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It just goes to show that most ‘holier than thou’ people are just virtue signalling twats.
Most? You sure about that?
Why most? This is just one guy, no need to judge everyone for it. I’m sure there are players who turned down more money because they were morally against Sauid, but we’ll never hear about those people
That’s such a stupid conclusion
Many people do have actual convictions you know
This is the line that must infuriates me, Henderson's given people like you all the ammunition you need to disparage any celebrity speaking up for a cause. He hasn't just tarnished his own reputation, he's tarnished everyone's.
I think it is a good thing to show solidarity, be passionate about a cause or causes and speak up about it.
I don't think the language you're using is helpful here, seems like a very cynical worldview. Just because Jordan Henderson sold out his beliefs for a bit of cash doesn't mean that everyone who cares about social causes is a "virtue signalling twt" and it's unhelpful to tarnish people with that brush.
Just my two cents on the matter seeing as you gave yours
Virtue signalling is a term that's seldom used correctly or in good faith. Most of the time people do actually care about the virtues they spout.
It's only really used by people who want to defend themselves from fair criticism because "everyone secretly thinks like them"
The thing thats not right is the value of his wage comes from being in that country and not playing football. He could still earn more than enough money and not have to move to a religious sandy shithole.
The only thing i question is his basic decision making skills.
This.
It's extremely easy to defend someone or something when you've got nothing to lose. Henderson had a lot to gain actually.
He basically went from being rich to being slightly more rich. I don't think he increases his quality of life much.
The best part is how he tries to justify it, like him being in Saudi will make any sort of difference. Not only is he a man who's word have no value whatsoever... He's probably also has an exaggerated sense of self worth( I think a lot of celebrities would have ).
I think it will make small, negative difference. Saudi opinion is we are a bunch hypocritical whores who will abandon any principle if they throw enough money at us. Henderson is now prime example.
When making a ham and eggs breakfast, the chicken is involved but the pig is fully commited
regarding LGBT, henderson was involved
‘holier than thou’ is reddit specialty