue). When you protest for gay rights in 2020 it is a virtue signal. When you protest for gay rights in 1987, it is because you believe in it and are willing to take the cost of it. Since public trade companies only care about money, when those companies support some course it has become safe enough that it is now virtue signalling. |
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I don’t think this is the case; it’s still legal to discriminate on the basis of sexuality in many states and contexts such as housing in the United States. You may not be able to fire someone for being gay but in many places you can evict them for it.
Additionally I don’t think it’s virtue signaling to protest for gay rights beyond the small number of countries that recognize marriage. There are still countries where gay behavior is illegal, marriage isn’t recognized, and gay panic is a legal defense.