To ask how many of you put your money where your mouth is when it comes to your beliefs?

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How many of you are proactive about your beliefs? Would you ever say something is important to you or you care about a cause if you didn't do anything yourself to support said cause?

Is it wrong to say for example that you think female rights are important but do nothing about it? Same with anything really, if you want equality in the workplace do you do much about it? I'm just curious as I don't think I do much at all but I know I have a lot of opinions on stuff, I feel like without putting my own time into supporting these causes I don't really have a right to preach about them.

Yabu - you can support a cause without actively participating in supporting said cause
Yanbu - if a cause means a lot to you you will take action to support it

You know the answer. Virtue signaling is a competitive sport. The louder these people are, the more hypocritical they are.

So true, I'd be interested to know who volunteers or gets involved with things that impact their political views etc. I am not saying one should, I definitely don't do enough but I try to keep my views to myself or it feels a bit fraudulent

I have built my whole career around a cause I am passionate about. But it is absolutely not a requirement that everyone who is interested should do that. For one thing, there isn't enough hours in the day to commit actively to every cause a person cares about. Also, people have other commitments that take up their time and focus, and that is absolutely okay. Just because someone doesn't have time to personally support, it doesn't mean that they can't care, and as someone who works hard for a particular cause, it means a lot to me the little comments people make that they see and appreciate what I do, rather than just ignoring it.

No, compartmentalising and pluralising and saying the bare minimum for the right time and at the right place is best for any beliefs issues - you can see from mumsnet the minute you share your views, if they are not in line with someone else's, you are called nutter and what not.

There was a thread about a lady whose future husband was grooming her to lie to her future in laws that the future kids will be muslims. People who called the tactic of the man lying and warned her, what might happen to her and her kids, were called islamophobists

Animal welfare is probably at the top of my list. I would love to do more but the most I can achieve currently is a couple of small direct debits ea h month & the occasional bag of food sent. I plan to volunteer at a rescue when I retire.

I'd like to do more for the causes I care about but, like most people, my time and money are generally consumed by day to day life! That being said, I really dislike virtue signalling. I would never make any kind of mass public statement on something that I had taken no action on myself.

I do have a career that helps the disadvantaged in society. But, and I am being 100% honest here, my choice was influenced by the fact I would find it interesting and fulfilling. Which are actually selfish motivations in the end!