This is a great rundown of the phenomenon of the triangle of Ethical Media Consumption, Virtue Signalling, and what the author has coined “Virtue Mirroring”.
This is a great rundown of the phenomenon of the triangle of Ethical Media Consumption, Virtue Signalling, and what the author has coined “Virtue Mirroring”.
i think for many people, their own newfound ick for a person who has turned out to be (for lack of a better word) problematic sours their earlier works. some people then do post hoc rationalisation for that ick (“i never liked them”), and a subset of those people (mostly those with no internality) apply their experience universally (“i never liked them so if you did you’re weird”) and get real loud about it.
i’m going to continue assuming it’s a very small vocal minority. easier to stay sane that way.