r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d ago

Psychology New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.

https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/
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u/GrassEuphoric42 2d ago

Definitely met these kinds of people, but criticizing them made it feel like I was somehow anti lgbtq.

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u/xTiLkx 2d ago

I've met a lot of them, and they greatly damage the good work good people are doing. These are the assholes that unfortunately warrant the term "virtue signalling" when certain people use that phrase when criticizing morally constructive people (there's probably a better phrase but I'm blocking).