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Re:X redesigns water pistol emoji back to a firearm by qual on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @04:47PM (#41061900)
>Performative nonsense designed to appeal to emotions instead of doing something about the implied problem. (Guns and censorship, respectively.)

Thanks! This helps me understand it a bit more. Sort of a synonym for "virtue signalling" it seems?

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Re:X redesigns water pistol emoji back to a firearm by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @05:04PM (#41062091)
> Sort of a synonym for "virtue signalling" it seems?

I genuinely have no idea what that term means anymore.

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