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‘Virtue signalling’, a slur meant to imply moral grandstanding that might not be all bad

Last month, on the centennial of the 19th amendment granting American women the vote, US President Donald Trump announced he would issue a posthumous pardon for Susan B. Anthony.

A suffragette, Anthony was convicted of voting illegally as a woman in 1872.

  • Karen Stollznow
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The response was mixed. Some applauded the president, others …

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