Joey Barton

[BlueHammer85]

Must be 10 years ago I bought a paper surprised they still publish them.

social media for promotion is where the money is it seems.

 

[sir baconface]

Am I right in thinking that virtue signalling is new talk for bragging/boasting?

No, no. Telling the world I have a massive cock is bragging.

Saying I only deploy it for consensual sex is virtue signalling.

Do you see the difference now?

 

[mattcity5]

No, no. Telling the world I have a massive cock is bragging.

Saying I only deploy it for consensual sex is virtue signalling.

Do you see the difference now?

I'm even more confused now, because aren't they lies either way?

 

[moomba]

That's what I was trying to find out. It's not a phrase I use so not sure why/when others do. You could be right. It just seems to me though used when someone is being a decent person, so not sure why they should be called out for it.

You can be a decent person without going out of your way to make sure everyone knows how decent you are.

In fact the more decent a person I'd say the less likely they are to have to publicise it.

 

[sir baconface]

I'm even more confused now, because aren't they lies either way?

I understand your doubts but, to be fair, you haven’t met me.

 

[mattcity5]

You can be a decent person without going out of your way to make sure everyone knows how decent you are.

In fact the more decent a person I'd say the less likely they are to have to publicise it.

I'm sure you're not far off with that.

I'm exaggerating here, but it also sounds a bit like people need to keep quiet about the decent things they do. I know the British way is to be fairly modest, but it's a very fine line between virtue signalling and just being a decent person isn't it?

 

[mattcity5]

I understand your doubts but, to be fair, you haven’t met me.

It was only meant in jest, glad you took it the right way.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You can be a decent person without going out of your way to make sure everyone knows how decent you are.

In fact the more decent a person I'd say the less likely they are to have to publicise it.

If this is the definition, what do you think that Lineker has over-publicised?

Do you mean the episode where he felt sorry for the asylum seekers on Twitter, so the attack pack suggested that he use his house to take them in and he subsequently did?

What other things has he self-publicised?

 

[PPT]

There are some seriously self-opinionated, self-important posters on this thread
who just refuse point blank to even listen, never mind accept that there
might just be an alternative point of view from their own.

bigot. / (ˈbɪɡət) / noun. a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

There are some seriously self-opinionated, self-important posters on this thread
who just refuse point blank to even listen, never mind accept that there
might just be an alternative point of view from their own.

bigot. / (ˈbɪɡət) / noun. a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race.

I guess that’s why they don’t like Mr Lineker.