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I’d argue the opposite to be honest. I hate terms like woke and in particular virtue signalling because often it’s used merely to justify being intolerant of others. Eg I have no issue with welcome to country it is a acknowledgment of the indigenous culture of this country. Yet (I’m not saying you) many people would call that woke, I’d say it’s got a purpose and it’s pretty silly to be annoyed about it.
I think virtue signalling only really exists if the motivation is purely to make yourself look good without actually holding the belief.
Being sympathetic/empathetic or even compassionate isn’t a bad thing and deriding that is a bit crap.
I think people obviously have a line where jokes/opinions go past acceptable for them.
I don’t think you can really put the frustration re: TT can be categorised as woke. Hopefully, we have evolved that this behaviour (if proven) is unacceptable. Now personally, I think TT has either not disclosed the entire story when it originally come out or he’s done it again. I understand people having enough of it. If it didn’t happen he could categorically deny it then we can work with it.
If we have to keep standing him down for these issues he’s not on the park and causing the club massive problems with the media attention. I don’t think moving him on is particularly over the top as a remedy.
The IG post was ******* dumb too
i'm not putting the TT case in the woke basket...no one likes domestic violence, as much as the left or right want to accuse the other of supporting it.
how am i being intolerant of others by accusing them of virtue signalling their self righteousness of wanting TT completely sacked? i'm suppose to be more tolerant of people who don't support due process?
TT's insta had red flags all over it 2 years ago, i've been saying it for years. what's worse is i don't see him in any other the other players insta posts.
no surprises he posted again on there. he unfortunately seems to want to live his life through the lens of social media. like i've said many times now, he needs a heroic dose of shrooms to crucify his ego, before it's far too late.