“Virtue signaling” is a hell of a lot better than not caring, or, in most of this thread’s case, actively spreading Putin’s bullshit. Warfare in the 21st century is just as information based as it is tanks, planes, and infantry. That battle’s being waged online every second, even in this thread. If people took the
@bigblueinsanity position of denial Ukraine would be screwed and Putin would be running roughshod over Europe and central Asia. “Virtue signaling” results in weapons and support on the ground in Ukraine. Public opinion matters in democracies.