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To think I was recommending System76 to people. Won’t be making that mistake again.

Apparently caring about accessibility is “virtue signaling” and “concern trolling”.

Well, I know exactly the kind of people who use those terms and they’re not folks I want to have anything to do with or will be recommending to anyone else in the future.

If you’re not in the US, you should buy from a local shop anyway. In the EU, we’re spoilt for choice with Tuxedo, Slimbook, StarLabs, etc.

@aral I mean... concern trolling is a real and rather troubling thing, usually perpetrated by bigots. It's a far cry from speaking up about human rights! So it seems like these folks are talking bollocks on multiple levels.

@heydon What I mean is I’ve seen “virtue signalling” etc. used before by certain folks to attempt to silence folks arguing for social justice.

@aral Absolutely, I've seen that too. It's willful misappropriation of terminology. "Virtue signalling" is used almost exclusively by fascism-adjacent asshats. "Having virtues is bad" is such a ridiculous stance. But the term originally meant to appeal to normative virtues within a group. Technically, fascists being all faschy in front of other fascists is virtue signalling.

Sorry, just interested in etymology. Thank you for speaking out about that stuff.

Aral Balkan

@heydon Yep. And no need to thank me. Can’t keep my damn mouth shut apparently :) And you do more than your share and then some.

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