Why Politicians and Bureaucrats use Grandstanding How to Detect and Deal with Grandstanders

In this article you will read about the following

30 Signs to Know When Someone is Grandstanding – moral or political

16 Tips How to Deal with Grandstanding -What Can You Do to Handle Moral Grandstanding

Why Politicians and Bureaucrats use Grandstanding -Why people Who use Grandstanding are Odious -How to Detect and Deal with Grandstanders

Grandstanding or Virtue-signaling - is a problematic psychological behavior.

People who grandstand are driven by their compelling need of acquiring absolute power, having large numbers of followers, getting name and fame as well as accumulating wealth etc. – for this they use all the tricks and techniques including the most unethical ones.

Virtue-signaling and Grandstanding behaviors are intended to divert people's attention from the most important matters to something insignificant.

Many of the Indian Politicians and bureaucrats use grandstanding to create the impression of holier than thou [meaning morally better than others] and to create the image of their being super-powerful and superhuman.

In India the politicians and the bureaucrats are able to fool a large mass of population indefinitely -using the grandstanding.

30 Signs to know Who and When Grandstanding – moral or political

• 1.Some of the tools that they employ are - Whataboutery, Cockwombleness, Hypocrisy, Projections [of their weaknesses on to others], Making Grandiose but untruthful promises, Using power to establish lies as truth, creating confusion, telling lies and using deceit, polarization and creating chaos and divide, extremism and right-winging atmosphere etc.
• 2.People who use moral grandstanding – also ensure – that ONLY THEY get the moral benefits while disallowing others to have the same advantage [in case they happen to have absolute power].
• 3.BUT Now a days – you will find Many Emotionally insecure people – ALSO USE - various social-media platforms to project themselves look better than others –as a thumb rule these people – also may lack education, sophistication and cultural etiquettes etc.
• 4.Because of their insecurities they feel perpetually inferior to others as they keep comparing themselves with others constantly – they have the compelling urges to be seen better than others - the user-friendly social-media platforms and technology of creating fake images and videos, gives them a powerful tool.
• 5.These are the people who become the ardent supporter and followers of insecure leaders – YES_YES_YES a large number of supporters are also from highly educated and of high social strata BUT they support because their own greed and also because of their being vile and evil with brainwashed nature.
• 6.It is very important to be aware-of and learn - how to deal with Highly irritating moral grandstanding or virtue signaling.
• 7.The Political grandstanding uses - false speech, lies and actions to impress and brain-wash to gain public support by using emotional, religious and nationalistic appeals [most of them are far from truth – as Lying needs desires and intention to deceive].
• 8.In the corporate scenarios Grandstanding some examples can be–giving a person an impossible chore to punish or wasting time of others during an important meeting say by asking questions that would be unnecessary with advance preparation for the discussion time, raising pointless queries and digressive debates etc.
• 9.People who grandstand are not at all concerned about doing genuine good or contributing to a bigger cause – although they have all the power to make positive differences. But because of their inner blindness and emotional insecurities – they feel fooling others is their best options.
• 10.In India they succeed in large scale years after years of giving bad results.
• 11.They also pull their opponent down by using dirty and odious techniques – say by using character assassination, manufacturing dirt, abusing, name-calling, bullying, ill-treating, injustice, insult and disrespect plus use all the agencies under their power to silence their opponents.
• 12.These people are ruthless and they only help their crony friends.
• 13.Only when they don't have any other options – they may for a time – accept something is wrong – to repair their image – but it is always for short time and temporary.
• 14.When they are competing with others on moral grandstanding to impress the power – they use most filthy and extreme stand.
• 15.Grandstanding causes polarization in such a way that the communities and societies can never go back to the same harmonious state of relationship as before – when these people get absolute power.
• 16.People especially the politicians using grandstanding - show outrage against injustice to show how pure and virtuous they are [when they are not in power] BUT once they come in power they make the earlier regime look like pre-school kid and themselves as post-doctoral and outdo every immoral acts – without any remorse.
• 17.The people using grandstanding will appeal to your goodness – to contribute financially, through active participation and promotion for their [seemingly] great cause BUT then thy will use all the collections as well as loot further and give it to their favored friends.
• 18.Grandstanders don't follow the rules that they want you to follow – they play unethical and unfair but urge you to be good.
• 19.Grandstanders are most self-centered egoist – who will make you feel bad and ashamed - in case you happen to disagree with them – they are scared of their weaknesses come in the light.
• 20.Political grandstanders in most cases have narcissistic characteristics along with other psychological disorders – they are almost always inauthentic and lack empathy.
• 21.They need to have control and dominance over others – this way only they can feel good – They also have a need to seek status through being a knowledgeable and as a result they become Cockwomble.
• 22.Where nothing morally wrong exists - a moral grandstander may make something up to be seem incredibly committed to justice or any other explosive issues – most of their support believe it to be their genuine emotion and intent.
• 23.Grandstander's claim of gross injustice might be oblivious to others – but because they cry wolf so often – their follower may find it harder to identify when real injustices are occurring.
• 24.Moral grandstanders can make - every instance of distasteful behaviors of others - a subject of national debate – in India – they are helped by News Channels – who have become masters in ignoring the most pressing and important issues.
• 25.Political grandstanders satisfy the Five Factor Narcissism inventory beautifully.
• 26.Grandstanders might not care one way or another about their stated cause – but they put efforts to make their target audience feel as if they really care.
• 27.As a consequence of grandstanding - many good people stop taking moral conversations seriously – as they become cynical about the moral claims.
• 28.It is hard to tell when someone is grandstanding or lying in the initial phases – but if you know what signs to look for - you would be able to identify grandstanders easily.
• 29.Grandstanders make the world worse by increasing polarization and fanaticism and religious divide – they push people further apart and make them hate each other more and more.
• 30.Moral grandstanders are those obnoxious types who go around stridently declaring their beliefs, enthusiastically joining social-media shaming - not because they feel so strongly about this cause - but because they want you to admire them for how astoundingly moral they are.
• 31.Now a days there are real good issues to fight about – but grandstanders fight and instigate people to fight among themselves on useless and insignificant causes.
• 32.After reading above you would agree that the moral-grandstanders are – evil, vile, immoral, corrupt, wicked and dishonest and may even be criminally wired.

