In the new bizarro world progressives inhabit, you are not supposed to observe certain behaviors, especially if the said behaviors originate from non-white individuals or cultures. The mere act of OBSERVING will get you labeled a racist, and if you should venture to advertise your crime-think in print or on social media, that will invite much worse.
Indians, being imitators of everything American, have their own home grown custodians of the 'proper' mode of conduct, trawling the social media scape 24/7/365 for reasons to be offended. Observing that Indians have defecated on Goa is a big no-no. Observing that Indians threaten to obliterate us Goans and our identity through demographic warfare? That’s racist! Observing that Indians have usurped Goan land and built slums is a cardinal sin. You are a heartless capitalist for not caring about the poor! And besides, don't Indians have the RIGHT to foul everything they touch? Observing that India has brought to the Goan shores its infinite stores of poverty and misery could get you quarantined - it’s a violation of the INDIAN CONSTITUUUUUUUUUTION (something no Indian, living or dead, has ever read). And so, when I committed the offense of observing certain Indian behaviors on the Angriya cruise, it was deemed “brown-on-brown racism” by the Chief Progressive of Goanet and the pretend-patracar of yesteryear Shri Fredrick Noronha. Noronha sits at the apex of the virtue signaling pyramid, he's what I call a “digital humanitarian.” What exactly is virtue signaling, you may ask. The best and most succinct definition comes from John Derbyshire ( https://vdare.com/posts/virtue-signaling-a-useful-concept-reaches-the-main-stream-thanks-to-ann-coulter ): "Virtue signaling is communication of the fact that you are a Good Person, not a Bad Person. The force of the expression is in the second part. You are merely signaling, not actually following through with actions to prove your virtue. Virtue signaling is gestural." For instance, for years I have observed that there is a beggars racket operating in Panjim. Infirm, often elderly, individuals, or women with kids, are deposited every morning in the city to emotionally blackmail pedestrians into giving money, which is then collected by the operator. Enter the virtue signaler: Noticing all this makes ME a Bad Person. Calling me out makes Mr. Noronha a Good Person. Has Mr. Noronha, the apostle of compassion, ever offered any of these migrant unfortunates refuge in his own home? Or expended even one calorie to shut this abomination down? No points for guessing the correct answer. The one thing that Mr. Noronha and the rest of the virtue signalers revel in is the spread of misery and the hate of those who earn an honest income.
