[Dylan16807]

> Again, you didn’t actually do that though, did you? Instead you used the term colloquially meant to signal they are creating a “hostile” environment

> nebulous

I think you have an incorrect idea of what the word gatekeeping means.

It's not nebulous. It's saying they're doing a bad thing (being rude/synonym) by applying incorrect and artificial criteria about who is in a group (which I quoted).

Both versions of my comment had the same meaning. I wasn't hiding behind anything, just using different phrasing.

And no, my word choice was not to virtue signal. The word fit the situation so I used it.

[jabbywocker]

No I understand clearly, it’s a weasel word and I dislike it. You use it to mask a personal attack (calling him an “ass”), shun behavior, and avoid the actual conflict of directly addressing what was said. Its annoying passive aggressive bullshit verbiage.

Calling out “gatekeeping” is virtue signaling at its very core.