Fact: The Loudest Virtue Signalers Are Always The Slimiest People

Like Hollywood!

Case in point: While speaking Monday at ELLE’s “Women in Entertainment” event, Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain dropped a remarkable truth bomb about Hollywood’s hypocrisy.

“This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia,” she said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day.”

“Oh we’re very quick to point the finger at others and address the issue with social action and fundraising, yet there is a clear disconnect between how we practice what we preach in our industry.”

In other words, though the fat cats in Hollywood like to present themselves as champions of the poor, champions of women, champions of minorities, etc., their actual actions frequently paint a very different picture.

She’s right, and numerous examples prove it, from the barrage of sexual abuse allegations currently rocking the entertainment industry, to the manifest acrimony faced by black conservative actors and producers.

That said, her astute observation applies to more than just the creeps and miscreants in Hollywood. I daresay it encompasses millions of Americans — particularly leftists — who loudly clamor about alleged “inequality” and “injustice,” all while they treat others like total garbage.

Consider MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, who spends every weeknight virtue signaling nonstop about “inequality,” yet has been proven to be a creep who mistreats his staff.

Or consider Colombia Daily Tribune columnist Bill “Ol’ Clark” Clark, who, after an encounter with police this summer, penned a diatribe kvetching about the alleged “harassment and police arrogance” experienced by minorities.

“I’ve just come to appreciate even more the words of those minorities when they speak of harassment and police arrogance,” he wrote. “I had a good dose of arrogance on this evening and, in my rear view mirror, the image of the second officer out of the car, his hands ready in case I made the wrong move. My life seemed to be in danger.”

That’s called virtue signaling, especially given it was based on lies. Not only did the cop who pulled Clark over treat him like a star, referring to him as “sir” and thanking him when he cooperated, but Clark in turn treated him like trash, reportedly raising his voice, becoming argumentative and, of course, writing a bullshit column.

Here’s the conclusion I reached at the time for Conservative Tribune:

It’s clear from Clark’s reaction to experiencing a simple traffic stop that he’s no different from the leftist leaders he presumably adores, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and California Rep. Maxine Waters.

While such charlatans talk a lot about kindness, tolerance and respect, they never follow what they preach. And while they constantly harangue us conservatives about our alleged aversion to truth and facts, it’s clear from their incessant lies and distortions that they’re the ones who wouldn’t recognize the truth if it slapped them across the face.

I stand by that.

The irony is that leftists like this — and those in Hollywood — love to call us deplorables, racists, sexists, bullies, pigs, you name. But I’m pretty positive most of us treat each other with basic dignity and respect — or at least with more dignity and respect than the likes of O’Donnell and Clark treat staff members and cops, respectively.

If anything, all this — particularly the drama in Hollywood — is another stark reminder of why you should never judge a book by its cover. There are homeless people I’ve met who were kinder, more sincere and better human beings than many of these fat cats in Hollywood, as well their peers over on the far left (including those in the media).