LEMON DROP | Vice Signaling: The Strategy is CRUELTY!
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What is 'vice signaling' and how does it differ from virtue signaling?
I want to talk about something that we all see in politics, something that is coming to define the MAGA movement. But until recently, it hasn't had a name. It's got one now, and that is vice signaling. Now, we've all heard of virtue signaling, right? It's when people make this big show, sometimes cringe-inducing show, of their moral values, their progressivism, their empathy. The right wing loves to mock that. They say that liberals are always trying to prove just how good they are. You know, they roll their eyes at people standing up for the marginalized, advocating for justice, or, you know, God forbid, asking for basic human decency. But here's a question. If you build a movement that is based on rejecting virtue, what are you left with then?
When decency, morality, and even human kindness become things to ridicule, how do you prove you belong? Well, the answer... Vice signaling. Instead of working to show people how good you are, you work to show people how bad you are. Instead of standing up for actual principles, you just trigger the libs, right? In the MAGA GOP, you don't need actual conservative values anymore. You just need to be loud and cruel and as awful as possible. We see this everywhere nowadays. And if you don't believe me, let me introduce you to one Mr. Andrew Tate.
Here's a little move. When I grab you by your neck and you start annoying me, trying to resist, and I just, and then I grab you by your neck again. Then what the are you going to do when your face is collapsed and your cheekbone's broken? You ain't going to do shit but cry. I guarantee I changed the way you look at sex forever. You're going to be crying. I won't cry. I bet you cried. I bet you cry. You're saying I wouldn't cry. You're challenging me to a fight. You're saying I can't hurt you. You're out of your fucking mind? I don't even have to fuck you. Forget this sex part. That's a distraction. My dick can stay in my pants. I'll just start beating the shit out of you.
Why does the host argue MAGA rewards cruelty over conservative principles?
How about that? We walk in the bedroom. I start kicking your ass. No sex. No sex involved. But you cry then. Perfected this in pimp school. When I got my PhD, we had to practice if a girl comes at you, ah, ah, you're cheating, you're cheating. It's bang out the machete, boom in her face, and then grip her up by the neck. Shut up!
Charming young man, right? Now, recently, you may have heard that Mr. Tate and his brother Tristan have moved to America. It was a rather shocking development because in addition to being extremely controversial figures on the far right, the Tates were under investigation for human trafficking and money laundering in a number of countries. They literally had travel restrictions that didn't permit them to leave Romania. This inevitably led many to ask if the Trump White House intervened on their behalf. And while we don't know for certain, Romanian officials have said their U.S. counterparts brought up the brothers case with them. So regardless, the Tate brothers are now on American soil. And how do you think the GOP has reacted to that?
How do you think the party of family values and protecting women, how do they respond to the Tate's arrival? Take a look for yourself. Hi. Hello, Alina. Hi.
Nice to meet you. I'm a big fan. Well, nice to meet you. I'm a fan. You're the one saving Trump. You're doing more important work than me. America. America, not just Trump. And I agree with everything you just said.
That was Alina Haba. That Alina Haba, currently a counselor to the president in the White House. Yep. A top White House official just said that she was, quote, a big fan of Andrew Tate.
How did Andrew Tate's violent comments illustrate vice signaling?
And it's not just Haba. Benny Johnson, Candace Owens, a whole host of MAGA stars hugging Andrew Tate as tight as they can. But. Here's where it gets really, really interesting. Not everyone was on board with this little love fest with Andrew Tate and his brother. Ben Shapiro and the folks over at The Daily Wire actually called it out.
Let me say right at the outset, I am not upset at all with anyone actually just interviewing Andrew Tate. Go for it.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is 'vice signaling' and how does it differ from virtue signaling?
0:00–1:54
2
Why does the host argue MAGA rewards cruelty over conservative principles?
1:54–3:49
3
How did Andrew Tate's violent comments illustrate vice signaling?
3:49–7:29
4
What happened after the Tate brothers moved to America and why did it matter?
7:29–9:18
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