A dark and evil desire for a more compassionate world free from bigots and fascists. There I said it.

Basic empathy and a desire to make the world a better place?

Even though we usually talk about it in a derogatory way, virtue signaling is not inherently bad. A shirt that says "trans rights are human rights" is virtue signaling, but the performance is in itself beneficial to society, even if the wearer is only doing it to feel trendy and special.

What they accomplished with this is hostility to bigots who might otherwise have felt welcome.

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