A very disturbing correlations between virtue signalers, and the most evil word in the English language....

I was perusing some profiles yesterday, who I see as being virtue signalers.
( my light entertainment).

Many times I am tempted to destroy their argument, highlight their weal intellectual position - as a favor, not malice – but they are a vicious lot.
Underneath all that signalling, and 'virtue' they extol, lies passive aggression, twisting, and lying.
A very vindictive lot - children that can write.

As I was perusing some of their attempts at intellect and 'emotional logic', I came across something most peculiar.

Something REALLY struck me.
I continued looking around some profiles, now with an eye to my observations.

Quite a few profiles, in fact.
(I was coming out in rash, from this amount of exposure, but forever on wards, in the pursuit of knowledge.)

I had read enough posts..(I couldn't maintain my sanity and keep reading)

SHOULD.

Yep – the word - SHOULD.

Should, is -without a doubt - the most single evil word on this planet (in English).

It does nothing positive. It is a 100 % negative word.

It cannot be put in a positive context.

Try to.

It shows failure, and instills guilt. Nothing more.

A failure to have actually taken action before the word was uttered.
'I should have done that'
It highlights lack of discipline within ones self. A lack of character within one's self.

It is nothing but a guilt complex, formed into letters. and spewed out, to inflict onto others.

There is nothing good. Nothing - coming from that word.

So just using that word, not only shapes the writers world view, it projects it also, onto and into, the readers psyche.
Nice- not.

It is indeed a deep look into the writers own head, without them even realizing it. - One of guilt or the wish to inflict guilt.

Neither of which is a commendable, or virtuous, quality, in a person.

A linguistic flagellation, (and self flagellation), if you will.

And this is what I came across, when reading - what I deem - to be some class 'A' virtue signallers.

The preponderance of the use of that evil word – SHOULD.
They throw it around with such passion !
Scary shit.

It shocked me such virtuous people would use such an evil word.......

It's everywhere!
In every paragraph it seems, it becomes their basis for whole arguments (whole posts!)

To virtue signalers of the world – TRY omitting the word should – and see what happens to your thought processes.

'I choose to do...' 'Or I choose NOT to do....'

Both are valid terms of expression, but not dripping mental guilt complexes all over your keyboard, and inflicting it on your readers.
(that's a virtuous, adult, action , btw– if you are virtuous of course, and not just a guilt tripping ball of negative controlling energy, trying to appear differently).

Of course, now it has just becomes a fantastic word!

It's akin to a free ticket, to look through a window, into the soul of another...

Don't take my word for it, go have a scout around, my fellow steemitians.

Look and see who is, (intentionally, or otherwise) spreading negative energy around these parts- you might be very surprised, and you may find you have a very different perspective on some posters on here...

Please note – This is a humane post, and no virtue signalers were actually harmed in the production of this post.

Feel free to link this into any post if you deem it worth a pointing out of the use of this word- you are doing them a service...

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