The Saad truth about social media virtue signalers

One of the more useful rules I used to have in my old elBenbo’s Lair Facebook group that helped get it round-the-clock engagement — and my business sometimes round-the-clock sales — was by clamping down and removing anyone participating in the practice known as: “Virtue Signaling” If you don’t know what that means: Virtue signaling is when someone publicly declares their support or disdain for something just to show how virtuous they are to everyone watching for props, likes, applause, or any other kind of approval from a group. It’s rampant in churches, politics, cable news, and especially on social media. And it’s certainly nothing new. Jesus even railed against it 2,000+ years ago about not practicing righteousness in front of people just to be seen doing it, or telling everyone about how they just gave to the needy to show what a holy guy they are, or not looking gloomy when fasting so everyone can see how much they suffer for their faith, etc. More: I’m far from the only person to have noticed how many virtue signalers actually have contempt for the very people & issues they Virtue Signal about. Simply look at the number of #metoo supporting celebrities & self-described “male feminists” who get accused of and charged with rape, assault, & other horrible crimes. Some more examples: * Politicians who pushed masks & social distancing on everyone while constantly getting caught having parties, hanging at night clubs, or haunting sporting events without masks on (using excuses only the lowest of IQ kool-aid drinkers buy, like “I was holding my breath!” or “The spirit moved me!”) * Celebrities railing against “cLiMaTe ChAnGeEEE!!1” while flying around in private jets and owning houses that use many times more power than comparable homes. (Even better, when one of them buys or builds a house near the ocean that they insist is supposedly going to rise and, thus, destroy it in the very near future...) * College kids lecturing the world about child labor, capitalism, and the glories of socialism on their $900 iPhones while wearing clothing made via child labor in China. * Prominent people donating to and doing photoshoots for the press at supposedly anti-human trafficking events while engaging in or perpetuating human trafficking. And so on, and so forth. It's also rooted in total cowardice. A take on this I enjoyed was an article written by Gad Saad when he perfectly explained the psychology behind Virtue Signaling using a certain squishy virtue signaling Hollywood celebrity as example. He summed it up like this: “Your current stances are rooted in vacuous empty signaling rooted in a desire to belong in Hollywood. It takes zero courage to hold your stances within the entertainment ecosystem.” That is exactly why I banned virtue signaling in my old elBenbo’s Lair group. And it’s also why I will ban it in the private Email Players SocialLair I will launch in the future. I don’t know who needed to hear this. I can think of quite a few on my list who certainly don't want to hear it. But nobody cares what they think anyway. All right enough of this. More info on my Email Players newsletter here: [https∶//www.EmailPlayers.com]( Ben Settle This email was sent by Ben Settle as owner of Settle, LLC. Copyright © 2021 Settle, LLC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this email may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from Settle, LLC. Click here to [unsubscribe]( Settle, LLC PO Box 1056 Gold Beach Oregon 97444 USA