provocative phrases

varian yes that is a dreadful scenario with lawyers offices being targeted by right wing extremists.

British law must be protected from political interference ..that is a downward spiral to dictatorship!

I hate the phrase 'right thinking' which actually only means people who agree with the person saying that.

These phrases are worse than just provocative. They are dangerous. They can incite violence.

Remember the notorious Daily Mail headline "enemies of the people" accompanied by photos of the Judges whose judgement they didn't like?

I’ve always thought that calling someone a fascist/commie when they don’t agree with your politics quite telling, in that you’re blinkered to another view on something.

I think of 'virtue signalling' as relating to empty words and no real action.
Similar to people latching onto other's grief (I can't remember the phrase for this).
Sort of 'look at what a lovely, empathetic person I am, unlike you'.

Good grief Varian.
The calibre of this lot.
Our Home Secretary using childish, ill-educated sounding phrases.

FannyCornforth I had forgotten 'do-gooder'! But yes I agree it is a similar phrase!

I suppose if celebrities are profiting from promoting a charitable cause then it might be considered bad form
but often charities approach celebs to promote /sponsor their cause.

More than 800 retired judges, barristers and senior legal figures have accused Boris Johnson and Priti Patel of endangering the personal safety of lawyers.

The group have signed an online letter calling on the prime minister and home secretary to apologise for their "display of hostility" towards those working in the justice system.

It follows Ms Patel's repeated criticism of lawyers who defend migrants and asylum seekers as "lefties" and "do-gooders".

Mr Johnson also claimed during the Tory conference that the criminal justice system was being "hamstrung by what the home secretary would doubtless – and rightly – call the lefty human rights lawyers, and other do-gooders”.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-priti-patel-lawyers-judges-barristers-apology-b1322494.html

Politically correct has always annoyed me, what would you prefer me to be? Politically incorrect?

Similar to 'do-gooder'. Thankfully you don't hear that much nowadays.
Usually used by someone who has never done a thing to improve the life of another. Makes them feel inferior I think, so they think that 'do-gooder'' is an acceptable insult (clue - it isn't).

However, I don't really have a problem with 'virtue signalling' if it is used correctly.
I do think that there is a lot of VS about, especially on social media; celebs etc.
That said - it annoys me when it's used incorrectly (in relation to Rashford for example).

They all seem to be terms that a certain type of right wing person uses against a certain type of left wing person.