• centof@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Politicians passing laws based on things they don’t understand?

    aka virtue signaling

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      5 months ago

      Another way of saying that is moral grandstanding, which I kind of like better. I like the imagery of grandstanding, especially when describing politicians.