I don't notice any "virtue signaling" in my posts. I can't actually see an angle to how someone could be "virtue signalling" by defending the rights of slave owning states to leave the union. You will have to explain your angle on this to me.
If you don't see it, no body can explain it to you. Read enough DiLorenzo and lewrockwell.com and eventually you might realize the smarminess of people who turn the supposed rights of slaveowners into a moral cause.
Mostly I get opprobrium instead of admiration, so there isn't much "reward" to be had for this sort of virtue signalling, which defeats the entire purpose of virtue signaling (to be thought better of by everyone else) as I understand the term. :)
Virtue signalling isn't about making people think better of oneself. It's about making a public display that makes one think better of one's self.
That display is directed at a particular audience. If one isn't a part of that audience, one doesn't think better of the person doing the signalling.
Most of the people who respond to your posts don't think better of you, but what you post clearly makes you think better of yourself.
Because I'm not all about the money, no one is? Well that doesn't fit with my observations. Evidence indicates the vast majority of people are very heavily motivated by money. It's a virtual constant in the Human equation, and so obvious to the point where it even has it's very own bible admonition.
"For the love of money is the root of all evil:"
If you don't see it, no body can explain it to you.
Perhaps I don't see it because it doesn't make any sense? I'm not sure how inviting vituperation is supposed to make me feel morally superior or something.
Read enough DiLorenzo and lewrockwell.com and eventually you might realize the smarminess of people who turn the supposed rights of slaveowners into a moral cause.
I've heard of them, but I certainly don't knowingly visit any such websites. I look through places like this to find my information. You should try it. You can learn a lot by reading what those people wrote.
Virtue signalling isn't about making people think better of oneself. It's about making a public display that makes one think better of one's self.
Hmmm... that's a complex point. I like to think I am educating people, and if I succeed in better informing them, I think better of myself for having done so, so it sort of fits your formula, except for the fact it isn't the "public display" that motivates me, but the idea that I might have enlightened someone to see the world more clearly. I'm content to discuss these topics in private if someone would prefer to do so.
Also I don't care if I get credit for it. I am perfectly happy to let others get the credit.