What is Self Gratification by Proxy? Also known as virtue signalling or in the 2020's as "Woke"; It can easily be identified by over the top demonstrations, designed to get up votes, such as fake grieving for the death of a convicted criminal who died following an huge accidental fentanyl overdose to avoid be caught by Police! Extra votes can be gained by blaming the Police for the overdose that killed him! Yarra Man; However the most easily identifiable MO is words such as "racist", the "phobic" family of platitudes such as "homophobic", "Islamaphobic" etc and always ending with the word "bigot" with an upward inflection!