The declaration makes the standard argument for free speech, but the fact that only the US has a constitutional guarantee that the government will not restrict speech makes it unlikely that those nations which don't will pay any attention to this symbolic declaration. It's also unlikely that those NGOs raking in the dollars for concocting ways to avoid that pesky First Amendment will consider this as anything but a sign that they're succeeding.
In short, this is a sort of virtue signal, but I suppose these days it helps to declare which side you're on.
Beside the point, but do you think politically incorrect sentiments can be virtue signals? You're not performing for or ingratiating yourself with the established government by making statements against it. I generally think leftists are the only ones who can virtue signal as they know the establishment protects them.
do you think politically incorrect sentiments can be virtue signals?
Yes, but they're not as frequent as leftist ones because, as you point out, those are protected by the establishment.
For example, in order to score points with some conservatives, I could denounce Jews as the rulers of everything bent on enslaving everyone, something I don't really believe.
Generally, virtue signaling or the purity spiral refers to broadcasting an opinion in order to get praise or positive strokes..
The declaration makes the standard argument for free speech, but the fact that only the US has a constitutional guarantee that the government will not restrict speech makes it unlikely that those nations which don't will pay any attention to this symbolic declaration. It's also unlikely that those NGOs raking in the dollars for concocting ways to avoid that pesky First Amendment will consider this as anything but a sign that they're succeeding.
In short, this is a sort of virtue signal, but I suppose these days it helps to declare which side you're on.
Beside the point, but do you think politically incorrect sentiments can be virtue signals? You're not performing for or ingratiating yourself with the established government by making statements against it. I generally think leftists are the only ones who can virtue signal as they know the establishment protects them.
Yes, but they're not as frequent as leftist ones because, as you point out, those are protected by the establishment.
For example, in order to score points with some conservatives, I could denounce Jews as the rulers of everything bent on enslaving everyone, something I don't really believe.
Generally, virtue signaling or the purity spiral refers to broadcasting an opinion in order to get praise or positive strokes..