16 Tips What can you do to handle moral grandstanding – how to deal with grandstanding

• 1.Do not try to call them out – INSTEAD – work on educating others through creating awareness – so that most of the mature people are able to identify these people
• 2.Do not support and promote grandstanders – avoid amplifying these obnoxious and sabotaging people
• 3.Take responsibility – learn to create awareness through subtle means – as these people can create bad consequences for you for exposing them
• 4.In India – there are many people – who will question you if you – expose a wrong-doing
• 5.Take a stand – advocate and promote yourself
• 6.Learn to manage your emotions – so that this type of people are not able to rattle you
• 7.Focus on the larger goals
• 8.Avoid watching Indian News-Channels – this is the most evil and vile disinformation and propaganda machinery in the world
• 9.If you notice any wrong – make your choice – whether to post these or not – Keep the safety of yourself and your loved-ones as your most important priorities
• 10.Identify and get in touch with like-minded people
• 11.Always fact-check – from multiple channels
• 12.Do not believe anything you hear or see in news-channels and maybe newspapers and magazines – most of them are in complete control of The politicians and the bureaucrats and the corrupt and crony capitalists
• 13.Find out if you are not supporting these RWs – unknowingly – STOP
• 14.Think objectively and honestly about your engagement on social media – have a zero tolerance for moral grandstanding
• 15.Buck should stop with you – if you happen to receive any controversial material – do not like or share
• 16.Find ways to deprive the moral grandstanders attention they seek and crave – totally ignore them