Tag: virtue signaling

The Questions Dublin Won’t Ask

A series of high-profile attacks has intensified debate over asylum and border controls, yet Ireland’s governing and media elites remain reluctant to confront the issue directly.

Words, Not Deeds: The New Measure of Virtue

Virtue-signalling is not new. But it has enjoyed a special burgeoning in recent decades, not least because modern culture sooner rewards noisy displays of passion than less visible acts of virtue.

“Hitlering Along” to the World Cup

Even Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) displayed the armband—a first for a German minister since 1945. It remains unclear whether this exercise in solidarity will prompt Qatari leadership to rework Sharia law to accommodate German sensibilities.